{"id":2601,"date":"2016-12-15T14:46:17","date_gmt":"2016-12-15T19:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/?p=2601"},"modified":"2026-06-04T10:44:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T14:44:54","slug":"eckerd-celebrates-50-year-friendship-with-japanese-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/blog\/eckerd-celebrates-50-year-friendship-with-japanese-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Eckerd celebrates 50 year friendship with Japanese town"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; row_position_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; row_position_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; row_position_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; overflow=&#8221;visible&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; flex_gap_desktop=&#8221;10px&#8221; column_element_direction_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; column_element_spacing=&#8221;default&#8221; desktop_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_backdrop_filter=&#8221;none&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; column_position=&#8221;default&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;default&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; border_type=&#8221;simple&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h3>The alumni of Takamatsu Daiichi High School fondly recalled their English teachers. For 50 years, Eckerd College has sent a graduate to Takamatsu, Japan for a one-year, post college teaching assignment.<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221; custom_height=&#8221;24&#8243;][image_with_animation image_url=&#8221;2602&#8243; image_size=&#8221;full&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width_mobile=&#8221;default&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;entrance&#8221; animation=&#8221;Fade In&#8221; animation_easing=&#8221;default&#8221; animation_movement_type=&#8221;transform_y&#8221; hover_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; alignment=&#8221;&#8221; border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; box_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; image_loading=&#8221;default&#8221;][vc_column_text]<em>Eckerd graduate Haley Ramirez (front row, far right) poses with her English language students at Takamatsu Daiichi High in June.<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; top_padding=&#8221;32&#8243; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; row_position_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; row_position_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; row_position_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; overflow=&#8221;visible&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; flex_gap_desktop=&#8221;10px&#8221; column_element_direction_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; column_element_spacing=&#8221;default&#8221; desktop_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_backdrop_filter=&#8221;none&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; column_position=&#8221;default&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;default&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; border_type=&#8221;simple&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_column_text]\u201cI had a senior citizen telling me he remembered his teacher,\u201d said Eileen Mikals-Adachi, a professor of Japanese language at Eckerd who led a student trip to Japan in spring. \u201cThis demonstrates how important cross cultural relations and globalization are important to both Eckerd College and the city of Takamatsu.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Takamatsu, a coastal community on the island of Shikoku, is a sister city to St. Petersburg. Eckerd College forged a relationship with the local government 50 years ago and has been sending students to teach English there ever since. In May, the Eckerd College <a href=\"\/president\/bot\/\">Board of Trustees<\/a> signed a resolution honoring the anniversary of the arrangement.<\/p>\n<p>Mikals-Adachi made her fifth trip to the city with four current Eckerd students and <a href=\"\/environmental-studies\/\">Environmental Studies<\/a> Professor Jesse Sherry to deliver the resolution to the Takamatsu Deputy Mayor on May 31.<\/p>\n<p>Rodney Marsella \u201819, a <a href=\"\/marinescience\/\">marine science<\/a> and <a href=\"\/internationalstudies\/\">international studies<\/a> student from Rutherford, N.J., said the city was \u201clovely, and easy to get around in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were received very enthusiastically in Takamatsu,\u201d Marsella said. \u201cThe school met every need, and did a good job of providing plenty of fun cultural activities for us in our free time. Everyone, from government officials, to professors, to students, to regular citizens were friendly and open.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After spending a week in Takamatsu, Mikals-Adachi, Sherry and the students moved on to Tokyo to complete <a href=\"\/news\/blog\/luce-foundation-awards-400000-grant-for-new-interdisciplinary-program-on-asian-environmental-studies\/\">a Luce Foundation funded project on Japan and the environment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Marsella said the group spent three weeks acquiring knowledge that \u201csimply doesn\u2019t exist in English.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe mainly focused on a number of small projects such as ocean floor cleaning, and seagrass disposal,\u201d Masella said. \u201cA majority of the science came from a historic standpoint as well learning the projects that had been done in the Sato Inland Sea over the years, and the toll pollution had in the lives of the inhabitants. It was extremely informative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Students Masella, Grant Clay, Nicole Cronen and Kate Seader helped Japanese students practice their English while getting in a little Japanese practice themselves. 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