Middle school students taking Advanced Japanese went on a culinary and cultural field trip on Feb. 4 to practice their language skills. The students traveled to the authentic Japanese restaurant Tanto in Sunnyvale, where the Japanese-speaking wait staff was instructed to ignore any student request spoken in English. Japanese teacher Kumi Matsui said the students benefited from practicing Japanese outside the classroom while also being exposed to authentic Japanese cuisine. The students also had the chance to interact with two visiting high school students from the Tamagawa School in Tokyo, Japan, who joined in on the delicious outing.