We are ready to go.
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| Some of our paper cranes bound for Hiroshima. |
On 5 am on Wednesday, March 11 ten students, our principal Jesse Witte and me (Brad Wilson) will leave Kwalikum Secondary by school bus for the Nanaimo ferry and from there on to Vancouver and the airport. There are two main parts to our trip: the homestay / school visit and our self guided tour. (Our itinerary is pasted below)
Over the last four years we have developed a good relationship with Aichi Keisei High School in Aichi Prefecture. Aichi Keisei visits Kwalikum Secondary School every spring with about 60 students for a four day school visit and homestay experience. We have always enjoyed their visits and they invited us to visit their school which we did for the first time in 2014. Our students had a great experience visiting their school and living with Japanese families for four days. We were treated with great respect and kindness and given a wonderful introduction to Japanese culture in the school and in the home. Because of that visit and our subsequent successful tour of Kyoto, Nara and Hiroshima, we decided after our return to Qualicum Beach to organize another visit. For the past year our students have been busy fundraising, and studying Japanese language and culture. Finally our departure is only a few days away and we are ready to go. I will continue to post blogs as we have our adventure.
Japan
Exchange 2015 Itinerary March 11 to 23, 2015
Chaperones: Jesse Witte, Brad Wilson
Day
01 Mar.11 Wed Vancouver to Nagoya
via Tokyo
05:00 Depart from KSS by school bus for
Departure Bay terminal
06:30
Walk on to ferry for Horseshoe Bay
09:00 Take
bus 257 from Horseshoe Bay to downtown Vancouver.
Transfer to Skytrain and travel to
Vancouver International Airport
10:40 Assemble in front of Japan
Airlines at Vancouver Airport
14:00 depart Vancouver by Japan
Airlines 017
Cross International
dateline – lose a day
Students
buy own lunch at Vancouver airport prior to departure.
Day
02 Mar.12 Thu Narita, Tokyo –
Nagoya
16:30 Arrive
at Narita Tokyo airport and proceed through customs and immigration
18:25 Depart
Narita by connecting flight on JL3087 for Nagoya
19:40 Arrive
Nagoya Chubu Centrair airport.
Day 03 Mar.13 Fri Nagoya/Aichi Homestay for 4 nights
08:00 Take Meitetsu express
train Nagoya Airport arriving at Kounomiya Station in Inazawa City at 08:55. Met at the station by Aichi Keisei HighSchool staff and taken by school bus to the school. School Activities for the day. Breakfast will be provided at the
hotel. Aichi Keisei High School will
provide lunch.
HOME STAY from Mar 13 to 17
for 4 nights
Day
04 Mar.14 Sat Nagoya/Aichi
With
host families.
Day
05 Mar.15 Sun Nagoya/Aichi
With host
families.
Day 06
Mar.16 Mon Nagoya/Aichi
School Activities for the
day.
Day 07
Mar.17 Tue Nagoya to Kyoto
08:44 Travel by Bullet
Train (Shinkansen) Jr Super Express
Kodama #697
09:34 Arrive in Kyoto and check in to New Miyako Hotel. Explore the downtown area
to orient group for shopping and
inexpensive places to buy food. Buy and
eat lunch. Walk to
and visit Sanjuusangendo Temple.
Then go by foot to Kiyomizu Temple.
Return by foot to the hotel by 5pm.
Free time until 9m. In own room by 11 pm. Breakfast will be provided by the host
families. Students buy own lunch and
supper.
Day 08
Mar.18 Wed Kyoto / Nara
Travel to the
ancient capital of Nara – about 45 minutes by local train and walk to TodaijiTemple. Eat lunch in Nara and return to
Kyoto by 3pm. Free time until 9m. In own room by 11 pm. Students buy own breakfast, lunch and
supper.
Day 09
Mar.19 Thu Kyoto to Hiroshima
08:02 Leave Kyoto by Shinkansen Hikari #493 for Hiroshima.
10:01 Arrive in Hiroshima. Check in to the hotel, then explore the
downtown area to orient group for shopping and inexpensive places to buy food.
Group gets lunch and then Take
street car to Hiroshima Peace Park and Museum.
Visit the children’s shrine and make our offering of 1,000 paper cranes
for peace. Return to downtown area at
around 4pm. Students have free time until 9m. In own room by 11 pm.
Students buy own breakfast, lunch and supper.
Day 10 Mar.20 Fri Hiroshima
08:51
Take local train from
Hiroshima Station.
09:18
Arrive at Miyajimaguchi
Station. Travel
by ferry to Miya island and view Itukushima Shrine. Then climb Mt.Misen to see the “2nd most beautiful view” in Japan. Students buy
own breakfast, lunch and supper.
Day
11 Mar.21 Sat Hiroshima to
Takayama via Shin Kobe and Nagoya
09:53 Leave Hiroshima on JR Super Express Sakura #542
11:10 Arrive at Shin Kobe and change trains for
Nagoya
11:25 Leave Shin Kobe for Nagoya on JR Super Express # 466.
12:33 Arrive at Nagoya and change trains for
Takayama.
12:48 Leave Nagoya on JR Limited Express Hida #011.
15:06 Arrive at Takayama. Walk to Japanese Inn in about 20 minutes.
Accommodation atc Oyado Iguhi Inn for 2 nights. Baggage will be delivered by Inn from / to
Takayama Station. Students buy own breakfast and
lunch. Supper will be provided at the
inn.
Day 12 Mar.22 Sun Takayama
Tour the morning
market and explore the streets of the “Old Town” which dates to the Edo
Period. Have lunch and then take public
transit to the Hida Folk Village. Return to the Inn by 16:00. Students buy own
lunch. Breakfast and supper will be
provided at the inn.
Day 13 Mar.23 Mon Takayama
to Vancovuer via Nagoya
06:46 Take train from Takayama to Nagoya.
09:13 Arrive at Nagoya and change
trains to Nagoya Chubu Centrair Airport.
Check
in to Japan Airlines flight for Narita, Tokyo by 11:50
14:50 Depart Nagoya by Japan
Airlines 3084
16:00 Arrive at Narita Tokyo airport
18:05 Depart for Vancouver by Japan
Airlines 018
11:00 Arrive Vancouver
Students buy own lunch
and supper. Breakfast will be provided
at the inn.
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