Cultural classes for the wider community, Himawari Japanese School in Gold Coast

Inset: Akino Nourdine (left) and Teiko Fujita, both from Himawari Japanese School in Gold Coast. Credit: SBS/Himawari Japanese School

Himawari Japanese School in the Gold Coast is offering both language classes and cultural classes for the wider community, every Saturday at Robina State High School. Behind the school's establishment, there was a strong will of parents not to lose a place for their children to learn Japanese. We spoke to Akino Nourdine and Teiko Fujita from the school.

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