SWY 18

The 23rd Ship for World Youth Program was held from Jan. 11 – March 2, 2011.

The itinerary of the 23rd Ship for World Youth program of FY2010 is as follows:
- Arrival of the participants from overseas: January 11, 2011
- Program for overseas participants in Japan: January 12-20
- Departure from Japan (Yokohama) : January 21
- Refuel, food and water supply in Solomon Islands (Honiara) : January 29 – 30
- Port of call activities in Fiji (Suva) : February 3-5
- Port of call activities in Australia (Brisbane) : February 9-12
- Refuel, food and water supply in Vanuatu (Port Vila) : Feb. 17 – 18
- Visit Naha (Japan): Februrary 27
- Return back to Japan (Tokyo): March 2

Participating countries for SWY23:

Australia
Kingdom of Bahrain
Federative Republic of Brazil
Republic of Chile
Republic of the Fiji Islands
Japan
United Mexican States
Federated States of Micronesia
Sultanate of Oman
Solomon Islands
Kingdom of Sweden
United Republic of Tanzania
Republic of Vanuatu

We finally made it to Mombassa, Kenya, for a 3-day visit. I took more than 700 photos in Kenya, and will pick up some to show you. Here the story goes... Nippon Maru docked at Mombasa port, Kenya

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Where is Kenya? Kenya is situated in east Africa, and is shared border with Ethiopia, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda and Sudan. The capital city of Kenya is Nairobi. In 2006, the Nippon Maru made a stop at Mombassa from February 7-9. Let's check out some photos from Kenya Small boat of Kenyan officer got closer to the Nippon Maru ADM, advisor and PYs took photo together in front of Nippon Maru ship as we approached Mombassa Nippon Maru crew stood in front of the ship and the Japanese flag flew high More photos coming soon. Stay tuned !

This is a short TV program (in Japanese) to promote about the Ship for World Youth and is produced by the cabinet office. Many of our ex-PYs (Koki, Kajoka, and Salman) are in the spot scene! Click now to watch ! Source: http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=2wta7vXRDAw