Visit by Seki City Junior High Schools (Japan) 2025
Read about the two-day cultural exchange between Manjusri Secondary School and students from Seki City, Japan, featuring shared classes, local cooking, and traditional performances.
MJR welcomed a delegation of Japanese students, teachers and officials from Seki City, Gifu Prefecture, led by Mr Goto Katsumi, Secretary General of Seki Board of Education, on 6 and 7 August 2025. The delegation was welcomed by a string of exciting performances put up by our Wushu, Dance and Choir students, before the Seki students joined their Manjusrian buddies in class to experience classes such as Mathematics, Biology and Design & Technology. Seki students also attended a Nutrition and Food Science class in the afternoon to teach them how to prepare a local delicacy – Roti Jala with Chicken Rendang - before they joined their Manjusri buddies for CCA as well as a family hosting experience in the evening.
Manjusri and Seki staff and students at school roundabout
Seki students posing with their creations of local dishes
Seki visitors joining a Chinese Calligraphy CCA session
The second day of the exchange provided opportunities for rich cultural understanding. The Seki students shared about their city and performed traditional dances together with our Secondary 3 students in the school hall, before a learning journey to National Gallery to learn more about Singapore’s history and our melting pot of cultures. The two-day programme concluded with a farewell dinner and performances at Furama City Centre Hotel.
Both students have benefitted much from this cultural exchange, and we are looking forward to visiting schools in Seki City in November 2025.
Seki students after performing a traditional dance for our Secondary 3 students
Group picture of Manjusri Sec and Seki Education Board staff