High School Students Visit Sister School in Nara, Japan

Teachers Andrew Glasier and Molly Miles traveled with nine Shaker Heights High School students and one Beachwood High School student to Japan last month. There, they stayed with host families in the area of the sister school, Takatori-Kokusai High School, in Nara, Japan. The Shaker-Takatori exchange has been in place for 28 years and was created through the Asian Studies course.  

While in Japan, students were fully immersed in Japanese culture during the homestay.  Along with speaking the language and eating Japanese food, they learned proper Kimono dress, chopstick-usage, paper crane creation, and calligraphy.  

The Asian Studies course hopes to visit Takatori-Kokusai again in two summers, to celebrate the 30-year anniversary!