Japan Exchange 2025
Japanese Exchange with Okazaki High School Friday 22nd January to Tuesday 2nd February
Dr Bird, Mrs Ryan, Mr Russell and 12 students recently visited Japan for the 10th Japanese Exchange. The visit included 3 days enjoying the bright lights of Tokyo, 3 days in Kyoto and Nara, the ancient capitals of Japan famous for the bowing deer, beautiful Shinto Shrines and Buddhist Temples and finishing with 4 days in our partner school, Okazaki High School. Students stayed with their host families and attended lessons, after school club activities and even helped out with cleaning the school. The visit was the second after the pause due to the COVID pandemic and continued to strengthen the ties between our two schools. The students represented the school exceptionally well and presented on a huge range of topics from Henry VII and British Tea to British World Heritage sites and crocheting. The exchange part of the visit concluded with a formal celebration meal with speeches by Dr Bird, the Okazaki Principle and Chairman of the Alumni. It is always a privilege to see how strong friendships develop so quickly between by staff and students from opposite sides of the World. The next Japanese Exchange begins on March 20h when 12 students and 2 teachers from Okazaki High School visit Five Ways.
