Japanese high schooler teaches U.S. students calligraphy

Japanese high schooler teaches U.S. students calligraphy

CRESCENT CITY, United States - A male student from Takata High School in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, teaches calligraphy to a student at Del Norte High School in Crescent City, California, on Jan. 8, 2015. A group of Takata students visited the U.S. city to thank local people for sending back a school boat that was swept away by a tsunami caused by the devastating 2011 earthquake.

Japanese high schooler teaches U.S. student calligraphy

Japanese high schooler teaches U.S. student calligraphy

CRESCENT CITY, United States - A female student from Takata High School in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, teaches calligraphy to a student at Del Norte High School in Crescent City, California, on Jan. 8, 2015. A group of Takata students visited the U.S. city to thank local people for sending back a school boat that was washed up there after the devastating 2011 earthquake and ensuing tsunami.

Japan students thank Americans for return of boat lost in tsunami

Japan students thank Americans for return of boat lost in tsunami

CRESCENT CITY, United States - Students from Takata High School in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, pose aboard a crab-fishing vessel with fishermen and other people in Crescent City, California, on Jan. 8, 2015. The Japanese students visited the U.S. city to thank local people for sending back a school boat that was washed up there after the devastating 2011 earthquake and ensuing tsunami.

Japan high schoolers from tsunami-hit area meet U.S. students

Japan high schoolers from tsunami-hit area meet U.S. students

CRESCENT CITY, United States - Students from Takata High School in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, strike a pose with those of Del Norte High School in Crescent City, California, on Jan. 8, 2015. The Japanese students visited the U.S. city to thank local people for sending back a school boat that was swept away by a tsunami caused by the devastating 2011 earthquake.

U.S. students visit tsunami-hit city

U.S. students visit tsunami-hit city

OFUNATO, Japan - Students (center, R) from Del Norte High School in Crescent City, California, and a student from Takata High School in Japan's Iwate Prefecture, jointly make "hittsumi," a soup dish representative of the local cuisine, at the Japanese school's temporary facility in Ofunato, Iwate, on Feb. 18, 2014. A group of high school students from northern California visited their peers in the tsunami-hit northeastern Japanese city after helping return to the Japanese high school a boat that was washed across the Pacific Ocean after the March 2011 earthquake.

U.S. students visit tsunami-hit city

U.S. students visit tsunami-hit city

OFUNATO, Japan - A student (L) from Del Norte High School in Crescent City, California, and a student from Takata High School in Japan's Iwate Prefecture, eat "hittsumi," a soup dish representative of the local cuisine, that they made together at the Japanese school's temporary facility in Ofunato, Iwate, on Feb. 18, 2014. A group of high school students from northern California visited their peers in the tsunami-hit northeastern Japanese city after helping return to the Japanese high school a boat that was washed across the Pacific Ocean after the March 2011 earthquake.