English Camp 2017 is officially over, but the friendships and memories that were made will never be!

"Today marks the end of the greatest trip of my life so far. The dream I've had for a decade finally came true. I am so happy to have met so many amazing people on my journey through Japan. I'll never forget the experiences I had here and ones who made it special."

- Kavi (NYU)

I couldn't have asked for a better group of people to share such an amazing experience with. Thanks for the incredible six weeks.

- Joon (Duke University)

These 6 weeks were amazing. Thank you Come on Out- Japan for giving me the opportunity to work with such wonderful kids and fantastic interns!

- Ning (Duke University)

I'm incredibly thankful for the opportunity to have gone to Japan and teach English with Come on Out- Japan this summer! Despite the 90 minute commutes on week 1, endless applications, and my inability to speak Japanese, it was everything I could have wanted. I met some truly awesome people, saw great sights, and had excellent food - not to mention having the best homestay family I could have asked for.

- Shehan (UC Berkeley)

This opportunity teaching/mentoring for Come on Out has been one of the best things I've ever done, and I am so grateful to everyone who made my time in Japan so incredible! So to everyone I meet in this program, from the bottom of my heart, thank you, thank you, thank you!!

- Rebecca (UCLA)

Today I did something that I can only describe as "terribly worth it." I have been pretty much awake for the past 40 hours because I went and climbed Mount Fuji. 8 hours up overnight, 4 hours down after sunrise, and a lot of cursing myself for choosing to even do the hike in the first place.

I and my friends really didn't know what we were getting ourselves into, even WITH all the stories and advice we heard from others that did the climb earlier this month. But, while there was no way we could have been fully prepared for the challenge, there was also no way of knowing truly how beautiful the sunrise would be.

The pictures I managed to take aren't even close to capturing the full grand nature of it all, but I tried. And now, I lay in bed, ready to sleep, only to have to leave this wonderful and amazing country tomorrow evening. It's a bittersweet ending to an unforgettable experience and opportunity to meet such bright Japanese high school students and be their guides as they explore the fun that can come out of speaking a language they've only really studied vocabulary and grammar for. Thank you Japan, thank you Come On Out, thank you Come On Up, thank you Toshin, and most of all thank you to all of my fellow interns who I was able to get to know for the past 5 weeks. I will miss all of you, so let's please meet again!

- Zohair

WEEKEND TRIP TIME!

This weekend, interns raced to Tokyo from all parts of Japan (Tokushima, Ehime, Nara, Okinawa, Osaka, Kyoto, and more!) to make the 10:27AM train to Miura Beach in the Tokyo Bay of Kanagawa. On our way to the beach house we were staying at, we stopped at a lava rock beach.

Afterward we took a small boat ride to a seafood and vegetable market. 

Buying food at the market is always an exciting experience. They’re all locals from who don’t understand any English, so we can only use Japanese with them! We never know what food we’re buying, but it’s okay because the food is always delicious.

Watermelon on the pier.

Later that night, we returned to the beach house and had a big barbecue. Tofu, vegetables, tuna, sashimi, kimchi, chicken wings—we had it all!