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British Hills Experience- Christmas 2024
On January 11, 2025 by SasakiWhat a difference a year makes. Last year, faintly a snowflake dropped at British Hills but this year snowflakes tumbled and twirled from the sky, creating a dazzling scene that carpeted everything and everywhere to the joy of all eleven students that attended our annual English language study excursion to British Hills, high atop the
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Speech and Recitation Contest
On December 26, 2024 by SasakiOn Saturday, December 21st, Yamamurakokusai High School held their “28th Annual English Speech Contest” and “18th Annual English Recitation Contest.” There were two students who presented speeches and 11 students who participated in the recitation contest. Each student presented in front of all the students in the gymnasium. Although the students were nervous, they showed
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English Club-Christmas
On December 16, 2024 by SasakiOn Saturday, December 14th, after the last of the end of term tests, the English club got together to celebrate Christmas. The members decided to decorate gingerbread houses. While it would have been fun to make them all from scratch, due to time constraints, we put together kits instead. We supplied the students with a
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Happy Halloween
On October 31, 2024 by SasakiOn Tuesday, October 29th, the English Club celebrated Halloween by making Jack O`Lanterns and playing a Halloween quiz game. It was the first time for the students to carve their own pumpkins. They enjoyed the experience very much.
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72nd Saitosai
On September 6, 2024 by SasakiThis weekend, September 7th and 8th 10:00am-2:00pm, will be Yamamurakokusai`s 72nd Annual Cultural Festival, Saitosai. This year`s theme is “Banbahonto”, meaning there is an extremely prosperous momentum. Schedule for the gym performances Saturday Sunday 10:10-10:40 Light Music Club 10:10-10:20 English Club 10:45-10:55 Yosakoi 10:25-10:35 Chorus 11:00-11:15 Baton Twirling 10:40-10:50 Yosakoi 11:50-12:20 Dance 10:55-11:10 Baton Twirling
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Studying English in Canada 2024 (Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada)
On August 31, 2024 by SasakiIn mid-August six of our students had a unique opportunity to study and experience a homestay in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada for a week. Abbotsford is a culturally diverse city of over 150,000 people located in the southeast portion of British Columbia tucked away in the Fraser Valley only ten minutes away from the US
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Yamamura Kokusai Open Campus
On June 11, 2024 by SasakiOn July 7, 2024, Yamamura Kokusai will hold an open campus for current third year junior high school students. Students will have an opportunity to try different classes from 9:00-12:45. Available classes: Strategies for passing the entrance exam (Math, Japanese, English), Fun with Roots (Math), Extracting DNA from Broccoli, Make Healthy Nikuman, Learning strategy for
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Q&A with our Resident Exchange Student
On April 22, 2024 by SasakiFor those interested in coming to school in Japan, I interviewed our current exchange student on his life here in Japan. He came to Japan in August 2023 and will leave July 2024 Q: What made you want to study abroad in Japan? A: My mom was an exchange student when she was my age
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British Hills Experience – Christmas 2023
On January 13, 2024 by giganick23 of our students brought in the holiday season over 3 days (December 26th ~ 28th) at our annual English language study excursion to British Hills, Japan’s leading English immersion village in the snow-laden mountains of southern Fukushima. In a setting designed to evoke the feeling of visiting the UK, students participated in a wide
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British Hills
On September 17, 2023 by giganickChristmas sends Yamamura Kokusai students to British Hills for the real experience… snow! British Hills is a replica village built atop of a mountain in Fukushima. Owned by the Kanda Group, it is designed using British architecture and furniture with stone buildings and half-timbered lodgings, tables, chairs, wardrobes, chandeliers, even snooker tables brought from Britain