Host Information

For about 5 months, I was under the impression that I was going to Matsuyama City, (red dot on map). I recently discovered that I’m actually going to Iyo, which is a town about a 30 minute train ride Southwest of Matsuyama. Iyo is vastly smaller than Matsuyama. It’s larger in area than Salem, but while Salem has a population of about 150,000, Iyo has a population of 40,000. Also, I’ll be attending the Iyo Agricultural High School. My first host family consists of a Doctor and his wife : they have no kids. Takeo and Kiyoko Fujii are their names. To me, they will be my “otoosan” and my “okaasan” during the first few months of my stay in Japan. I haven’t really been able to find much information about Iyo on the web, but I did find my school’s website, along with some pictures.