Thank you to Osaka Rotary GSE comittee for providing the goodwill guides in Osaka, Japan and helping make our GSE trip easier by coming along our vocation study days interpreting Japanese and providing us with extra culture notes.
‘The Osaka Systematized Good-will Guides Club was founded in 1982 by a volunteer group of enthusiastic Good-Will Guides officially registered at the Japan National Tourism Organization. They have about 70 members as of April 2009. They aim to make international visitors and residents feel comfortable while in Japan by minimizing their language and cultural problems. They work closely withe Osaka City and Osaka Prefecture in making Osaka a visitor-friendly city.’ (excerpt from the SGG for more information visit http://www18.ocn.ne.jp/~osakasgg/ ).
A typical vocation day we were provided someone from this organization. Usually someone that is a retired and fluent in many languages. Thanks SGG and all the Rotarians on our trip that spoke English for making our trip meaningful and less lost in translation……
Haga-san on a vocation day interpreting for us.
Michelle and Haga-san
