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28 students from Japan visit the CNMI
Students and teachers from a high school in Japan visited the CNMI for a three-day tour last week.
Twenty-eight students in 11th grade and six teachers from Johoku All-Boys High School from Hiroshima were on island from Oct. 27 to 30.
Twenty-eight students from the Johoku All-Boys High School from Hiroshima, Japan, have their picture taken with Saipan Mayor David Apatang, second from left. (Frauleine S. Villanueva-Dizon)
“This year they weren’t able to stay with the host families due to the aftermath of Typhoon Soudelor but they are hoping to be able to stay with the host families next year,” Kishimoto said.
The students, however, participating in educational as well as cultural and recreational activities.
“On the first day of the visit, they went sightseeing and attended a ‘career education presentation’ which was held at Grandvrio Hotel,” Kishimoto said.
On their second day, the Johoku students visited Marianas Baptist Academy and taught the students Japanese-style calligraphy. They also had a basketball game and had lunch at school.
The Japanese students also joined the MBA students for a cleanup from Hopwood Jr. High to the Pacific Islands Club in San Antonio, the stretch that the Saipan Mayor’s Office has adopted under the Department of Public Works Adopt-A-Highway program.
For their last day, the students made a trip to Managaha for recreational swimming and also held a farewell party. Liberation Queen Zolenska Yaroitemal also came to greet the visitors.
“They are planning to visit once again next year in October and are expecting 120 students to participate,” Kishimoto said.
Last year, about 127 Japanese students from the same school visited the CNMI.
