VS Oceania assists schools make the natural progression from hosting an educational study tour in your own school by planning and facilitating the Educational Study Tour for your students to travel to Japan. This is a chance of a lifetime to travel to a beautiful country with a vastly different culture.

These programs provide the students with the opportunity to:

• Attend local Japanese schools
• Homestay with a Japanese family
• Visit cultural and tourist landmarks and attractions
• Experience the Japanse way of life

For all students of a foreign language, the benefit of an in-country learning experience is immeasurable. The VS Oceania study tour program not only allows students the chance to utilise the language skills they have learned in the classroom, but also to experience the cultural and historical aspects of the country first hand. In past tours we have found this has lead to a broadening of the students' minds and a greater understanding of their part in our global community. An international school excursion to Japan organised by VS Oceania will have your school visiting the most popular tourist spots in Japan. Typically 10 to 12 days in length, VS Oceania tours include visits to Kyoto, Hiroshima, Osaka and Tokyo.

Role of VS Oceania

• VSO liaises with Japan to organise all aspects of the tour, including airfares, accommodation, transport, homestay, and the host school.
• VSO creates an original itinerary to suit your school's requirements
• VSO provides a Japanese speaking guide/liaison to accompany the group in Japan
• VSO provides an orientation for participants prior to departure

Role of the school

• To liaise with VSO in regard to the organisation of the group
• To publicise the tour at the school and allocate participating student places
• To assist VS Oceania in liaising with participants
• To organise for an adult (or adults) to accompany the tour and supervise participants throughout the tour