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Spring Break 2025- Japan

March 17-26, 2025

Informational meeting - Sunday, September 8 from 4:00-5:00 pm in the Commons

  • Cost: $5,980
  • ALL airfare, hotels, meals, transportation, entrance, and guide fees and tips are included.
  • Open to any Seabury student, grades 6-12.
  • Chaperones: Mr. Michael Pulsinelli, Ms. Sonja Czarnecki, and Dr. Sara Asher
  • Optional Trip Insurance available HERE for $253

This year's International Educational Trip to Japan combines the best of both urban and rural, and ancient and modern. Our trip begins in Tokyo, where students will visit one of the busiest places in the world, Shibuya crossing, as well as the historical neighborhood of Asakusa. They will then go to the epicenter of anime culture, the Akihabara district and the immersive digital art museum, Tokyo TeamLab Planets. Then it’s off to the countryside, to see the waterfall and lakes at Nikko, and the Tokugawa tomb. Next they travel to Kyoto, one of Japan’s ancient capitals, to take in famous temples, a castle, and the Gion district, home to geisha entertainers. In Kyoto they will also visit the International Manga Museum! Along the way students will make their own sushi lunch and experience a traditional tea ceremony. Nara is next, with its famous deer park and Buddhist monuments. Then in Osaka, our final stop, students will visit one of Japan’s most important castles and the shopping district of Dotonbori Street. There are even more attractions and activities in the detailed itinerary (attached). 

Itinerary Highlights:
  • It will be Cherry Blossom season! So cool!
  • Leave KC
  • In Tokyo: Shibuya Crossing, Akihabara (otaku/gaming culture), Harajuku (world-famous fashion district), Asakusa (Edo period town), Senso-ji, Odaiba, TeamLab Planets.
  • Nikko: Toshogu shrine complex, Lake Chuzenji, Kegon Waterfall (pretty sights!)
  • Bullet Train! (with a bento box lunch!)
  • Kyoto: Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kiyomizu Temple-Dera Gion District, Kinkaku-ji, Nijo Castle, Koda-ji (with a tea ceremony)
  • Nara: Todai-ji temple, Nara Park (feed deer!)
  • Osaka: Oaska Castel Dotonburi Street
  • Return to KC
Japan 2025 Itinerary
International Educational Trip Enrollment Form 2025
International Educational Trip Financial Assistance Application 2025

 

International Educational Travel

International travel has been a long standing tradition since 1998-99 at Bishop Seabury Academy. Our trips, held each year during Spring Break, promote individual academic growth by providing students with personal experiences of what they study. As extensions of the classroom, they are designed to complement the history, art, language and theater courses taught at Seabury. Students have the opportunity to see and explore monuments, art, and historical sites and learn from professional guides and/or experienced Seabury faculty. These trips help our students to develop an appreciation for other cultures and ways of life, as well as give students a forum for conversing with native speakers.  
 
  • ALL airfare, hotels, meals, transportation, museum and guide fees and tips are included in cost.
  • Open to any Seabury student, grades 6-12.
  • Held annually during Seabury's Spring Break.
  • Each trip is preceded by several meetings with parents and students, both to discuss practical aspects such as packing and conduct, and to offer students videos, presentations, and museum visits here in Lawrence to prepare them intellectually and culturally for their experience abroad.
  • Seabury chaperones accompany the student group.
  • Limited space available.
  • All Covid protocol, requirements, and restrictions apply.
 
Rotating sequence of countries:
Italy
Spanish-speaking country
France 
Asian country
Greece