While at the University, you will spend one weekend with a Japanese family. The home stay is an important part of the trip and offers a unique experience unavailable to most tourists. It provides an exceptional opportunity to observe Japanese culture up close and personal. You will be treated as part of the family and partake of family activities including famous Japanese bath. During the home stay the host family often plans special activities and excursions for the visiting student.
Japanese students are very friendly and eager to interact with American students.
You will share the activities of many of the student clubs on campus. There is an English-speaking club and members will accompany Washburn students on all trips. Evenings are often spent with Fukuoka students sampling various college experiences including karaoke and yakatori establishments, neither of which is found in the Midwest. The camaraderie which develops between Washburn and Fukuoka students often extends past the boundaries of time and space. Japan is a mountainous country with beautiful forests, numerous volcanoes and hot springs.