Kakehashi Project - The Bridge for Tomorrow

Our school was selected to be a participating group of the Kakehashi Project - The Bridge for Tomorrow.    The program aims to build stronger relationships between future Japanese and American leaders through cultural youth exchange, as well as promote deeper mutual understanding and wider perspectives among our youth, and to encourage active roles at the global level in the future.

Twenty-two students were selected to travel to Japan for an 11-day, fully funded study tour of Japan, which will include a 3 days home stay with a Japanese family.

Twenty-two incredible students were selected to participate in the Kakehashi Project.

How do our students keep busy during a five hour layover at Washington DC airport? CUP game

Click here to view another CUP video and lastly, a demo lesson from a professional who has been doing this for years.

Click here to view more photos from this album.  This album will continually update during their 11 day stay in Japan.

Our students at a lecture on modern Japanese history in Tokyo.

Ms. Markinson, East-West Math Teacher writes on July 10, 2013,

Ohayo Gozimas!  Konnichiwa!  Greetings from Tokyo.  We arrived safely and have been enjoying every moment of our lives in Japan!  We ate two traditional Japanese meals, went to the Tokyo National Museum and visited a shrine and temple.  We are having tons of fun conversing and interacting with the Japanese.

We have arrived!

Narita International Airport

Nishio High School staff take us out to dinner

First meal in Japan

Metz Hamburg & Coffee in Japan

More to come...

Mr. Sherman shares a video of our students traveling on a high speed bullet train from Tokyo to Nagoya.

On July 10, 2013 our students attended a lecture on Japanese culture with hundreds of students.  There were delegations from New Jersey, Minnesota, Indiana, and Saipan.

Lecture on Japanese history by Professor Ito

Here is a short video of the lecture.

Lunch at the lecture hall of a sushi bento.

Pathways of a traditional Japanese house

Breakfast

Students sharing stories and experiences.

Principal Sherman with Principal Otake at Nishio High School

This project is funded by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in cooperation with JUSEC (Japan-U.S. Educational Commission) and The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership as part of Japan's national economic stimulus package.