Fifteen students from Toyama College of Foreign Languages visited the Duke campus as part of the Durham/Toyama sister cities initiatives. They joined twenty Duke students enrolled in various levels of Japanese language courses to explore campus, including a visit to the Durham-Toyama Sister Cities Pavilion in the Duke Gardens.
During the visit, Toyama students participated in a Japanese language class and enthusiastically exchanged insights about diverse cultures. The Toyama students’ trip to Durham had been suspended since 2020 due to COVID-19, but it finally resumed this year. Despite the continued online collaboration between Duke and Toyama students, the opportunity to meet in person was unparalleled, and the atmosphere of the interaction was extremely vibrant.