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Ketchikan, Alaska
​United States

A part of hundreds of lives in both Ketchikan and Kanayama • Gero since the first exchange in 1987
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The Exchange Begins ~ Travel Groups 1987

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Exchange Alumni

Kanayama • Gero City, Japan

Lasting friendships built across the ocean ... Hooked on Each Other!
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First Exchange Groups Between Ketchikan & Kanayama

Ketchikan Students

Jack Boulton, Brooks Crockett, Amy Hartgenbush, Trina Lucas, Amy Marksheffel, Cheryl May, Barbie McGee, Ana Ner, Meg Salness, Ann Staley, Julie Strunk,  Tracy Sund, Russell Thomas, Becca Valentine, Lisa Walker, Angela Wendte

Ketchikan Chaperones

Mary Castle, Rosie Roppel, Pam Thomas, Judy May Walker

Kanayama Students

Mikako Hoshiya, Rieko Iked, Sachie Imai, Hiroko Ishihara, Katsuya Iwasa, Karin Kameyama, Miyako Kanayama, Chigusa Kusakabe, Chigusa Mori, Mami Nago, Takanori Nakashima, Sayuri Ooshita, Masashi Saruhara, Keiko Sato, Isuro Sugimura, Hiroko Tanaka 

Kanayama Chaperones

​Hioki Yoshie, Rithuko Nakashima, Takayoshi Imad, Kunihiko Kanayama, Miyuki Kato


1987 • Hooked on Each Other • 2017

Ketchikan•Gero•Kanayama Since 1986