Six students from San Jose, CA participated in the homestay program hosted in Okayama for five days in the summer of 2024. You can read about their adventures in the article posted earlier in this blog, but here are some photos! Get excited! This program will help students connect with Okayama again in 2026. The homesteads alternate years, so during the summer of 2025 we expect to host eight students from Okayama in San Jose!

WOW! We’re in Japan!
Arrived in Tokyo
Waiting for a transfer bus
A long flight but we’re here!
From Okayama airport to the city
Sad Farewell
Just one of the lunches!
Okayama CastleF
Greeting at Okayama Castle
Students & Chaperones
Student Presentations
At Korakukan School
Welcome event
With Mayor Omori (Okayama City)
Koraku-en (the garden our Japanese Friendship Garden is modeled after)