{"id":1937,"date":"2024-06-21T12:00:42","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T12:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaiiglobal.org\/?p=1937"},"modified":"2024-06-22T00:05:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T00:05:15","slug":"hoaloha-ambassador-program-participant-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaiiglobal.org\/en\/hoaloha-ambassador-program-participant-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoaloha Ambassador Program participant reports"},"content":{"rendered":"

 <\/p>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n

From Ewa Beach to Edogawa: Building Bridges Across the Pacific Ocean
\nBy Malia Leterta<\/h3>\n

 <\/p>\n

On June 3, 2024, I embarked on a journey with my Ewa Makai team to build
\nlifelong connections between Edogawa and Hawai\u2019i. On this trip, I learned that Japan is
\ningenious, they are just like us, and that Edogawa is the perfect place to build bridges.
\nJapan is ingenious! I love all of Japan\u2019s buildings, transportation, and technology
\nbecause it makes living fun and easier. I like how the malls are divided up into floors by
\ncategories. My favorite floors are the basement food halls and the rooftop gardens. I
\nalso love the trains because it was so easy to get around town. I also like how they use
\ntechnology to make it easy to get food. For example, I love vending machines. I wish we
\ncould bring some of these inventions to Hawai\u2019i.
\nWe are more alike than unalike. Even though Japan is such a unique place, the
\nmore I got to know the people, the more I realized that we have a lot in common. We
\nboth love school. Just like me, the junior high students looked happy to learn and be
\naround their friends. We also both like food! We all enjoyed eating the street food in
\nNakamise Dori. We also both just want to be happy. Some things that made us happy
\nwere exploring new places and playing games.
\nLet\u2019s build bridges! This journey to build lifelong connections between Edogawa
\nand Hawai\u2019i was exciting. I had the opportunity to meet a lot of great people. I hope that
\nwe can continue to stay in contact with each other. I can\u2019t wait to share this experience
\nwith my classmates, teachers, and friends. I hope they can join me as I continue to build
\nbridges with the people of Edogawa.
\nI\u2019m so truly grateful to be a part of this wonderful and once in a lifetime
\nexperience. It has been an honor to watch the magic of our sister schools come
\ntogether. Again, I love Japan, and I love how the people there are just so delightful to be
\naround. This opportunity was breathtaking and taught me so much about ways of living
\nin different places. Thank you so much to all the incredible people who made this
\nhappen.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n

\"\" \"\" \"\" \"\"<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    From Ewa Beach to Edogawa: Building Bridges Across the Pacific Ocean By Malia Leterta   On June 3, 2024, I embarked on a journey with my Ewa Makai team to build lifelong connections between Edogawa and Hawai\u2019i. On this trip, I learned that Japan is ingenious, they are just like us, and that … Continue reading “Hoaloha Ambassador Program participant reports”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":1950,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiiglobal.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiiglobal.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiiglobal.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiiglobal.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiiglobal.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1937"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiiglobal.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1946,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiiglobal.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1937\/revisions\/1946"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiiglobal.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiiglobal.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiiglobal.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiiglobal.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}