WELCOME PARTY・・・OVERNIGHT HOMESTAY PROGRAM

Overnight Home Stay Program

Welcome Party

Noda International Association carried out the overnight home stay program this year too.
The foreign exchange students, who are studying at universities or colleges in Chiba, stayed at ordinary homes in Noda city from August 8 to 9.
They experienced Japanese home lives and could promote an interchange with their host families.

Prior to the program, NIA invited 17 exchange students and 17 host families to the welcome party where they all met first and talked with each other.
The Welcome Party was held at NPO Support Center on Aug. 8 (Sat.).
The exchange students were from China, Korea, Taiwan, and Malaysia.

We had welcoming addresses from Mr. Matsumura (President of NIA), Mr. Nemoto (Mayor of Noda City), and Mr. Miyauchi (Chairman of Noda Educational Board).

Commemorative photo of all the exchange students and their host families

The exchange students and their host families introduced themselves.
The students look happy to have a lei put on.

After a pleasant talk, the exchange students stated why they wanted to join the home stay program and the host families explained what they were planning to do for today and tomorrow.

Everybody looks very delightful around the table.

The exchange students and their host families could have a very delightful experience.
Some students participated in Tanabata Dancing Parade in the evening of Aug.8, and others walked around the sights of Noda city with their host families on Aug.9.
The experiences they had during their home stay will be a nice memory of the interchange in Japan.