Yamauchi Exchange Overview
Yamauchi-machi, Sebastopol Sister City for more than two decades!
In 1985 Sebastopol World Friends began a sister city relationship with Yamauchi-machi, Japan. Home-stay exchanges each spring have given generations of students from each city a deeper understanding of cultural differences and similarities while creating lifetime friendships bridging the pacific ocean.
On March 1, 2006, Yamauchi-machi merged with Takeo-shi and Kitagata-machi to form the new city of Takeo.
- By chriswagner at Mar 13 2008 - 11:09am
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Chaperone Position Available!
Sebastopol World Friends is looking for a chaperone for our upcoming students’ trip to our sister city, Takeo, Japan in March 2012. This is the 28th year of our exciting student exchange program.
Those who have experience in working with groups of middle school and high school youth are encouraged to apply. Join in the amazing community of citizens and students of Sebastopol and Takeo, who are dedicated to contributing to “World Peace, One Friend at a Time”, and help our student ambassadors succeed in this powerful learning experience!
- By chriswagner at Sep 6 2011 - 4:23pm
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Sustainable Development Exchange
August, 2011
Sebastopol World Friends has been selected to receive funding from the “Leading Asia: Renewing U.S. and Japan Sister City Networks.” This award is a tribute to the work and dedication of SWF volunteers and our community for efforts in fostering and strengthening cooperation and understanding between our city and Japanese Sister City – Yamauchi, and now Takeo City. With this funding, SWF will send a delegation to Takeo City, Japan, in November of this year with the goal of sharing best practices in Sustainable Development. Other goals are to establish ongoing communication about sustainability between the two cities, and brainstorm sustainability programs that can involve youth.
- By chriswagner at Sep 6 2011 - 4:18pm
You Can Be A Student Ambassador To Japan!
Sebastopol World Friends invites 7th and 8th grade students and their parents to an informational meeting on the hosting and travel program with pur sister city Yamauchi-Takeo, Japan. Students who attend a middle school in Sebastopol or live in Sebastopol are invited to one of the following informational meetings, where the application process and a hosting and travel outline will be presented.
Friday, September 24, 7:00 pm
Brookhaven Middle School Library
7905 Valentine Avenue, Sebastopol
Thursday, September 30, 7:00 pm
Twin Hills Middle School, Room 12
1685 Watertrough Road, Sebastopol
For more information, contact:
Meg Mizutani 707.484.0245 mizutani@pacbell.net
Cynthia Albers 707.824.8986 musenet@earthlink.net
- By chriswagner at Sep 17 2010 - 5:20pm
We've arrived!
Gotta keep this short because I need sleep, but wanted to post so everyone knew that we're safe and sound. We'll post more as soon as we can!
Update:
Want to see how awake we were on the bus to Yamauchi-Takeo?
Several more photos are attached, see below.
I think a marching band could have gone by and they wouldn't have noticed. It was a pretty exhausting trip. But we made it.
All the students did a great job helping move luggage at the airports, and also when we hit unexpectedly long lines at immigration control in Tokyo, the students did a great job of following instructions and really helped us make sure we made our flight to Fukuoka. Kudos to them.
- Chris
- By chriswagner at Apr 2 2010 - 7:34am
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