UTREK Programs

Want to spend a summer in Japan?

Summer in Japan meas many things. Summer is colorful local festival with Japanese men and women in their beautiful Yukatas (summer kimonos). It is sitting by a river with friends watching spectacular fireworks blossom overhead.

And summer with UTREK is hiking in the Japan Alps, making interesting Japanese handicrafts, and meeting lifelong friends.

The UTREK summer in Japan is an opportunity for foreign youths to travel to Japan, live with a Japanese host family, and participate in UTREK's internatioanl summer camp and cultural workshops.

What is UTREK?

UTREK is a non-profit Japanese exchange organization whose main objective is to develop global understanding and leadership skills in you and adults. UTREK administers a program combining an international exchange experience and outdoor camp. UTREK's combination of family and camp experiences introduces young people to other cultures and how the surrounding environment has affected those cultures.

Homestay

All Japanese host families are volunteers and carefully selected by us. They want to share their culture and life, and want to learn about their new family member's culture and life. All families complete an intensive selection process, including orientations. The foreign delegates visit local shrines and temples, watch fireworks displays in teh summer, visit relatives, often travel on day-trips to surround areas, go shopping, and have the chance to go on sightseeing excursions in their homestay areas.

"The worst thing that could have happened, happened. I became so attached to my Japanese family that I didn't want to leave!"

"I had a wonderful time and I loved the way my host family openly accepted me. I wish I didn't have to say goodbye."

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UTREK International Exchange Center
1130 New State Manor, 2-23-1 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo JAPAN 151-0053
PHONE: 81-3-3370-5335　FAX: 81-3-3370-5365
mailto:info@utrek.org