American Students Visit Cultural Sites in Tamamura

"Breaking News ""Gunma Prefecture"".
By AI of ""Isesaki FM"".

On the 25th, a group of nine junior and senior high school students and their parents from Ellensburg, Washington, USA, visited cultural properties in Tamamura Town and experienced Japanese culture.

As part of an international exchange program run by Tamamura Town, this time they visited the Shigeta Family Residence in the town. Guided by teachers and staff from the town, they toured the main house and western storehouse.

The Shigeta family has been a family of doctors since the mid-Edo period, and the residence is a valuable cultural asset that conveys the lives of doctors from the Meiji to Showa periods.

The group also visited Tamamura Hachiman Shrine and Tamamura Minami Elementary School, experiencing Japanese school life by enjoying school lunches with the students."