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Humanities News

It gives me great pleasure to inform you that Palm Beach Currumbin State High School is running our biennial Study Tour to Japan in 2020 during the September holidays. The proposed dates are to depart Saturday 19 September and returning Tuesday 29 September. 

We will visit:

Tokyo, Osaka, Hiroshima, Kyoto, Nara, Miyajima, Himeji and Kurashiki. Students will learn about the diversity of Japanese culture, they will experience many types of Japanese foods and historical sites and most importantly be immersed in the Japanese Language. 

Tour highlights include:

  • Universal Studios Osaka
  • Shopping and site seeing in Shibuya
  • Meji Shrime
  • Himeji Castle
  • Hiroshima Peace Park and Atomic Bomb Memorial Dome
  • Shopping in Harajuku
  • Bullet Train to Osaka
  • Miyajima Island
  • Kyoto- Golden Pavilion, Kiyo mizu Temple, Ryuuan Temple
  • Kurashiki- world heritage listed site- traditional Japanese village
  • Nara- visit the giant Buddha
  • Shopping in Namba Osaka 

The cost of the trip will be around $3000. This price will include:

  • Airfares
  • Taxes and airline levies
  • Hotel accommodation
  • Day excursions (transport, city tours, entrance fees)
  • All breakfasts. 

To secure your position on the tour you must be in Year 8-12 in 2020, complete the EOI and referee forms, and you must pay your $300 deposit before the end of this school year.

Andrew Griffin, HOD Humanities