walkjapan/speciality-tour/schooltours/ School Tours Overview Walk Japan’s school programs are created for students who like to be active, contribute, learn and understand. All our tours, including school programs, are grounded in the three principles of Entertainment (enjoyment), Interest (learning) and Efficiency (best use of time and money) and are designed to allow participants to engage in a meaningful way with Japan, its people and their culture. To our school programs we also add in at least two, wherever possible all three, of the academic elements of Creativity, Action and Service. Deep at the heart of Walk Japan’s corporate culture is the desire and skill to impart knowledge about Japan; interpret Japanese culture and society; and introduce the Japanese themselves. This culture is found in the very origins of the company. Walk Japan began within academia and education is one of the essential elements of all the company’s tours. The two founders of Walk Japan, Tom Stanley and Dick Irving, were academics at Hong Kong University and are experts, respectively, in Japanese history and Japanese social geography. They set up cross-departmental courses for Japanese Studies and began bringing their students to Japan for field-study trips along the Nakasendo Way. These pioneering trips provided the original inspiration for Walk Japan, which they founded together in 1992, and also the basis to this day for all the company’s tours. Walk Japan now runs a total of 16 scheduled tours, tours for other travel organisations and custom tours, as well as schools programs. Whether run in the nation’s far north or deep south, all explore deep into Japan and relate closely to its people. Tom is now retired from his post at university. He now lends his expertise to our school programs and also leads tours. Dick pursues his academic work as Professor at the School of Policy Studies at Kansei Gakuin University near Osaka and still continues to take his students on field-study trips along the Nakasendo Way. Please Contact Walk Japan for more information.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 07:12:53 +0000
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