2017 OurWorld Travel Abroad Program

Explore with the students of HPA

Before and After

BEFORE and AFTER the home stay... BEFORE: "What if I do something wrong?" "What if I cannot understand them?" "What if they are mean?" ...

I met my host sister Runa at Kokutaji HIgh School and we instantly bonded over our abysmal ping pong skills. As we walked around campus...

On the first day of the home stay we left Kokutaiji High School and went to the house. Then at night my host mom and sister went to the...

First night, I remember it like it was 3 days ago. We walked to a sushi restaurant about 10 minutes away from Ai's house, as I entered...

This morning was like every other morning, but we realized that we had an entire day of service. It was our last day so there was some...

Day 6 - 3/17/17 We woke up in the morning to look at the sunrise but it was raining and yet I could see the sunrise and it was one of the...

After finishing working in the morning we completed teaching our final lesson to the students. We then headed out for a new experience,...

At Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and Kokutaiji High School This was a day that we had all been part dreading and part looking forward to....

Today we traveled from Tokyo to Hiroshima by bullet train, Shinkansen in Japanese. I wish I could say it was interesting and exciting. I...

Tokyo Metropolitan Office Meeting chamber Meiji Shrine Are they in Japan, too!?!? Super excited about this cotton candy. JackRose... "Why...