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Itinerary

Name

2015 Great Lakes Shiga Exchange Program

Places to Visit

Shiga

Participants

Students:16

Teachers: 6

Kyoto

Period of Stay

Date

2015 August 2Sun August 12 Wed

Itinerary

Michigan Group
1725Arrive at Chubu Airport
8/2
18:36 Leave the airport
( Sun )
Dinner at Subway at the airport
Arrive at Hikone Station Hotel
9:00
9:30
11:30
12:30
8/3
13:00
(Mon)
15:00

Walk from Hotel to Hikone Castle ( Taxi or Bus?)

Hikone Castle
Lunch at the restaurant on the Castle Road
Move to Fish Hatchery
Fish Hatchery
Move to JCMU
JCMU
18:00 Dinner : Cocos
19:30 Hotel

Lodging

MeitetsuChubu Airport
Nagoya
JRNagoya Moriyama
(Shinkansen NagoyaMaibara)

Hikone
Hotel Sunroute
Hikone

Taxi
Charted Bus

Hkone
Hotel Sunroute
Hikone

Ferry
Taxi

Japanese Style inn

Chartered Bus

Moriyama
( Tugayama-so )

Taxi

Moriyama
( Tugayama-so )

In the
9:00
9:30
10:10
11:20

8/4
(Tue)

morning - take ferry to Chikubushima

Leave the hotel
Leave Hikone Port
Arrive at Chikubushima
Leave Chikubushima
Arrive at Takashima Port
11:45 Shuttle Bus
Lunch ( Imazu Sunbridge Hotel )
Shuttle Bus
13:30 Takashima Shousuinosato tour
15:00 Japanese Style Inn ( Takashima)
18:00 Dinner ( at the Style Inn )

Transportation

7:30 Leave the inn

8:00 Workshop with a fisherman
Fishing with a fisherman
( Eri Fishing : Traditional way of fishing)
(12:00) Go back the inn and cook lunch
8/5
(Cooking invasive species)
(Wed)
Lecture & Talk
( Exchange with a high school in Osaka (?))
(15:00 / 16:30 ) Move to Moriyama
(16:30 / 18:00) Hotel
18:30 Dinner at Spoon (Western Style restaurant)
Visit Lake Biwa Museum
9:30Meet at Ritsumeikan Moriyama
9:40 Leave Ritsumeikan Moriyama
10:00 Arrive at Lake Biwa Museum
8/6
Lunch at Lake Biwa Museum
(Thur)
14:30 Leave Lake Biwa Museum
15:00 Arrive at Ritsumeikan Moriyama
18:30 Dinner ( Hama-zushi: Sushi Restaurant)

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Ritsumeikan Moriyama High School
Science Program
Exchange with Ritsumeikan Moriyama Students
( SSH )
16:00 Meet with host families
Canoe on the Lake Biwa
9:00 Ritsumeikan Moriyama Yasu
10:0012:00 Miami Auto Camping Site
12:30 13:30 Lunch :Sukiyaki Lunch(Beef)
13:30 Ritsumeikan Moriyama
Afternoon : Spend time with Host Family

8/7
(Fri)

8/8
(Sat)

8/9
(Sun)

9:00 Visit Moriyama City hall

Meet Mayor of Moriyama City
10:00 Ritsumeikan Moriyama High School
8/10 Exchange with Ritsumeikan Moriyama Students
(Mon) Presentation
15:00 Tea Ceremony ( Japanese Culture Club)
Farewell Party with students and host families
16:00 Dinner at the Kyoto Station

10

11

Whole day : Spend time with Host Family

S: Homestay
T: Moriyama
(Tugayama-so)

Chartered Bus

S: Homestay
T: Moriyama
(Tugayama-so)

Taxi

9:00 Leave hotel

9:30 Kyoto Aquarium
11:30 Lunch near Kyoto Station
8/11 13:00 Higashiyama Tour Kyomizu Temple
One day ticket
(Tue)
~ Kawaramachi-dori
16:00 Arrive at the hotel
18:30 Farewell Dinner near the hotel ( at Kyoto Station
)
JRKyotoNagoya
8/12 Kyoto Nagoya
Meitetsu Chubu Airport
(Wed) 13:25 Delta 630 Return to Michigan from Nagoya

S: Homestay
T: Moriyama
(Tugayama-so)
Kyoto
Ibisstyles Kyoto
Station
Hotel
(One night +
breakfast)

Kyoto
Ibisstyles Kyoto
Station
Hotel
(One night +
breakfast)