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Tourists can now spend a day as Japanese students at mock high school

Mark Frauenfelder
May 23, 2025
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Foreign tourists enroll in Japanese schools, experience retro Showa-era education at former school campsite in Chiba, (Press release handout)

If you watch anime and read manga, you know that many of the stories take place in Japanese high schools. A company in Japan has created a fake high school so foreigners of all ages can pretend to be Japanese high …

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