Exchange students from Japan visit Sebastopol this week
By David Abbott, Special to Sonoma West Times and News | Mar 28, 2017 Updated Mar 28, 2017 Three decades of ties strengthened by middle-schoolers For the past 32 years, Sebastopol has shared a very special relationship with its sister city Takeo City, Japan, so on...
Welcome to Sonoma County, Kagoshima University students!
Sebastopol World Friends is delighted to be opening a new chapter in our Takeo program development by partnering with Kagoshima University and Sonoma State University to help make possible a week-long, intensive International Studies program for Japanese students in...
2016 Sister City Friendship Dinner & Celebration
Sister City Friendship Dinner & Celebration on November 5, 2016 Sebastopol World Friends Fundraiser for Project C.U.R.E. Sebastopol, California – Sebastopol World Friends (SWF) will host a Sister City Friendship Dinner and Celebration on Saturday, November...
Kumamoto Relief
Supporters and friends, We at Sebastopol World Friends want to give you a brief update about the situation in Kumamoto Prefecture, after the terrible earthquakes that occurred there last April. Many of you reached out at the time through our Facebook page or with...
Guest in Town: Yuka Yamada
Early in the summer, Sebastopol was graced with a visitor from our sister city in Japan, Yuka Yamada from Takeo City. The Yamadas hosted a guest from Sebastopol 8 years ago as part of our middle school exchange and have been deeply involved in Takeo World Friends...
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