International Exchange

We had eight visitors from Investigator College, Australia, during the lunch break. They were a group of five Grade 9 students and one in Grade 10 accompanied by teachers Mr. Mansbridge and another woman teacher.

They were visiting Japan starting from Tokyo, then on to Hiroshima, Nara and then back up to Yamanashi. They arrived at JR Nara Station at around 11:00 a.m. They walked to their guesthouse, dropped off their baggage there, walked back to Nara Station, and then took a train to Koizumi. Three English teachers, who had been to Investigator College before, went to the station to pick up our Australian guests, and then we welcomed them to our school. We had planned to let our students have lunch with them, but they arrived a little too late. Our students who know Mr. Mansbridge were very happy to see him again. Unfortunately, there was just enough time for our students to exchange greetings in the hallway and take a few pictures.

Our guests from Investigator College enjoyed having lunch with our principal and four English teachers, including our Canadian teacher. After lunch, we showed them around the school, from the library to English Room, and then on to teachers' staff room.

They met our students briefly after the 5th period, and left for Horyuji Temple.