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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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Travel Groups 2007 - 20th Exchange

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Exchange Alumni

Kanayama • Gero City, Japan

Lasting friendships built across the ocean ... Hooked on Each Other!
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Exchange Groups

Ketchikan Students

Chas Allen, Deandra Banie, Garrett Blasingame, Tom Flora, Frannie Girard, Deannaca Samalot, Andy Sullivan,  Joe Truitt, Ashley Turner, Haley Widness, Daniel Williams

Ketchikan Chaperones

Mark Flora, Wendy Girard, Ann Widness, Eileen Truitt (Head)

Kanayama Students

Hiroshi Kawajiri, Koki Yamauchi, Haruna Kawashiri, Kelly Marques, Ayano Ikedo, Kazuma Sawada, Mayo Takagi, Yuuji Nakashima, Miwako Yajima, Mika Hoshiya, Jin Kato, Chika Kameyama, Kaho Yasue, Yuuya Ueno,  R'yo Kumazaki, Takahiro Hosoe, Saki Imai, R'yota Imai, Hiroki Saito , Miko Hosoe

Kanayama Chaperones

Yoshinori Ikedo, Michiyo Ito, Gavin Piercy,  Takumi Mikami (Head)

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Teacher to Kanayama:
​Gavin Piercy

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Teacher to Ketchikan:
​Chie Kaneko


1987 • Hooked on Each Other • 2017

Ketchikan•Gero•Kanayama Since 1986