JTB International (Canada) Ltd. Toronto Office
2009 / Japanese Language Lesson & Homestay Experience in Japan (B plan, 8 days)

Learn basic Japanese effectively and experience real way of life of the Japanese family!
By joining this program, you can make friends with a host family, meet students from various countries and enjoy cutting-edge Japanese culture like MANGA, J-POP, fashion and so on!

Adult: (12 years and older): JPY 162,000
Child: ( 6 - 11 years old ): Not/available
Tour dates Year 2009: Oct.18-Dec.27 (Sun.)
Year 2010: Jan. 3-Mar.28 (Sun.)
(except Dec.27, Jan.3)
Meals Breakfast - 7  
Lunch - 3  
Dinner - 7  
Pick-up / Drop off Not Available
Guide English-speaking assistance is included at Narita or Haneda airport on Day 1.
Baggage Baggage carriage service is not available. Please make your own arrangement to have your baggage transported.

ITINERARY

Day 1 (Sun.)
JTB staff will meet you at the exit of customs and assist you in boarding an airport bus to the city center of Tokyo. Your host family will meet you at the bus stop and take you to their home for homestay experience.
Dinner at the host family's home. (*Your host family will tell you how to go to the school from Monday.
Day 2 (Mon.)
Breakfast at your host family's home.
Please go to the Japanese language school "Japanese Language Center" on your own.

10:00 a.m. -12:00 noon
Japanese language lesson-1
*Orientation, level-check test
*Learn Japanese Hiragana words, greetings, self introduction

12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m
Lunch and afternoon break
*Lunch will be privided at the school.

1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m
Welcome get-together with teachers and classmates.

Return home on your own
Dinner at your host family's home
Day 3 (Tue.)
Breakfast at your host family's home.
Please go to the Japanese language school "Japanese Language Center" on your own.

10:00 a.m. -12:00 noon
Japanese language lesson-2
*Learn basic sentence structure for communication.

12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m
Lunch on your own

1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m
Free at your leisure. (Return home on your own)

Dinner at your host family's home
Day 4 (Wed.)
Breakfast at your host family's home.
Please go to the Japanese language school "Japanese Language Center" on your own.

10:00 a.m. -12:00 noon
Japanese language lesson-3
*Learn how to express the name of persons, objects and places.

12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m
Lunch on your own

1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m
Free at your leisure (Return home on your own)

Dinner at your host family's home.
Day 5 (Thu.)
Breakfast at your host family's home.
Please go to the Japanese language school "Japanese Language Center" on your own.

10:00 a.m. -12:00 noon
Japanese language lesson-4
*Learn about the verbs.

12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m
Lunch on your own.

1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m
Walking tour around the campus of the university (Return home on your own)

Dinner at your host family's home.
Day 6 (Fri.)
Breakfast at your host family's home.
Please go to the Japanese language school "Japanese Language Center" on your own.

10:00 a.m. -12:00 noon
Japanese language lesson-3
*Learn how to express the directions

12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m
Lunch and certificate ceremony
*Lunch will be privided at the school

1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Karaoke experience (Return home on your own)

Dinner at your host family's home.
Day 7 (Sat.)
Breakfast at your host family's home.
Whole day free at your leisure
*Lunch and dinner are provided at your host family's home
*Spend your last day in Tokyo with your host family
Day 8 (Sun.)
Breakfast at your host family's home.
Your host family will send you to the bus stop for Narita (or Haneda airport)
Please proceed to the airport and check-in on your own.

Say goodbye Tokyo and Japan!
*You are requested to vacate your room and depart by 12 noon

<Important>
Home stay is different from hotel stay. Please read the following for the outline and conditions of home stay before you apply.
1.A home stay should not be used merely as an inexpensive room and board.
2.You will live as a member of the family, not as a guest.
3.The home stay is not to be used as an opportunity for any kind of commercial or proselytizing activities.
4.Only single-occupancy rooms are available.
5.In rare cases, you may be required to move to another host family during your stay due to unavoidable circumstances.
6.Depending on the conditions of your application, you may not be permitted to participate in a home stay program.
7.Applicants will be arranged in private rooms. 
8.A single room with desk will be provided.  Washroom facilities including bath/shower will be shared with the host family. 
9.Bed or futon will be provided for the applicants. 
10.Meals mentioned on the itinerary will be provided.
11.Any outside meals including those with the host family will be at the applicant's own expense. 
12. Applicants will be responsible for paying any of their personal phone charges, cleaning bills, purchases of everyday items and goods. 
13.The host family will be responsible for preparing meals and paying electricity and water charges. 
14.The home stay areas will be located within 70 minutes of your school/company by public transportation. 
15.Host families may in some cases be of other nationalities. 
16.The requests of the applicants (in regards to conditions such as allergies, smoking, etc.) will be taken into consideration when placing them with their host families. 
17.English language ability will not be considered as a criteria in the selection of host families (the main language will be Japanese).  
18.We will do our best to meet applicant's requests regarding host family structure, but we are unable to meet requests in some cases.
19.Please respect the rules of your host family's home.
20.Because of the housing situation in Japan, many families live in the suburbs, and in some cases you may have to commute to your school or company for about 70 minutes by public transportation. Please be prepared for commuting costs and rush hour congestion.
 


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Phone: (416) 367-5824     E-mail:  sales@jtbcnd.com


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