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Tag: Yokohama Municipal Kanazawa High School

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Events

Mission Bay High School Jazz Band Performs Live in Yokohama!

Mission Bay High School Jazz Band Performs Live in Yokohama! πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡―πŸ‡΅

The San Diego-Yokohama Sister City Society is proud to announce a special series of performances by the Mission Bay High School Jazz Preservationists, one of the premier youth jazz ensembles from San Diego, California.

As part of the cultural exchange between sister cities San Diego and Yokohama, these talented student musicians will be performing at multiple locations across Yokohama this March.

πŸ“… PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:

🎀 March 28 (Fri), 2025 – Yokohama City Hall Atrium
πŸ•› Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
πŸ“ Yokohama City Hall, 1F Atrium (6-50-10 Honcho, Naka-ku)

🎀 March 28 (Fri), 2025 – Certe 1st Floor Terrace
πŸ•’ Time: 3:00 PM
πŸ“ Certe Building (3-33 Masagocho, Naka-ku)

🎀 March 29 (Sat), 2025 – Sankeien Garden
πŸ•š Time: 11:00 AM
πŸ“ Old Tomyoji Main Hall (58-1 Honmoku Sannotani, Naka-ku)

These performances celebrate over 65 years of friendship between San Diego and Yokohama, which became official Sister Cities in 1957. Come enjoy the soulful sounds of youth jazz and experience the energy of this cross-cultural exchange!

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Announcements

Happy holidays from SDYSCS!

The Coming of Age Ceremony (Seijin-shiki) is an important rite of passage for many young Japanese adults.

News

Yokohama BOE Partnership Agreements

Principal Eddie Park has continued the tremendous momentum of dialog between Yokohama and San Diego for building a public school partnership. Eddie traveled to Yokohama once again on from July 8-16 and made tours to the elementary, middle, and high schools in Kanazawa Ward. He was able to meet and exchange gifts with each of the principals there and officially sign partnership agreements that twinned schools together.

Kanazawa Elementary is now partner schools with Barnard Elementary Asian Pacific Language Academy; Kanazawa Junior High School is partnered up with Pacific Beach International Baccalaureate Middle School; and Yokohama Municipal Kanazawa High School is partnered up with Mission Bay High School.

Furthermore, the Yokohama Board of Education has newly establish an Office of International Division to focus on its overseas exchanges. On September 12th, Yokohama Municipal Kanazawa Senior High School Principal Masahiko Miura and English instructor Mr. Satoshi Yuchi will arrive in San Diego to attend the Society’s annual luncheon at Admiral Baker Clubhouse, and then tour their San Diego partner schools and better know our city.