Progress

All students have paid in full. We purchased the 14-days JR Pass which will arrive next week.

I received email from Seishin. Mr. Korachika is finalizing the program details. The schedule and host family list will be sent within a few days.

Ms. Slattery (NDSJ's VP of Human Resource and Administration) is preparing trip permission forms.

We will a mandatory trip information night after AP testing on Monday May 17 from 7pm to 8pm.

Free Cell Phone Rental by ANA (2010)

ANA (All Nippon Airways) provides free cell phone rental service to its customers. As we will fly ANA, we are qualified. [For details click here]

For our entire stay, the rental fee is free. The incoming calls are at no charge too.

Call Rate:

Domestic Calls (60 yen/30s)

International Calls (75 yen/30s)

SMS Messages

Domestic SMS (10.5 yen/msg)

International SMS (126 yen/msg)

Insurance (optional) 157.5/day

Experience shared by Blair

I received a long email from Blair's co-ordinator of the Japanese exchange program - Ms. Wulf. She has been to Seishin 4 times. Her experience is a great help for us. (Click the title to read the email.)

Meeting postponed

Sorry, I have to postpone the meeting on Thursday at lunch. I need to go to another meeting about course registration process with Ms. Tupaj-Farthing and Ms. Rolfson. They just scheduled it today.

Probably we can meet the week after the spirit week. I'll send out a notice next week.

Passport

Please check your passport. It must be valid at least 6 months beyond the day of your trip to Japan.

For passport application or renewal, please check:

http://travel.state.gov/passport/passport_1738.html