Program Details
Studying abroad in Japan is your chance to experience full cultural immersion while living with a host family and attending a Japanese high school for a trimester, semester or academic year abroad.
- Location:
- Fukuoka, Japan
- Program Type:
- Study Abroad
- Degree Level:
- High School
- Term:
- Academic Year, Fall Semester, MayMester Intersession, Spring Semester, Winter Semester
Program Overview
- Program Description:
Studying abroad in Japan is your chance to experience full cultural immersion while living with a host family and attending a Japanese high school for a trimester, semester or academic year abroad. Greenheart Travel's High School Abroad Program provides students (age 15 - 18) with an opportunity for a unique, rewarding experience that they will remember for a lifetime!
Program fee includes:- Roundtrip international airfare from LAX to Tokyo
- Host family accommodations and meals with your family
- Medical/Accident insurance
- Support and counseling services from in-country staff
- 24-hour emergency support
- Pre-departure Orientation and Preparation
- 2 Day Arrival Orientation
- Personal assistance from a Greenheart Travel program manager
- Letter of Recommendation upon request and successful completion of the program
Check out our website for seasonal early bird application discounts for up to $500 off your program fee!
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- Setting Description:
- Exchange students are placed in safe communities all around Japan, though they are rarely placed in major cities such Tokyo. It is important to be flexible about which town you’re placed in since we are unable to take your location preferences into account. Our priority is to identify a host family and community that is the best match for you
- Cost:
- Academic Trimester: $10,610 Academic Semester: $12,930 Academic Year: $14,260
Additional Program Information
- Requirements:
- To study abroad in Japan, students must: -- Have at least 1 year of Japanese language instruction OR a level 4 on the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT). The JLPT Exam is only administered twice a year and results can take months to post. -- Be between 15 and 18 years of age -- Be from the United States or Canada -- Possess a high school cumulative GPA of at least 2.75/4.0 -- Be in great mental* and physical health -- Have a genuine interest in becoming a part of your host family and community
Program Reviews
Overall Rating
Based on 2 Reviews
- Process was Easy and Well Supported07/19/16As a parent, Greenheart Travel made the process very easy. I felt well supported and the travel planning was well organized and safe.Bottom Line:Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
- 10-Month Japan Exchange06/12/16
My senior daughter is a week away from returning from her 10-month exchange through Greenheart Travel. For the entire exchange she attended Junten Junior/Senior High School, a private school, where she ended up in the academic track--an unusual experience
for most exchange students there. Perhaps it was because she was a senior who had successfully completed five AP classes through her local high school experience; regardless, this was a very humbling experience for her which resulted in a strong connection to her classmates. My daughter was very fortunate to have been placed with a wonderful family with whom she stayed for seven months. There, she was included in all aspects of the family's life, even running together to prepare for a 5K that they signed up for. The host father, in particular, took an interest in my daughter's Japanese heritage and invested quite a bit of time translating a family tree and even driving her to meet with a relative to further explore her family history. Her second homestay was not as positive but was, fortunately, only three months long. Greenheart, specifically Hope Pavich, maintained contact with me for the duration of my daughter's exchange. Hope even stepped in to help facilitate my daughter's delivery of a valedictorian speech to her graduating class, in absentia. Our relationship with Hope began months before her exchange started when we stopped in for a visit to the Chicago office while there on vacation from Arizona. Overall, I've been pleased with the Greenheart and their program though my daughter is pretty independent and had experienced Japan previously through family or school travel. Being a senior created some issues--not something I'd recommend, but it's what my daughter wanted. She'll return to enroll at Arizona State University and maintain her language proficiency by continuing to study the language. Thank you, Greenheart, for helping to organize this experience. It's been nice to watch her learn and grow a more international perspective of the world.
read moreBottom Line:Yes, I would recommend this to a friend