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...
Sebastopol World Friends return from Takeo City with presence
Republished with permission from Sonoma West Times & News Thursday, April 7, 2016 by Amie Windsor Sonoma West Staff Writer amie@sonomawest.com Sebastopol World Friends recently returned home from their trip to Takeo City, Japan in which 18 middle school students,...
Out and About
In a nutshell, the trip has been exhilarating, exciting, and extremely fun!! Today we shadowed at our students’ school and the teachers and students greeted us so warmly. It was really cool to spot all of the differences as well as the similarities between our...
Middle School Shadow Day
What I learned from shadowing at a Japanese middle school… Everyone is respectful with each other and towards their campus. People were very welcoming. They were very curious about us and they gave us a lot of attention. Kids are able to have fun without being...
Amazing, fascinating, sometimes confusing, interesting, epic, busy, and great!
Yesterday, we visited the 3000 years old big camphor tree in Takeo, visited the City Hall and the mayor, went to Saga Yume Town for shopping and lunch, visited Saga Prefecture office to meet Saga International Tourism Bureau Chief, and Saga Castle Museum. A few...
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