The Fairfield-Nirasaki Sister City Program is a Foreign Exchange program that focuses on international cooperation through not only an adult exchange, but a student exchange as well. Each year, six American students, from the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District, are given the unique opportunity to travel to Nirasaki, a city in Japan, for three weeks in the summer. As young ambassadors, they stay with a Japanese host family and expand their cultural horizons through day trips to schools in the Nirasaki school district, traveling to famous and historical monuments, as well as participating in local events. In the winter, six Japanese students stay for three weeks with American host families, experiencing the holiday festivities, visiting the different schools within the Fairfield area, and going on day trips to Sacramento and San Francisco. Nirasaki is a city located about 90 miles from Tokyo in the Yamanashi Prefecture of Japan. With a population of around 30,000 people, Nirasaki is renowned for its agriculture, especially its grapes, peaches, and wine. Fuji.
