1998
the Sister City Exchange Students from Naganohara.
We hope you enjoy your stay with us.
(Clicking on the names in the list below
will give you short profiles and
a message from each of our visitors.)
Yuko Maruyama
Akiko Achiba
Miku Sayama
Eriko Shimizu
Ai Hagiwara
Hirofumi Iwasaki
Keisuke Asami
Shunichi Suzuki
Keisuke Shibata
Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Tagashi Tomizawa
Michiko Nakamura
Name: Yuko Kobayashi
Pair: Yuko Maruyama
Address: Nagonohara 182
Nagonohara machi Agatsuma-gun
Gunma-ken 377-1304
Birthdate: July 31, 1983
School: Nagonohara Higashi High School
Family: Grandmother, father, mother, two brothers, uncle
Favorite Subject and Sport: History and Basketball
Hobby: Reading books
Message: I like English and your family!
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Name:
Yuko Maruyama
Pair: Yuko Kobayashi
Address:
Birthdate: May 11, 1983
School:
Family: Grandmother, father, mother, sister, brother
Favorite Subject and Sport: Science and Art, Kendo
Hobby: Playing the piano, reading books, seeing movies
Message: Hello, I like English and your family!
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Name: Akiko
Achiba
Pair: Miku Sayama
Address: 430 Haneo Naganohara
Agatsuma-sun Gumma-pre
Birthdate: 6.1.83
School: Naganohara East Junior High School
Family: Father-Sigezi, mother-Hiromi, Grandfather-Sonekichi, Brother-Shinya,
Sister-Yumiko
Favorite Subject and Sport: English, Social Studies, Volleyball
Hobby: To read comic books and watch TV
Message: I go to the USA for the first time. So if give a person trouble.
But we will happily spend
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Name: Miku
Sayama
Pair: Akiko Achiba
Address: Naganohara Othujou 189
Birthdate: 12.28.84
School: Naganohara Higashi Junior High School
Family: Mother-Sachiko, sister-Haruka, dog-Syokara
Favorite Subject and Sport: Japanese and Art, Table Tennis
Hobby: Comic book, writ affair and shopping
Message: I not talk English very good. But I go to America anticipate. I wish we could have a good time.
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Name:Eriko
Shimizu
Pair: Ai Hagiwara
Address: 1353-440 Kitakaruizawa
Naganohara-machi Agatsuma-gun
Gunma-ken Japan
Birthdate: May 8, 1983
School: Naganohara WestJunior High School
Family: I live in a family of seven. Father, mother, grandmother, two older brothers, one older sister, and me.
Favorite Subject and Sport: My favorite subjects are PE and Music. My favorite sports are track, soft tennis, volleyball.
Hobby: My hobbies are singing and playing sports
Message: It is my profile and let’s enjoy talking and playing for two weeks. i look forward to seeing all of you.
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Name:Ai
Hagiwara
Pair:Eriko Shimizu
Address: 2032 Kitakaruiza-wa
Naganohara-machi Agatsuma-gun
Gunma-ken Japan
Birthdate: March 20, 1984
School: Naganohara WestJunior High School
Family: I live in a family of five. Father, mother, one sister, one brother and me.
Favorite Subject and Sport: My favorite subjects are Social Studies and Science. My favorite sport is soft tennis.
Hobby: My hobbies are tennis and singing.
Message: I am poor at English but I would like to enjoy talking and playing with you for ten days. I look forward to seeing you.
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Name: Hirofumi
Iwasaki
Pair: Keisuke Asami
Address: 394.1 Kawaraya
Naganohara-machi Agatsuma-gun
Gunma 377-1302 Japan
Birthdate: February 4, 1984
School:
Family: There are five people in my family. Grandfather, mother, father, brother and myself.
Favorite Subject and Sport: My favorite subject is Social Studies. My favorite sport is baseball.
Hobby: My hobbies are baseball and fishing
Message: I study English as hard as I can. I am looking forward to meeting my host family.
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Name:Keisuke
Asami
Pair:Hirofumi Iwasaki
Address: 169 Otsu
Naganohara-machi Agatsuma-gun
Gunma 377-1308 Japan
Birthdate: September 28, 1983
School: East Naganohara Junior High School
Family: My family is mother, grandmother, brother and myself
Favorite Subject and Sport: Favorite subject is music, English, and PE. Favorite sports are soccer, judo, fishing, anthing like.
Hobby: My hobby is fishing and playing the bass, sports, listen to music.
Message: I’m looking forward to see you.
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Name: Shunichi
Suzuki
Pair:Keisuke Shibata
Address: 1523-18 Kanbara
Tsumagi-muri Agatsuma-gun
Gunma-ken Japan
Birthdate: Novemebr 24, 1983
School: Naganohara West Junior High School
Family: Father-Minoru, mother-Sumiko, sister-Risa and me.
Favorite Subject and Sport: My favorite subjects are Science and Technicalarts. My favorite sports are soft tennis and skiiing.
Hobby: My hobby is playing tennis, making model cars and motorcycles.
Message: My English is poor, but I want to try to talk to all of you. I look forward to seeing you in July.
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Name:Keisuke
Shibata
Pair:Shunichi Suzuki
Address: 1988-49 Kitakaruizawa
Naganohara-machi Agatsuma-gun
Gunma-ken Japan
Birthdate: May 22, 1984
School: Naganohara West Junior High School
Family: There are four in my family. My father, mother, an older sister and myself
Favorite Subject and Sport:My favorite subject Science and Math and I like to play tennis.
Hobby: My hobby is snowboarding.
Message: Hello My Dear Friends of Livingston: I should like to make new friends in your country and I would like very much to exchange information. I am lookinf forward to seeing you this summer.
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Name: Kiyoshi
Kobayashi
Address: 143-2, Ootu
Naganohara
Gunma,Japan
TEL:0279-82-2280
Birthdate: June 14, 1938
Family: Wife-Tomoko, son-Masanori, wife of son-Noriko, grandchild-Hironori
Work: Teacher (elementary school principal), teacher of Science
Sport: Table tennis
Hobby: Photography (scenery)
Message: I am very happy to have this opportunity to visit a big country, America, and to see people there. I will be glad if I can help people of Livingston and Naganohara to deepen the understanding between the two communities. I hope the students of both communities grow up to be more active and independent through staying in each other’s country.
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Name: Tagashi
Tomizawa
Address: Nishi Nakanajyo
Nakanajyo-machi Agatsuma-gun
Gunma-ken Japan
Birthdate: February 16, 1956
School:Naganohara West Junior High School
Family: My family is made up of wife, two children
Work: I am a teacher of Japanese and a coach of the volleyball team at my school.
Sport: I like playing sports, golf, volleyball and watching professional baseball and soccer games on TV
Message: I hope all of students enjoy their life and have good experiences in Livingston, MT
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Name: Michiko
Nakamura
Address: 1984 Okuwa
Naganohara-machi Agatsuma-gun
Gunma-ken Japan 377-1411
Birthdate:October 17, 1970
Family: Father (59): He retired Bus company this month (May)
Mother (60): She like many flowers
Younger brother (25): Bank Clerk
One dog: She was born last year. Her name is Chi.
Favorite Subject and Sport: My favorite sport is tennis (soft tennis), badminton, etc.
Hobby: Movie. Driving. Trip. Listen to music.
Message: I’m looking forward to visiting Livingston again. I can speak English a little. But I will try to speak English, and I enjoy homestay.
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