Sausalito-Sakaide Sister City Exchange — 2024 Update
In 2024, the Sausalito-Sakaide Sister City Exchange Program continued 36 years of proud tradition fostering cultural understanding and friendship between Sausalito, California, and Sakaide, Japan.
Presentation by River Matta, Student Delegate 2015
Post visit presentation to the Community by River Matta, a student delegate in 2015 America is a great country. But in my opinion, not the greatest. And that is one of the main things that blew my mind from this trip. America lacks in many things. From technology, discipline, to education and so on. Going [...]
Winter Trip to Sausalito by Mari Kobayashi
About intercity community I went to Sausalito in 2014 as an exchange student, and last month, I visited Sausalito again. I go to a college in NY and during the winter break the dorm closed, so I contacted one of the people I met two years ago in Sausalito and asked whether I can stay [...]
Sakaide Reflection by Nick Michael, 2015
My visit to Japan was one that will never be forgotten. The people I met and places I visited were life changing and I couldn’t have asked anything more from the experience, which heavily shifted my life views. I’ve had the benefit of creating what I expect will be lifelong relationships with the family that [...]
Sakaide Reflection by Jonathan Altman, 2015
There were many parts of this fantastic student exchange program; I will only cover a few of the highlights. One thing that was amazing was that everyday offered an opportunity to try new and fun activities. Japan has kept a lot of its ancient cultural traditions, which I found to be very interesting because America’s [...]
Sakaide Reflection by Skye Lee, 2015
My experience in Sakaide was one that I will cherish forever. It was the first time that I had ever traveled out of the country and I hope it will not be my last. What made this trip so special to me was that for the whole trip I felt like I was still at [...]
