Erin Dunn 2010 - 2011 GSE Chair

Interested in hearing more about the GSE Program at your club? Members of last year's successful exchange team to India are available for a club program!

To request a program or to sponsor a co-club event
with a presentation from team members contact:
Bhanu Patel, District 5130 Team Leader to India 2009-2010
bhanupatel@msn.com

2010 - 2011 GSE

Meet the 5130 GSE Outbound Team to Japan
Member Information

Inbound Team from Japan
District 2620 Website
Arriving Saturday, April 9, 2011 and departing Tuesday, May 10, 2011

District 2620 Introduction

District 2620 is located in the center of the main island of Japan (Honshu) and consists of two prefectures, namely Shizuoka Prefecture and Yamanshi Prefecture and they share Mt. Fuji. The two Prefectures are located 200km to the west of Tokyo and Shizuoka Prefecture faces the Pacific Ocean.

The mild climate of Shzuoka Prefecture produces rice, green tea, Mandarin orange as agricultural products, and automobiles, motorcycles, machine tools and paper as industrial products. Fishery is also one of the important industries of the Prefecture. The population is 3.8 million.

Yamanashi Prefecture is surrounded by mountains and produces grapes, peaches, wine as agricultural products and jewelry, electronics and business machines as industrial products. It is well known that in the area there are a number of hot springs where farmers refresh themselves after the autumn harvest. The population is 900,000. The standard of living in both areas is similiar to all of Japan and the people are relatively open-minded. The educational standard is high in comparison with other prefectures of this country.

The number of Rotary Clubs and Rotarians in the district are 84 and 3700, respectively.

The location of the two prefectures are shown in the maps below.

The Island of Japan

Shizuoka and Yamanshi Prefectures