GROUP STUDY EXCHANGE:D3300 TO D2680, HYOGO, JAPAN10 FEBRUARY – 10 MARCH 2013

Pre-Departure:Orientation, Uniforms, Songs etc

Pre-Departure:District Conference, Souvenirs etc

Hyogo? Where’s Hyogo?

Hyogo: Kobe, Nishiwaki, Miki, Himeji, Awaji IslandBeyond Hyogo: Osaka, Nara, Kyoto, Onomichi

Kobe

Orientation in Kobe

11 February 2013

Portopia Hotel Kobe

Pink Phones

Rotary Meetings

15 Club Meetings 4 District Meetings

Clubs Visited Kobe Suma (13/2) Kobe Harbour (13/2) Kobe Seishin (14/2) Kobe Tarumi (14/2) Kobe West (15/2) Nishiwaki (18/2) Miki (22/2) Miki, Miki Midori, Ono

Kato, Nishiwaki, Hojo (Inter-City) (23/2)

Kobe South (25/2) Kobe East (26/2) Kobe (28/2) Kobe Arima (1/3) Sumoto (5/3) Awaji Mihara (7/3) Minamiawaji (8/3)

Club Banners

Meetings: Distinctively Japanese

Punctuality Formality Uniformity Interesting Quirks:

Music conductor, pianist

Executive Secretary Pre-Meeting Exercise Greetings, messages After lunch smoke

Most Unusual Meeting

Rotary Club of Kobe Arima

District Conference

2 & 3 March 2013Portopia Hotel, Kobe

Inter-City Japanese-Style

Vocational Visits

Osaka Gas Himeji Energy Center

Kobe Shinkin Bank Kobe District Court Japan Legal Support

Center Higashimachi, law firm Nestle Japan Nippon Zoki

Pharmaceutical Co Ltd Banshu Textile Factory

Miki Disaster Prevention Park

Kobe Biomedical Innovation Cluster

Kansai Electric Power NYK Line Sumitomo Mitsui Bank Kawasaki Heavy

Industries Kobe University Panasonic Group –

Energy Co Ltd

Courtesy Call on Hyogo Governor

Japanese Culture & Traditions

Temples & Shrines

Other Interesting Places

Akashi Kaikyo Bridge Sumadera Temple Kobe Winery Kitano Arima Onsen Kishike House, Nishiwaki Sugihara Paper Research

Institute Himeji Castle Shosha-Zan Temple Koi nobori maker Jyodoji Temple Abacus maker

Beans Dome Freundlieb (confectionary) Kobe Port Tower Ikuta Jinja Great Hanshin Awaji

Earthquake Memorial Izanagi Jinja Kunju Do (Incense) Awaji Yumebutai Naruto whirlpools Udon making Miyako Bijin sake brewery

Japanese Hospitality

Your GSE Team gave us big “Rotaryship”, friendship. Now, we have many friends both sides in Japan and in Malaysia. It is wonderful. Arigato gozaimashita. Shoji Yamamoto, GSE Chair

Like Kometani-san, the oldest active Rotarian of 2680 District and a past governor said, your team was the best of all the GSE teams we ever had. Akiko Futami

It was such a pleasant time and I am so happy to meet you and other members of your GSE team who are so nice and well mannered young gentlemen and also well talented for singing and dancing. … [Y]ou have done a good job representing District 3300, especially from Malaysia.  Shigeru Yamano

I had a wonderful afternoon with you and your group of distinguished men. It was so fun to tour with you. Lauralee Garson-Okamoto

Achievements

First hand experience of work practices in Japan

Introduction to Japanese culture, society & customs

Building goodwill and friendship between people of two nations

Better understanding of Rotary in Japan

Experience of Rotary ideals by team members