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TIMBAH BELL: THE ROOTS OF AN AESTHETIC SENSIBILITY.

The snow in Shimukappu motivates my neighbors to wrap even their sturdiest-looking shrubs in burlap to protect the branches from being snapped by the weight of a February storm. Now... read more →
  • May 30, 2023
  • Shimukappu

GLOBAL FRIENDSHIPS FOR LIFE

Katherine Sand, Renee Giles and Megan Monaghan, Growing Community. Aspen Daily News- May 17, 2023 In this column we frequently talk about the challenges of modern parenting, and that’s undoubtedly... read more →
  • May 18, 2023
  • Abetone, Bariloche, Chamonix, Davos, Garmisch P, Queenstown, Shimukappu, Student Exchange, Student Exchange, Student Exchange, Student Exchange, Student Exchange, Student Exchange

TIMBAH BELL: A FRESH LOOK AT THE STATES

The U.S. is uncomfortably stimulating. The U.S. is loud and unruly. The U.S. is foreign. Nine 8th graders from Shimukappu, Japan traveled to Aspen for ten days at the beginning... read more →
  • February 14, 2023
  • Shimukappu, Student Exchange

KAYA WILLIAMS: A SISTER CITIES EXCHANGE BRINGS SHIMUKAPPU STUDENTS TO ASPEN

On a brisk, sunny January afternoon at the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, the clicks of cameras snapping away blended with the sounds of a nature preserve as about a... read more →
  • January 27, 2023
  • Shimukappu, Student Exchange

MEREDITH CARROLL: REALLY BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY TRADITION.

Aspen and Shimukappu, Japan have been sister cities for thirty years and for thirty years the student exchange has been creating bonds between families of both communities. It was the... read more →
  • January 19, 2023
  • Shimukappu, Student Exchange

TIMBAH BELL: ASPEN 8TH GRADE EXCHANGE IN SHIMUKAPPU, JAPAN

Generosity in practice. The Buddhist priest moved methodically around the room, instructing us in rhythmically hitting our instruments. He divided us into groups of four: one person beating a taiko... read more →
  • November 24, 2022
  • Shimukappu, Student Exchange

TIMBAH BELL: SHIMUKAPPU’S LONG VIEW

Last week, Shimukappu, Japan, elementary students ran their annual “marathon.” Teachers set up a sprint course for the first graders, and the distance was increased for each grade until it... read more →
  • September 29, 2022
  • Shimukappu

TIMBAH BELL: CRAFTING CULTURE

Aspen's past and Shimukappu's present offer lessons for our culture's future Shimukappu is at a turning point. Or that’s the belief of Yoshiharu Hoshino, anyway. He’s the CEO of Hoshino... read more →
  • July 22, 2022
  • Shimukappu

TIMBAH BELL: FINDING REJUVENATION IN JAPAN

Self-care in Shimukappu is part of the way of life. I sensed that the toilet advertisement was a promising sign, but I struggled to grasp the meaning. Two children wearing... read more →
  • June 2, 2022
  • Shimukappu

TIMBAH BELL: WORDLINESS IN THE JAPANESE COUNTRYSIDE

Lessons at school in Shimukappu show how to be a global team player My ninth-grade students recently had a lesson that discussed humanitarian work in Afghanistan. One passage read, “Have... read more →
  • March 23, 2022
  • Shimukappu
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