Here are some links with information that may help you prepare for your trip to Japan.

• Information on Japanese currency
• General advice on living in Japan
• Bicycle transportation in Japan
• Guide to telephones in Japan
• Survival Tips For Living In Japan (PDF)
• About Nishinomiya

Recommended books

• The Japanese by Edwin O. Reischauer
• The Chrysanthemum and the Sword by Ruth Benedict
• Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
• God's Samurai: Lead Pilot at Pearl Harbor

Click HERE to view the advice given by Gary Starr, Shadle Park High School Japanese teacher.

Mukogawa students
and Spokane-Nishinomiya Sister City Society
with high school exchange students
Jordan Rogers, Jesse Shooter and Samantha Brown




Spokane-Nishinomiya Sister City Society high school exchange students
Jordan Rogers, Jesse Shooter and Samantha Brown
with Mukogawa student