Sakai Expo 2025
EXPO 2025 is being held in Osaka, Japan from April - October, 2025. You ought to go - it's fabulous! https://www.expo2025.or.jp/en/
Berkeley’s sister city, Sakai, has launched a new website showcasing the events at EXPO 2025 that are hosted by Sakai City.
Check out this website for more details!
Here are some photos that the Goodwill mission took of the Expo
2025 Student Exchange - Sakai Students Coming to Berkeley
Sakai students will be visiting Berkeley August 1-6, 2025 as part of our Berkeley-Sakai Student Exchange Program. We have 6 students and chaperone Akiko Tanaka led by 1968 Exchange student Yuko (Yamaguchi) Miyamae. They will be staying with host families for the duration of their stay in Berkeley. They arrive on Friday about noon where we will meet them at the airport and bring them back to Berkeley to meet their host families. We will have host family days over the weekend for the families to get to know their students. On Monday we will trek over to San Francisco for some fun in the fog - Golden Gate Bridge, Pier 39, Exploratorium, Lombard Street and the ferry back to the East Bay. Tuesday is Berkeley day where we will meet with Mayor Ishii, tour UC Berkeley, Berkeley High School, Berkeley Historical Society Museum and ride on the Tilden Little Train, followed by a Sayonara Party at Revival RBK. Then early on Wednesday they depart back to Sakai - a very quick trip!
Berkeley-Sakai Student Exchange Alumni Club
Did you participate in one of the Berkeley-Sakai Student Exchanges?
We are restarting the Berkeley-Sakai Student Exchange Alumni Club! Amani, 2024 BSSE member, is organizing a get-together event sometime in 2025. If you are interested in helping out with the planning, or are interested in learning more about the event, please contact us at
2024 Student Exchange
2024 EXCHANGE - Berkeley Students visit Sakai!!
6 students and 3 chaperones traveled to Sakai, Japan for 13 days during the summer of 2024 (late July to early August).
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