JFMF Japan November 2006 Schedule (for group visiting Komaki City):
Sunday, November 12 2006 Schedule
- 06:01 EST - 06:12 CST: United Airlines Flight 1205 DTW (Detroit Metropolitan Airport) to ORD (O'Hare)
- 08:00 CST - 10:38 PST: United Airlines Flight 831 ORD to SFO (San Francisco International)
- 10:30 - 14:00: Room checkin and JFMF registration
- 14:00: Orientation Program Welcome, Christopher Powers, Deputy Dir, IIE
- 14:05: JFMF Program Overview, Kyoko Jones, Program Director, JFMF
- 15:05: Information on Friends of the Memorial Fund, and Grad Credit, Robert Radford, Dir, Friends of the Memorial Fund
- 15:10: Follow on Plan Overview, Christopher Powers
- 15:20 - 16:10 City Group Meetings (Komaki Group in Anza III with April Barron, Communications Coordinator)
- 16:10 - 17:10 Panel Presentation: JFMF Experience and JFMF Follow on Plan
- 17:25: Board bus
- 18:00 - 20:00 Reception at Japanese Consul General's Official Residence
- Stay at Sheraton Gateway Hotel
- 07:00 - 10:00: Breakfast Buffet
- 10:00: Room Checkout deadline
- 09:30: Group Four bus depart (my bus)
- 11:23: Departure of United Airlines Flight 837 to Tokyo (my flight)
- 12:53: Departure of United Airlines Flight 853 to Tokyo
- 15:35: United Airlines flight 837 arrives Narita (NRT) Airport
- 17:05: Charter bus departs for hotel
- 18:05: Arrive Keio Plaza Hotel
- 19:00: Dinner on own or meet with Fulbright alumni volunteers for dinner, Ohgi, 4fl S Tower (I did this. See blog.)
- Stay at Keio Plaza Hotel
- 07:00 - 08:00: Breakfast (by grade level), Concord Ball Room, 5 fl Main Tower
- 08:00 - 08:45: Orientation, Ohgi, 4 fl S Tower
- 09:00 - 10:00: Host City Orientation. Komaki Group, Tama, 42 fl Main Tower
- 10:10: Sightseeing by chartered bus. Depart hotel
- 11:10 - 12:10: Lunch at Sansada (in Asakusa) and short explore
- 13:00 - 14:00: Visit to the Diet
- 14:15 - 14:45: Bus returns to hotel
- 15:30 - 18:00: Traditional Japanese Theater, Ohgi, 4 fl S Tower (Professional attire)
- Kyogen by Don Kenny
- Kabuki by Mark Oshima and friends
- Evening: Dinner on own
- Stay at Keio Plaza Hotel
- 07:00 - 08:30: Breakfast (by subject area), Nishiki, 4 fl S Tower
- 08:45 - 09:45: Keynote on Japanese Education, Tsutomu Kimura, President, National Institution for Academic Degrees, Eminence Hall, 5 fl S Tower
- 10:00 - 12:00: Panel Discussion: Japan-US Superintendents' Dialogue, Eminence Hall, 5 fl S Tower
- Tsutomu Kimura, moderator
- Kentaro Sato, Sup't, Chiba Prefecture Board of Ed.
- Sumiko Yahara, Sup't, Komatsu City Board of Ed.
- Hiroyasu Abe, Sup't, Kesennuma City Board of Ed.
- Margaret Planner, Ass't Sup't, Wisconsin State
- Leonard Rezmierski, Sup't, Northville Public Schools
- Donald Metzler, Ass't Sup't, Callisburg Independent School District
- 12:00 - 13:30: Buffet lunch, Hana ABC, 4 fl Main Tower
- 13:45 - 15:15: Japanese Government, Yuji Tsushima, Diet Member, and Hiroya Ichikawa, Professor, Sophia University, Tokyo, in Eminence hall, 5 fl S Tower
- 15:30 - 16:30: Japan's Economy, Takahiro Miyao, Professor, International University of Japan in Eminence Hall, 5 fl S Tower
- 18:30 - 20:30: JFMF Tenth Anniversary Reception, Eminence Hall, 5 fl S Tower
- Stay at Keio Plaza Hotel
- 07:00 - 08:30: Breakfast (by state), Concord Ball Room, 5 fl Main Tower
- 09:00 - 10:30: Special Seminars I. I attend Science Education, Yoshisuke Kumano, Professor Shizuoka University, Hana B, 4 fl Main Tower
- 10:45 - 12:15: Special Seminars II. I attend Math Education, Eizo Nagasaki, Curriculum Director, National Institute for Educational Policy Research in Hana A, 4 fl Main Tower
- 12:30 - 13:45: Buffet lunch, Ohgi and Nishiki, 4 fl S Tower
- 14:00 - 14:15: Presentation of Kenji Miyazawa's books, Hana AB, 4 fl Main Tower
- 14:30 - 16:00: Women's Status in Japan, Mariko Bando, VP, Showa Women's University, Hana AB, 4 fl Main Tower
- Evening: dinner on your own
- Stay at Keio Plaza Hotel
- 07:00 - 09:00: Breakfast, Nishiki, 4 fl S Tower
- Day: explore Japan - independent activities
- Noon: Lunch on your own
- Evening: dinner on your own
- 20:00 - 22:00: Leave luggage that will remain in Tokyo with bell captain
- Stay at Keio Plaza Hotel
- Morning: breakfast at hotel restaurants using coupon
- 07:30 - 08:30: Take luggage for city stay to lobby location
- 08:20: Complete hotel checkout
- 08:35: Meet at lobby
- 08:50: Depart hotel on chartered bus
- 09:50: Arrive Tokyo station
- 10:23 Depart Tokyo station (Kodama 569)
- Noon: lunch box from hotel
- 13:04: Arrive Mikawaanjo Station - chartered bus
- 13:45: Arrive hotel and check in
- Afternoon: city tour
- Evening: dinner on your own
- Stay at Chiryu Santpia Hotel
- 07:00: Breakfast available, 10th floor
- 07:55: Complete hotel checkout
- 08:05: Meet at lobby
- 08:15: Depart hotel by chartered bus
- 09:00 - 12:00: Visit Aichi Educational University
- 13:00 - 14:00: Lunch - arranged (Japanese style sit)
- 15:00 - 16:00: City Hall courtesy visit to Mayor and Superintendent
- Greetings
- Souvenir
- Q and A
- Pictures
- 16:15: Leave City hall
- 16:30: Arrive hotel
- Evening: short walking tour, followed by dinner on your own or with group
- Stay at Meitetsu Komaki Hotel
- 06:45: Breakfast available at hotel, lobby floor
- 07:10: Meet at lobby
- 07:20: Depart hotel by city bus
- 07:50: Visit Komaki City Hikarigaoka Elementary School (observe students arriving)
- Observe classes
- Noon: lunch at school
- Observe classes
- Observe cleanup
- Special assembly with 5th and 6th grade
- 16:00 - 16:30: Discussion with Principal and Vice Principal
- 16:30: Leave school
- 17:00: Return to hotel
- Evening: dinner on your own
- Stay at Meitetsu Komaki Hotel
- Morning: breakfast at hotel
- 08:20: Meet at lobby
- 08:30: Depart hotel by city bus
- 09:00 Visit Komaki City Toryo Junior High School
- Observe classes
- Noon: lunch at school
- Observe classes
- Discuss with teachers
- Observe club activities
- 16:00: Leave school
- 16:30: Return to hotel
- Evening: dinner on your own
- Stay at Meitetsu Komaki Hotel
- Morning: breakfast at hotel
- 08:50: Meet at lobby
- 09:00: Depart hotel by city bus
- 09:30 - 11:30: Discussion with parents at City Hall
- Noon: lunch arranged
- Afternoon: visit to Nagoya (visit to local industry cancelled because of Japan national holiday)
- 17:00: Return to hotel
- Evening: dinner on your own
- Stay at Meitetsu Komaki Hotel
- Morning: breakfast at hotel
- 08:25: Meet at lobby
- 08:30: Depart hotel on city bus
- 08:45: Visit Aichi Prefectural Komaki Kogyo (Technical) High School
- Observe classes
- Noon: lunch at school (meet at meeting room)
- Observe classes
- Discuss with teachers and some students
- Observe club activities
- 16:30: Leave school
- 17:00: Return to hotel
- 18:30: Group dinner, 2nd floor, 2800 yen
- Stay at Meitetsu Komaki Hotel
- Morning: Breakfast at hotel
- 09:00: Leave luggage in lobby to be delivered to Tokyo
- 09:20: Complete hotel checkout
- 09:30: Meet at lobby, leave hotel
- 09:50: Arrive City Hall
- 10:00: Meet host family at City Hall
- Home stay
- Stay at home of host family
- Home stay
- 15:00: Meet at Komaki City Hall
- 15:30: Leave City Hall
- 16:00: Arrive ryokan and check in
- Evening: dinner at ryokan - arranged
- Stay at Geihanro in Inuyama
- 07:30: Breakfast available at ryokan
- 08:40: Complete ryokan checkout
- 08:55: Meet at ryokan lobby
- 09:00: Depart ryokan by chartered bus
- 10:30: Arrive Nagoya station
- 11:10: Depart Nagoya station (Nozomi 126)
- 12:53: Arrive Tokyo Station, then chartered bus to hotel
- 13:30: Arrive Keio Plaza Hotel
- Lunch on your own
- 15:00 - 17:00: Hotel checkin
- Evening: dinner on your own
- Stay at Keio Plaza Hotel
- 06:50 - 08:30: Breakfast at hotel, Nishiki, 4 fl S Tower
- 09:00 - 11:00: Project Resources
- Tokyo Metropolitan Komei Special School
- Sakuradai Kindergarten
- 09:30 - 11:30: Project Resources
- Art Education, Chihiro Tada, hana A, 4 fl Main Tower
- Japan-US Collaborative Environmental Education, Edward Jones, Senior Researcher, Tama University, Hana B, 4 fl Main Tower (I attended this one; was very impressed.)
- Noon: lunch on your own
- 13:00 - 14:30: Sociology of Education, Takehiko Kariya, Professor, Graduate School of Education, University of Tokyo, Hana AB, 4 fl Main Tower
- Evening: dinner on your own
- Stay at Keio Plaza Hotel
- 07:00 - 08:30: Breakfast at hotel, Nishiki, 4 fl S Tower
- 09:00 - 10:10: Group presentations I
- 09:00: Group 1 Inzai
- 09:25: Group 2 Nakatsugawa
- 09:40: Group 3 Kiryu
- 09:55: Group 4 Komaki (my group!)
- 10:10 - 10:30: Break
- 10:30 - 11:45: Group presentations II
- 10:30: Group 5 Matsue
- 10:45: Group 6 Matsuyama
- 11:00: Group 7 Hiroshima
- 11:15: Group 8 Shimonoseki
- 11:30: Group 9 Yukuhashi
- 11:45 - 13:15: Buffet lunch, Nishiki, 4 fl S Tower
- 13:30 - 13:45: Group presentations III
- 13:30: Group 9 Miyakojima
- 14:00 - 15:00: Wrap up
- 15:00 - 16:00: Seattle Pacific University credit registration
- 15:00 - 17:30: Video order 2 at JFMF travel desk
- 18:30 - 20:30: Sayonara Buffet, Eminence hall, 5 fl S Tower
- Stay at Keio Plaza Hotel
- Morning: breakfast at hotel restaurants, 2 fl
- 07:50: Leave luggage outside room
- 09:50: Complete hotel checkout
- 10:20: Leave hotel by chartered bus 1
- 15:20: United Airlines flight 884 departs Narita Airport
- 11:44 CST: Arrive Chicago O'Hare Airport (We actually arrive about 11:00 CST although we've been in the air over 10 hours and have crossed the International Date Line)
- 13:30 CST - 15:34 EST (actual arrival about 16:00) United Airlines flight 574 to Detroit Metropolitan Airport.
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