Saga, Japan: The prefecture (state) in Japan in which Hizen-Cho, where the students come from, is located.

Making an Origami fat paper crane, a step by step guide Or you can download a Word Document containing the same information

This site has daily updates, photos, historical and future schedules for Sumo in and outside of Japan.

The sport of Karate, moves, styles, places to see it and historical information. Not regularly updated but still a good read.

The Art of Paper folding, paper designs, descriptions and links to other resources can be found here.

Quite a cool site that has a series of pictures which you can follow to create a paper sculpture which you can play with and mold as you wish

The High School in Buena Vista which hosted the students from Japan.

Virginia Millitary Institute , some of the staff and students gave the Hizen cho students a tour of the VMI Museum during the homestay.

Rockbridge Weekly Newspaper which came to photograph and interview the student from Hizen while in Buena Vista.

Washington, DC A very fine guest house where the students and chaperones stayed. Breakfast included and it was walking distance to the National Zoo and metro station.

A great hotel in the heart of San Francisco city. Wonderful service and very helpful staff. With two quad rooms and a double it was very cheap to stay at the heart of city.

'All' the hotels on the Web. A great resource when looking for resonably priced hotels in various cities across America.

Listing of cheap hotels across North America. You can search by city, price range and room size if you wish.

Guest houses and hotels in San Franciso, links to homepages with photos, maps, offer and facilities. Some even offer special on-line deals.

Another hotel listing service. No direct hotel feedback but on-line booking is available. You can book and cancel on-line without a charge!