Consulate Activities

On November 1^st, “Fukuoka Buzen City Hawaii Homestay Delegation”, which includes twenty secondary school students, visited the consulate. This “delegation” is one of the cultural exchange programs that Buzen city runs. For this program, they select secondary students to send to Hawaii for a week with the purpose of deepening Japan Hawaii friendship through interactions.

Consul General Ito gave a presentation about history and relationship between Japan and Hawaii and Former Governor George Ariyoshi, whose father is originally from Buzen city, shared his thoughts on importance of interactions between people of Japan and Hawaii.