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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

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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

Danielle Carter, Brandon Castle, Sonja Christianson, Katie Dossett, Ceclia Ekse, Mena Heinl, Nathaniel Jones, Anthony Joslyn, JD Langert, Melanie Loughman, Holly O’Brien, Alex Pihl, Gwen Ranniger, Ella Sherrill, Kaitlyn Tighe

Ketchikan Chaperones

Colleen Castle, Josh Dossett, Heizelle Jones, Penny Ranniger (Head Chaperone) ​

Kanayama Students

Shina Fukui, Mayuko Kaneyama, Mayuko Kato, Saki Kobayashi, Yui Murase, Mizuki Nakamura, Haruka Nomura, Mayu Nomura, Hana Lee Oshima, Yuiko Saito, Toru Taguchi, Risa Takamura, Hiroaki Tsuchiya, Miyuki Yoshikawa

Kanayama Chaperones

Tony Hatano-Worrell, Chandra Oshima, Kazuhira Nomura (Head Chaperone)

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Teacher to Kanayama:
​Jessica Cooley

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Teacher to Ketchikan:
​Miku Ikedo


1987 • Hooked on Each Other • 2017

Ketchikan•Gero•Kanayama Since 1986