'52 Years of Connection'... Japanese High School Study Tour Group Visits Busan and Gyeongju

Omikyodai Sha High School, School Trip to Korea Since October 1972

A Japanese school trip group is visiting Korea to experience various cultures and visit tourist attractions.

Students from Omikyodaisha High School experiencing the BIFF Square Food Alley
[Photo by Korea Tourism Organization]

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Tourism Organization announced on the 16th that the Japanese Omikyodai High School school trip group will visit Korea for a 4-night, 5-day schedule until the 19th.

This school trip group, visiting Korea for the first time since the pandemic, arrived at Busan Gimhae International Airport on the 15th and toured downtown Busan, including Songdo Cable Car, BIFF Square, and Nampo-dong. Afterwards, they received peace education from an instructor at Nazarewon in Gyeongju (a nursing home supporting elderly Japanese women who married Koreans and live in Korea after liberation, providing nursing and residential assistance).

They also visited major tourist sites in Busan and Gyeongju such as Gamcheon Culture Village, Haedong Yonggungsa Temple, Bulguksa Temple, the National Gyeongju Museum, and Hwangridan-gil. On the 18th, they plan to meet and hold an exchange event with students from Changwon Nam High School, which established a sister school relationship in 2001.

The Korean school trip of Omikyodai High School began in October 1972 and is now in its 37th year.

Yang Kyung-su, head of the Japan team at the Korea Tourism Organization, said, "Omikyodai High School also participated in the ‘Invitation Fam Tour for 100 Japanese Educators’ held last August and is like a symbol of school trips to Korea." He added, "We will work harder to attract middle and high schools for Korean school trips to expand youth exchanges between Korea and Japan and to secure continuous tourism demand from Japan’s future generations."

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