Students will learn the key facts as we take a road trip across Japan. Each week we will discover the 47 Prefectures, the surrounding towns, the capital, special landmarks, fun facts, and other interesting and important information in the current Prefecture we are in. One of my students suggested we travel through Japan in order from 1-47. So, we will 

This class is designed for students to enter the class at any point in the ongoing status because each week will be a new area of Japan. Students will receive information prior to class on which area we will be traveling into. Each student can then research information they find interesting and/or important to bring to class. The following is an example of how we will proceed with each prefecture. Some of the larger prefectures, we may divide into two or three regions, along with the capital.

Week 1 (July 8, 2022): Hokkaido
Week 2 (July 15, 2022): Aomori 
Week 3 (July22, 2022): Akita
Week 4 (July 29, 2022): Iwate
Week 5 (August 5, 2022): Yamagata
Week 6 (August 12, 2022): Miyagi
Week 7 (August 19, 2022): Fukushima
Week 8 (August 26, 2022): Ibaraki
Week 9 (September 2, 2022): Tochigi
Week 10 (September 9, 2022): Gunma
Week 11 (September 16, 2022): Saitama
Week 12 (September 23, 2022): Chiba
Week 13 (September 30, 2022): Tokyo
Week 14 (October 7, 2022): Kanagawa
Week 15 (October 14, 2022): Yamanashi
Week 16 (October 21, 2022): Niigato
Week 17 (October 28, 2022): Nagano
Week 18 (November 4, 2022): Toyama
Week 19 (November 18, 2022): Ishikawa
Week 20 (November 25, 2022): Fukui
Week 21 (December 2, 2022): Shizuoka
Week 22 (December 9, 2022): Aichi
Week 23 (January 6, 2023): Gifu
Week 24 (January 13, 2023): Mie
Week 25 (January 20, 2023: Kyoto
Week 26 (January 27, 2023): Shiga
Week 27 (February 3, 2023): Osaka
Week 28 (February 10, 2023): Nara
Week 29 (February 17, 2023): Wakayama
Week 30 (February 24, 2023: Hyogo
Week 31 (March 3, 2023): Okayama
Week 32 (March 10, 2023): Hiroshima
Week 33 (March 17, 2023): Yamaguchi
Week 34 (March 24, 2023): Tottori
Week 35 (March 31, 2023): Shimane
Week 36 (April 7, 2023): Kagawa
Week 37 (April 14, 2023): Tokushima
Week 38 (April 21, 2023): Ehime
Week 39 (April 28, 2023): Kochi
Week 40 (May 5, 2023): Fukuoka
Week 41 (May 12, 2023): Saga
Week 42 (May 19, 2023): Nagasaki
Week 43 (May 26, 2023): Kumamoto
Week 44 (June 2, 2023): Oita
Week 45 (June 9, 2023): Miyazaki
Week 46 (June 16, 2023): Kagoshima
Week 47 (June 23, 2023): Okinawa

Then, I will create a new section that will start at #1 and transfer any current students to the new section. 



This class will be interactive as each student has the ability to discover information about an area in Japan and share the information with the other classmates. In fact, it is encouraged for each student to bring a discovery to class. When each student is allowed a voice, in addition to the teacher, the wealth of information can be great. This will be an exciting adventure. 

I like to be a hands-on-to-learning teacher. This class is not about the teacher. The students are the focus and will guide the course. The teacher is just the facilitator. For this class, there is no prior knowledge required to attend this class.