I spent my summer of 2005 with 41 kids from USA, Canada, Mexico, and Brazil in the Nihongo School in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. We learned basic language skills and then were sent on missions to practice what we learned. We all had a homestay experience with families in the Tokyo area. We all became very proficient at using the train system as we had to travel from our families to school each day! It was the experience of a life time.