The 2023 IAKS Study Trip comprised visits to six high-calibre sports and leisure facilities in Greater Tokyo, including innovative and tradition-rooted facilities erected for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and exhibiting features typical of Japanese architecture. 42 participants from Argentina, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the USA met in July for an intercultural exchange with Japanese experts. The IAKS Japan team led by Prof. Dr Takanori Fukuoka put together an exclusive viewing programme.

 

Those participating experienced their first highlight immediately on arrival. The International House of Japan venue hotel is an architectural gem dating from the 1950s and was only bookable through the special connections of IAKS Japan. Originally founded as a place of intercultural exchange by notable American and Japanese personalities, its history has much in common with that of IAKS.

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