Young Ambassadors on Japan Summer Study Tour

June 30, 2016

Seventeen students spent two weeks in Japan learning about history, culture, urban and rural life, and contemporary issues. For many, this was their first time leaving the United States.

The students acted as young ambassadors, sharing hula and the aloha spirit with the many people they met throughout Tokyo, Kyoto, and Hiroshima. They interacted with local high school students, spent the weekend with a host family, met with business executives and diplomats, and visited seniors at a care home.

This trip has been extremely life-changing... Now I believe in myself and my ability to break barriers. I am more confident that I can accomplish my goals.” 

"Having completed this trip I am hungry- hungry for more learning and more travel!"

"I want to help connect the world and make world relations better. This trip was one step towards that." 

Experiencing Japanese school life at Tachibana High School in Tokyo

Preparing to enter Itsukushima shrine in Miyajima

Before the study tour, the group collectively raised $4,939 to
support earthquake relief and a care home for survivors of the first atomic bomb. The three students that raised the most funds met atomic bomb survivors at the care home in Hiroshima.

 

Mahalo to the Freeman Foundation for its generous sponsorship.