Exchange students learn about US during Terre Haute visit
(AP) — Mao Yamauchi, a 16-year-old high school student from Tajimi, Japan, has learned much about American culture in her weeklong visit to Terre Haute.
[...] eat lots of fries with their fast-food burgers and super-sized drinks.
[...] most of all, she's learned how kind people are in the Wabash Valley and how interested they are when students and teachers visit from Tajimi.
The visitors, who stayed with host families, toured Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, participated in a Mayor's Welcome program at city hall, hiked at Turkey Run State Park and canoed on Sugar Creek.
The Terre Haute/Tajimi student exchange program has continued for many years.
Historical markers for the Wea tribe and the Paul Dresser house provided photo opportunities, as did the bronze sculpture, "A Song for Indiana."
[...] Yamauchi enjoyed seeing people dance to the beat of the music, any music; she enjoyed watching others, but was a little reluctant to join them, she said.
Marilyn Stephens, whose family hosted one of the adult visitors, has traveled to Tajimi twice with two daughters as part of the exchange program.