I visited Tsuzuki Himawari

　We visited the Japanese language support base facility "Tsuzuki Himawari" in Tsuzuki Elementary School.
　This facility was opened in September 2022 and offers four weeks of Japanese language instruction and school life experience so that elementary school studenｔ students who have not returned or visited Japan can quickly adapt to Japanese schools. So far, elementary school studenｔ students from 17 countries have been attending.
　On this day, the graduation ceremony of the fourth term was just held.
　After each of the nine elementary school studenｔ students who came to Yokohama from various countries received a diploma from Principal Miyazawa, they showed their learning outcomes for each class. It was a very heartwarming time, with great applause from the teachers and parents who attended with me in their efforts to introduce my home country hard in Japanese.

Mayor of Tsuzuki Kenichi Sasada