August 3, 2017 – West Bend, WI – For the next five days a dozen families in West Bend will host students from the Japanese sister city of Aisho-cho.
The Liddicoat family is hosting Shoma Hata… and they’re having a ball. Story and photos below by Jodi Liddicoat.
Shoma Hata- Japanese student enjoying his first baseball game at Miller Park.
Keegan Liddicoat, 15, and Avery Liddicoat, 11, posed with Shoma at Miller Park.
This is our fourth student from Japan. Â My old co-worker had done the exchange program for many years and said what a great experience it was for her and children.
The communication issue – we’ve been lucky; Â all of our students have been really good with English. We do a lot of rephrasing and laughing. Google translator and pictures of items works well too.
This is not only a great culture experience for the Japanese student but it also is teaching culture to the host families.
