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Five homestay students visit Saipan Mayor’s Office
Five students from Itoda School in Japan arrived Monday evening and visited the Saipan Mayor’s Office yesterday morning.
The students from Itoda School are staying on Saipan for one week to experience the cultural exchange program with host families. They will be staying until Aug. 25.
Eleven-year-olds Hiromi Nishino and Eito Nakamura are staying with one host family, while 10-year-olds Haruto Tachikawa, Seita Hiroki, and Kaito Nakashima are staying with one other host family as well.
Saipan Mayor Marian Tudela said that she has so far enjoyed the program with students visiting from Japan to experience the diverse culture and local customs in the CNMI.
Tudela also received generous gifts from the students.
“I am so happy to experience this program with students from Japan that want to learn about our culture here,” Tudela said.
According to program coordinator Yuki Kishimoto since she started handling the program, three separate groups have visited Saipan for homestay with one more arriving on November.
It is the Itoda group’s second time visiting Saipan and they have about 10 students.
“This will help promote lasting relationship between Japan and Saipan because they have deep history together,” Kishimoto said.
The students did sightseeing on Saipan’s historical sites and visited the Man’amko Center.
The students will be visiting and doing activities at Saipan World Resort. Tomorrow they will be heading to Managaha and on Friday they will be heading to Grace Christian Academy. The exchange students will spend time with their respective host families over the weekends before leaving for Japan next Monday.
For more information on the homestay program, call the Saipan Mayor’s Office at 234-6208 or visit its office at the second floor of the Ladera Building along Beach Road in Oleai.
