Japan Education Culture Center Inc. (JECC), non-profit organization was established in Virginia in 1980 to foster the lasting friendship and goodwill between the people of Japan and the United States. Since then JECC has been involved in many educational and cultural exchange programs with enthusiastic support and collaborations from the local communities, municipal governments and volunteers groups both in Japan and the USA. Some such examples are art exchanges, music exchanges, educational exchanges, martial arts and sport exchanges, youth conferences and youth summit for peace and understanding, mayoral conferences, volunteer conferences, sister city exchanges, teacher conferences and educational exchanges, technical municipal staff exchanges, sister university exchanges, sister school exchanges, garden park exchanges, Peace Monument project, international seminars and conferences, and promoted viable platforms for the people to people exchanges. These exchanges have encompassed wide ranges of opportunities for both inbound and outbound travel. JECC has facilitated many of these exchanges to become instrumental bridge for many people to connect and develop the lasting friendship. Promotion of mutual understanding and friendship for all nations has been the major objectives for JECC and the board has been very active in the last four decades to achieve excellence in the various people to people international exchange activities.

JECC works cooperatively with the Norfolk Sister Cities Association and the Virginia Beach Sister Cities Association and collaborated with public school districts, universities, state agencies, and community organizations. JECC is essentially a community volunteer organization that promotes international goodwill and friendship.
 

Virginia Beach Cherry Blossom Festival Vivaldi Spring at Virginia Beach’s Red Wing Park  (video)

A birds-eye view of 150 Yoshino cherry trees in peak bloom at Virginia Beach’s Red Wing Park, a gift from International Sister City Miyazaki City, Japan, in 2005.

Vivaldi’s “Spring” is performed by "Symphonicity", an all-volunteer orchestra in Hampton Roads, Va., featuring violinist Megan Van Gomple.

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