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Return to Japan Program: Spring 2026

 A “return” for some of the 2023 participants to visit and reconnect with players they met in the summer soccer exchange program in a 1 week trip during their school’s Spring vacation. This is still “an idea” coming from a core group of the 2023 participants on the girls’ team Got any questions? Contact Us…

Inaugural Homestay Program: Hosted in Foster City

Inaugural homestay pilot for 4-6 students (split in half by gender) to come for a week’s homestay in Foster City. This will happen in August of 2025. Got any questions? Contact Us Here: fcscacommittee@fcsistercity.org

Pen-pal Program: #2

Our goal is to match interested youth participants in both Inagi and Foster City with each other and allow them to correspond and share their interests and experiences.  We will partner with the San Mateo Foster City School District and the San Mateo Unified High School District to move this program forward. This will happen…

2nd Youth Sports Exchange: Little League

Single FC based baseball team traveling with families to Tokyo to engage in a 3 game series with a team/teams from Inagi City Little League.  Trip leaders are Sanjay Gehani and Jimmy Atkinson, both serving on the current FCLL Board. Got any questions? Contact Us Here: fcscacommittee@fcsistercity.org

Summer 2023 Inaugural Exchange Program

Inaugural youth sports exchange program with 12 girls and 15 boys journeyed from Foster City to Tokyo and participated in cultural activities/exchanges at Komazawa Women’s School, school visits at middle and elementary schools in Inagi City, soccer matches at the Inagi Soccer grounds against various club and school groups, a soccer training session with the…

Inagi Delegation Visit to Foster City

The red carpet rolled out by the City, the School District and the Association for the delegation lead by Mayor Takahashi and Chairman Ando helped firmly set a high bar for what we should and could do for a program of this size.  Both the formal and informal receptions and programming help build a sold…

Foster City Delegation Visit to Inagi City

In October of 2022, a delegation of our board members flew to Japan and visited Inagi. The people of Inagi were welcoming and provided us with much entertainment. This marked the first official program undertaken by the Foster City Sister City Association.  This visit coincided with the annual Inagi City Festival and allowed the participants…

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