Tuesday July 16, 5-9pm at Henry & Marty Restaurant and Bar, 61 Main St., Brunswick, Maine. The wonderful restaurant has pledged 10% of the evening's sales to support the 2013 Student Travel Fund. Let your server know that you are dining to support the students! Reservations suggested, but not required: 207-721-9141. Hope to see you there!
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Heritage Days Preview
We are excited to announce the visit of a Tsugaru City delegation
over the Fourth of July. The city will be welcoming this small group
of officials, who are coming to commemorate the 20th anniversary of
the signing of the sister city documents and to participate in
Heritage Days activities.
Please contact us to join in the Bath Fourth of July parade. A
Tsugaru official will be grand marshall, followed by a nebuta float
and music. You are encouraged to join us in the parade...jackets a...
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General Consul Akira Muto Visits Bath, May 10, 2013
The Bath-Tsugaru Sister City Exchange Program and the City of Bath is pleased to welcome Akira Muto, Consul General of Japan on Friday, May 10, 2013. Mr. Muto will travel from his Boston office to visit Governor LePage at the State Capital, Bath City officials, and other Maine-Japan exchange programs.
Bath, Maine and Tsugaru City, Japan are celebrating 20 years of intercultural exchange. The exchange began to commemorate the efforts by Japanese villagers to rescue sailors of the Bath-built sh...
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Next Traveller’s Information Meeting March 27
Would you like to Travel to Japan this summer?
Our next trip to Japan is July 26 - August 5, 2013.
Interested?
Please come to our Informational Meeting:
Wednesday, March 27 at 6:30pm
Bath Middle School, 6 Old Brunswick Rd., Bath
Financial Aid may be available based on merit, interest and need! More details to follow!
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1st Traveler’s Meeting for Summer 2013
Are you interested in travelling to Japan with the Tsugaru Exchange group in the Summer of 2013?
The first organizational meeting for this summer's trip will be held Sunday, March 3 at the Patten Free Library in Bath at Noon.
The Patten Free Library is located at 33 Summer Street, Bath, Maine.
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Japanese Culture Weekend 2013
The schedule for the 2nd Annual Japanese Culture Weekend is now available. You can view the schedule here, and download printable copies of the brochure and other promotional materials.
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‘Forecaster’: Bath enters 20th year with Japanese sister city
There was a recent article about the sister city program in the local newspaper, The Forecaster
Bath enters 20th year with Japanese sister city
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Travelogue 2012 Postings archive
The descriptions and observations that the 2012 travelers sent home from Tsugaru have been archived here.
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Updated! Annual Meeting Nov. 14th 2012
Note the new location!
The annual meeting and election of board members for the Cheseborough Foundation will be held on the evening of Wednesday November 14th 2012 in the Teen Room of the Bath YMCA. The meeting is open to the public, and anyone interested in serving on the board or helping with our program is encouraged to contact our coordinator at cmatthews@rsu1.org.
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Travelogue 2012 – Theodore Seidel
Today we took part in four exciting events. The first activity was visiting the Izume Hachiman Shrine. At the shrine, we were taught how to properly give offerings to the god of victory. The offerings were pine branches with special pieces of origami tied to them. The ritual was fun to learn, even though I messed up the process! After some apprentices of the shrine performed a very complicated looking dance. After the dance, we were invited to try on the traditional priest/priestess outfit...
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