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# Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange

Salem Massachusetts, USA and Ota Tokyo, Japan are Sister Cities

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## Posts

- [2023 Scholarship Winner](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=5496) - The Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange is proud to announce that Grace Milano is the recipient of this year's $500 scholarship. Her essay on what the exchange program has meant to her is published here in full.
- [Grant awarded for 35th anniversary celebration!](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=6198) - The Salem Ota Cultural Exchange and the City of Salem are very grateful to the Creative County Initiative and the Essex County Community Foundation for awarding us a grant to pay for the Japanese entertainment at the Salem Ota Sister City 35th Anniversary on November 14th, 2026. Without them this vital part of the program
- [2026 Salem-Ota Scholarship Application now open!](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=6183) - Are you, or do you know, a High School senior going to college this fall who has participated in The Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange? We have an opportunity for you! What has the Salem-Ota Exchange meant to you? Tell us about your involvement in the program hosting a middle-schooler, or traveling to Japan with us or
- [Host families needed July 26th-August 3rd, 2026!](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=6126) - Interested in hosting a Japanese student this summer? Fill out the following form to express your interest, we look forward to hearing from you! https://forms.gle/D3iyKFC7i2yTMbYY6
- [2025 Scholarship Winner!](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=6012) - The Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange is proud to announce that Isabel Bennett is the recipient of this year's $500 scholarship. Her essay on what the exchange program has meant to her is published here in full.
- [2025 Salem-Ota Scholarship!](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=5995) - Are you, or do you know, a High School senior going to college this fall who has participated in The Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange? We have an opportunity for you! What has the Salem-Ota Exchange meant to you? Tell us about your involvement in the program hosting a middle-schooler, or traveling to Japan with us or
- [2025 Student Visit Flier](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=5924)
- [2025 Student Exchange](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=5915) - We will once again welcome 28 students from Ota this July. We will be emailing you with more information soon, but we wanted to get the dates out to you as soon as possible. That way you can know when they are coming and you can plan your family trips accordingly. Want to host a
- [Ota, Japan Educators Take in Bentley Academy Innovation School's Dual Language Program - Salem School District](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=5913) - VIEW GALLERY: Ota, Japan Educators Take in Bentley Academy Innovation School's Dual Language Program - Salem School District
- [Peace Festival and Concert highlights](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=5870) - Here is a video highlight that was on local TV in Ota. It covers the concert and the festival that our Student's trip to Japan in 2024 attended. It also includes other things that happened that day that we didn't participate in.
- [Salem Film Fest 2023](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=5454) - We are once again supporting Salem Film Fest 2023 as a Community Partner. This amazing event will take place in-person Thursday, March 23 through Sunday, March 26. They will be screening films and hosting events with visiting filmmakers at Cinema Salem, the Cabot Theatre, the Peabody Essex Museum, and more, with virtual screenings online Monday,
- [Host Families needed!](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=5722)
- [2024 Scholarship Winner](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=5714) - The Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange is proud to announce that Jessica Valatka is the recipient of this year's $500 scholarship. Her essay on what the exchange program has meant to her is published here in full.
- [2024 Salem-Ota Scholarship!](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=5648) - Are you, or do you know, a High School senior going to college this fall who has participated in The Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange? We have an opportunity for you! What has the Salem-Ota Exchange meant to you? Tell us about your involvement in the program hosting a middle-schooler, or traveling to Japan with us or
- [Ota students return to Salem this November!](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=5490) - Hi everyone and Happy Mother's Day to all, We enjoyed a nice visit from several members of Ota's Department of Education team as well as new Ota City Officers for a quick visit this Spring. They appreciated seeing Salem, the PEM, and meeting Peter, Midori, Marlene and I to discuss what the student trip usually
- [2023 Scholarship!](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=5433) - Are you, or do you know, a High School senior going to college this fall who has participated in The Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange? We have an opportunity for you! What has the Salem-Ota Exchange meant to you? Tell us about your involvement in the program hosting a middle-schooler, or traveling to Japan with us or
- [2023 Adult Trip to Ota!](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=5401) - It gives us great pleasure to offer you an invitation to go to Ota-ku, Tokyo, Japan. As you know of the wonderful relationship between our two cities, you also know of the opportunity to travel there. This July 2023, we will again be offering the opportunity for adults to travel to Ota. As a homestay
- [Remarks from the 30th anniversary](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=5371) - Thanks to all who made our 30th anniversary celebration at PEM a huge success!
- [30th Anniversary Celebration!](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=5358) - Please join us at the PEM on Saturday, July 30 at 1pm for our 30th anniversary celebration! Wear your happi coat and join us for activities, history and taiko drumming!
- [Salem 30th Anniversary Sister City Sign Outside PEM](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=5343)
- [30th Anniversary Video From Salem to Ota](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=5333)
- [2022 Scholarship Winner](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=5323) - The Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange is proud to announce that Corey Aras Ide Kaulenas is the recipient of this year's $500 scholarship. His essay on what the exchange program has meant to him is published here in full.
- [2021 Scholarship Winner](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=4799) - The Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange is proud to announce that Deya Arnold is the recipient of this year's $500 scholarship. Her essay on what the exchange program has meant to her is published here in full.
- [Gifts from Ota to Salem](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=5282)
- [July 2022 Ota Students to Salem Cancelled](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=5280) - We have learned that students from Ota will not be able to come visit the US this summer. To our host families, we have appreciated your patience in holding vacation dates with optimism! We will still hold the 30th Anniversary Celebration at the PEM on JULY 30, and hope to see many of you there. We
- [2022 Scholarship](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=5278) - Are you, or do you know, a High School senior going to college this fall who has participated in The Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange? We have an opportunity for you! What has the Salem-Ota Exchange meant to you? Tell us about your involvement in the program hosting a middle-schooler, or traveling to Japan with us or
- [30th Anniversary Online Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=5245)
- [30th Anniversary Video from Japan](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=5199) - Our friends from our sister city in Japan have created a video celebrating the 30th anniversary of our sister city relationship. Please enjoy!
- [Video Meet and Greet](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=5148) - Hello Salem Ota Cultural Exchange Club Members!I know that it was disappointing that our event got postponed yesterday to a date in the spring or summer of 2022. But, I have some good news! Ota would like to do a video meet and greet with some city hall staff and Ota Salem Club members on
- [Sister City Celebration Postponed](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=5044) - The planned November 13th Salem-Ota Sister City celebration has been postponed due to restrictions on indoor live performances that are expected to still be in place on that date. We are looking forward to celebrating our 30th anniversary in the spring!
- [Support for the Asian and Pacific Islander Community](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=4740) - The Salem-Ota Club would like to state our support for the Asian and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community here in the US and abroad. We reject racism, injustice, and violent acts against all in the AAPI Community. There is no place in our community for this hate. We empathize and stand with you! No one should
- [Salem Film Fest](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=4727) - Dear members of the Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange,We are pleased to be partners this year with Salem Film Fest, and invite you to participate in their 14th annual, virtual, film fest this year. Full information and tickets are available on https://www.salemfilmfest.com/Of particular note to the group is the film Son of Fukushima, which will be shown starting March
- [2021 Scholarship Offering](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=4589) - Are you a senior going to college who has participated in The Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange? We have an opportunity for you! What has this program meant to you? Tell us about your involvement in the program hosting a middle-schooler, or traveling to Japan with us or both. How have you been impacted? The form is
- [Message from Salem to Ota](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=4587)
- [2020 Scholarship Winner](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=4115) - The Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange is proud to announce that Abigail Clark is the recipient of this year's $500 scholarship. Her essay on what the exchange program has meant to her is published here in full.
- [Messages of Hope from Ota to Salem](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=4090) - Our friends in Ota have created a lovely video message to share with the Salem Ota Exchange and all of their friends here in Salem. It is wonderful to see these heartfelt messages, and knowing that the friendship between our two cities goes on, and is great to see many of the familiar faces of
- [2020 Scholarship Application Deadline Extended](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=3901) - Are you, or do you know a high school senior going to college who has participated in The Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange? We have an opportunity for you! What has this program meant to you? Tell us about your involvement in the program hosting a middle-schooler, or traveling to Japan with us or both. How have
- [Regarding the 2020 Exchange](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=3799) - Dear Host Families and Members of the Salem Ota Student Exchange Community, First and foremost, I hope this finds you and your loved ones doing well during these most difficult times. It is truly a surreal time we are living in these days. This is about the time that we would be beginning to scramble
- [Corona Virus Concerns](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=3704) - Dear Friends, The outbreak of Coronavirus (Covid-19) has upended travel across the globe. However, at this time it is very difficult to anticipate what the situation will be in 4 months. We are closely following the decisions of Japan’s Health Department and the CDC and State Department here in the US. At this time no
- [2020 Scholarship Offering](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=2527) - Are you a senior going to college who has participated in The Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange? We have an opportunity for you! What has this program meant to you? Tell us about your involvement in the program hosting a middle-schooler, or traveling to Japan with us or both. How have you been impacted? The form is
- [The Salem-Ota Connection](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=3461) - As part of the PEM gala in 2019, a short video was created celebrating and explaining the connection between Ota, Japan and Salem, Mass. The Peabody Essex Museum made this wonderful video (Chip van Dyke, videographer) and graciously permitted us to share it with all of you.
- [2020 Student Dates!](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=3447) - Salem will once again be hosting students from Japan this summer. If you have a middle school or early high school student in or near Salem, Mass. and would like the opportunity to host a student, the dates are now set from July 26 through August 3 this year. Please contact Connie or Midori for
- [Sayonara to Our Students!](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=3001) - The students said a teary goodbye this morning as we saw them off for their final day of sightseeing before flying back to Boston tomorrow morning. On behalf of the Salem Ota Cultural Exchange, I want to thank all of the host families for opening their hearts and homes to our students; the chaperones and
- [Monday schedule!](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=2963) - Drop off is 8:45am at PEM. Students are to wear short sleeve uniforms. Please pack the students a lunch!
- [To Dial to Japan!](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=2960) - Please let your students call home, remember to dial: 011 81 - 3 -(8 digit number)
- [The Students are here!](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=2953) - The Students arrived safely on Saturday evening and are due to meet their host families today at the House of the 7 Gables. Families should arrive at the House of the 7 Gables by 4:30 pm for instructions, and the students will join us at 5 pm!
- [2019 Scholarship Winner](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=2825) - The Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange is proud to announce that Geddy Kaulenas is the recipient of this year's $500 scholarship. His essay on what the exchange program has meant to him is published here in full.
- [Keiko Thayer will receive The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=2780) - Bostonians, JSB Members, to be Decorated by Japanese Emperor and Government 23 May 2019 10:29 AMMatt (Administrator) Since 1875 when Emperor Meiji established the Order of the Rising Sun, or 旭日賞 (kyokujitsu), Japan has honored global citizens for their distinguished achievements and their contributions to Japan. This year, five individuals from the Boston area have been
- [Host a Middle-Schooler from Japan!](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=2520) - Out tentative dates for the 2019 exchange program are July 21-29. Have a Middle Schooler (or upper elementary/young High Schooler?) and want to be a part of this rewarding cultural exchange? Fill out our host family contact form and we’ll contact you with details!
- [Picture Story of Morse, Episodes III, IV, and V](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=2407)
- [Picture Story of Morse, Episode I and II](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=2299) - Edward Sylvester Morse is the key to the Salem-Ota sister city relationship. While living in Japan, member Hugh Stewart also became a member of the Ota Salem Club in Ota, and was invited to participate in a ceremony by the E.S.Morse Commemorative Society last summer. There he met Masaru Akisawa san. He created, with others, a
- [Paper Lanterns](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=2279) - Please join us, along with our Japanese visitors from Ota, for a special members-only showing of the movie Paper Lanterns at the Peabody Essex Museum's Morse Theater. PAPER LANTERNS tells the little-known story of twelve American prisoners-of-war killed by the atomic bomb at Hiroshima and Mr. Shigeaki Moril, a hibakuisha or A-bomb victim, who devoted nearly forty years to researching their fates and reaching out to
- [2019 Adult Trip to Japan!](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=2175) - To residents of Salem and friends of the Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange: It gives us great pleasure to offer you an invitation to join us on a trip to Ota-ku, Tokyo, Japan this July. This incredible 15-day excursion includes a 1-night homestay and travel throughout Japan with Tokyo residents and members of our club. This is
- [Goodbye to our Students!](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=2026) - Another exchange has gone by, and we've said our goodbyes to new friends. The students and teachers departed from Boston Logan Airport safely this morning and are on their way back to Ota!
- [2018 Host Family Schedule](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=1924) - Hello host families, Here is: -a draft schedule which will be updated daily (Pick-up times are always subject to change because of Boston traffic) -sign-up sheets for the many things we need you for -a spot for head counts. Questions text/call Denise 978-587-5649 or denise@granniss.com Sign-Up Genius www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C0F44AFA62FA2FB6-student [table id=1 /]
- [Important Message to Host Families!](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=1946) - We look forward to seeing you Tuesday Night at the Welcome Party at The House of the Seven Gables at 5pm. If you have any questions on the revised schedule, please email/text Denise. Thanks!
- [Ota Student Visit July 22-July 31](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=1888) - The students arrive in on July 21st and will be staying in Boston that evening, and will meet their host families on July 22 in the afternoon at the House of the Seven gables. Their week will be filled with fun, learning experiences and the warm welcome of their Salem families. We will bid them
- [Our Ambassador in Ota](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=1876) - Hugh Stewart, member and friend of the Salem-Ota Club, is an ambassador in the Ota Ward in Tokyo, and was recently interviewed in the Ota Times. You can read the English version of the article below! https://otaku-times.com/11929/#a1
- [2018 Scholarship Winner](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=1832) - The Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange is proud to announce that Connor Heenan is the recipient of this year's $500 scholarship. His essay on what the exchange program has meant to him is published here in full.
- [Looking Back, Looking Ahead](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=1561) - What a great year 2017 has been for the Salem Ota Cultural Exchange! Here are some of the developments and highlights. Increased financial support from the city including the creation of a city position: liason to the Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange. Deb Jackson is currently filling that role. She is the Director of Assessing for the
- [Thayer Award](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=1493) - We are delighted to announce that in October, 2016, the Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange was awarded theJohn E. Thayer, III Award for Outstanding Contributions to Cultural Exchange between the United States and Japan given by The Japan society of Boston. This prestigious award represents the incredible partnership and the cross-cultural understanding between the people of Ōta City, Tokyo,
- [Welcome](https://www.salemotace.org/?p=1491) - On behalf of the Board, Members, and exchange students of The Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange, I welcome you to our website. The Salem-Ota site is designed to offer the community a snapshot of the Sister-City programs and cultural exchange opportunities that are available to students and adults. Whether you want to learn more about our travel

## Pages

- [Salem Ota Cultural Exchange Scholarship](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=41) - Are you a student involved in the Salem Ota Cultural Exchange? Perhaps you and your family hosted a Japanese student? Perhaps you traveled with us to Japan? If so, consider applying for the Salem Ota Cultural Exchange Scholarship! Fill out the application and submit an essay describing the impact of these experiences. We provide up
- [Application Process](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=225) - We would love to have you host a Middle Schooler from Ota, Tokyo this summer. It is a brief but rich and rewarding experience! Our dates are July 20-30. Once surveys are filled out, we will contact you about hosting. Please share this with other families who might be interested so we can reach out
- [Hosting a Japanese Student](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=211) - Hosting an exchange student is one of the most rewarding experiences you and your family can have! Besides the hands-on opportunity for learning about a new culture, you and your children will see our American culture through an entirely new lens. And we make it easy! The Japanese students stay with us in our homes
- [Traveling to Japan](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=209) - Why should you, an American student, travel to Japan? If this is your first time out of the country it will change the way you understand the world. You will see America and your role as a global citizen in a whole new way. It will build your empathy and global awareness. You might learn
- [2022 Scholarship Award Winner](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=5320) - The Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange is pleased to announce that Corey Aras Ide Kaulenas, a graduating senior at Salem High School has been awarded this year's Scholarship award, presented during the Salem High School Senior Awards Night. He will be using this scholarship as he attends the University of Maine Orono this fall. He, and the
- [Exchange Students Visit Salem Academy Charter School](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=6031) - Photos by Anna Brea of the Ota Students attending and presenting at Salem Academy Charter School during their 2024 visit
- [2025 Scholarship Winner](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=6009) - The Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange is pleased to announce that Isabel Bennett, a graduating senior at Salem High School has been awarded this year's Scholarship award. She will be using this scholarship as he attends the Boston University this fall. She, and the other applicants for the award, were asked to write an essay about their involvement
- [Traveling to Japan - American Adults](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=259) - Experience the beauty and unique culture of Japan The mission of the Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange is to promote cross cultural understanding and friendship between the cities of Salem, Massachusetts and Ota, a borough of Tokyo. In 2025 we will again host an adult tour to Japan. You will visit Buddhist Temples and Shinto Shrines, participate
- [High School Trip to Japan Interest Form](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=1036) - Thank you for your interest in the Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange High School trip to Japan! This program has been sending students to Japan as part of the official sister city relationship between Ota, Tokyo and Salem, Massachusetts for 30 years, and is a 501c-3 public charity organization. High School aged Salem Students have the opportunity
- [Leadership](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=134) - Officers Peter Dolan, President Connie Arlander, Vice President Ellen Soares, Treasurer Kirky De Long, Secretary Board Keiko Thayer Joe Salerno Kathleen Nelson Peter Dolan Midori Oka Japanese Student Trip Committee Connie Arlander, Chair Host Family Recruitment Welcome Party (M. Oka)
- [Contact us](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=43) - Salem Ota Cultural Exchange Legal name: Salem-Ota Club, Inc. Postal AddressPO Box 8622Salem, MA 01970 E-Mailcontact@salemotace.org Peter Dolanotasalem@cs.comPresident Connie ArlanderHost Family CoordinatorPatchwerk7@gmail.com
- [Hosting Japanese Adults](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=284) - Every year, a group of adults from Japan come to Salem as part of the exchange, to meet with our city officials, explore our historic town, and learn about our American culture. The Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange is proud to provide host families for part of their stay. A sample of their Itinerary here in Salem!
- [About Us](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=2) - The mission of the Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange is to promote cross cultural understanding and friendship between the cities of Salem, and Ota, Tokyo.
- [Adult Exchanges](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=192) - You can host an adult from Japan. You can go to Japan.
- [Welcome!](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=174) - 2018 Scholarship Application Are you a High School senior heading to college and have been involved with the Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange as a host family, traveled abroad with us, or been involved with the organization in some other way? We offer a $500 scholarship to one lucky applicant a year: see if you qualify and
- [Testimonials](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=753) - Abigail Clark (July 2016 trip): There were many memorable parts, but participating in Ota’s annual Peace Fireworks Festival stood out to me as a highlight of our trip to Ota, Japan. We sang the city song “Heiwa tte Nani” or “What is Peace” alongside Japanese elementary school students. Some of us dressed up in yukata
- [Photos - American Students in Japan](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=243) - Pictures from American Student Exchanges
- [Testimonials and Photos - Japanese Students](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=223) - Ota students performing Ota dance Pictures from Japanese Student Exchanges [album: http://www.salemotace.org/wp-content/plugins/dm-albums/dm-albums.php?currdir=/wp-content/uploads/dm-albums/GalleryJS/] Submit you own photos - first click Select and select photos, then click upload. After upload is complete, refresh the page. [inline_upload uploadpath="uploads/dm-albums/GalleryJS" notify="true" notifymessage="A picture has been added to Japanese Students" notifyrecipients="hughstewart@usa.net,benjamin@bensplace.net"]
- [Student Exchanges](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=190) - You can host a middle school student from Japan. Your high school student can go to Japan. Mikito and Justin in Ota, Japan, 2016
- [FAQs - Japanese Students](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=229) - What does it cost to host a student? First, there is no fee to participate. We ask that you provide housing, food and transportation for your Japanese student and estimating what families spend is difficult because it varies so much. Are you having All-American hot dogs for dinner or going out to a restaurant? Playing
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- [News](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=159) - Salem to send residents to sister city in 2023 (The Salem News) Sister cities celebrate connection (The Salem News) For 25th year, Japanese visitors come to Salem (The Salem News) Letter: A mystery atop the hill (The Salem News) Ikebana with Keiko Thayer (PEM connected) Sister Cities (PEM connected) Apply for the Salem Ota Cultural Exchange Scholarship
- [Latest News and Information](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=1563)
- [2024 Scholarship Winner](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=5711) - The Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange is pleased to announce that Jessica Valatka, a graduating senior at Salem High School has been awarded this year's Scholarship award, presented during the Salem High School Senior Awards Night. She will be using this scholarship as he attends the University of Massachusetts Amherst this fall. She, and the other applicants for
- [2021 Scholarship Award Winner](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=4794) - The Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange is pleased to announce that Deya Arnold, a graduating senior at Salem High School has been awarded this year’s Scholarship award. She will be using this scholarship as she attends Northeastern University (Honors Program) this fall. She, and the other applicants for the award, were asked to write an essay about their
- [2023 Scholarship Winner](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=5498) - The Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange is pleased to announce that Grace Milano, a graduating senior at Salem High School has been awarded this year's Scholarship award, presented during the Salem High School Senior Awards Night. She will be using this scholarship as he attends the University of Massachusetts Amherst this fall. She, and the other applicants
- [2020 Scholarship Award Winner](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=4112) - The Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange is pleased to announce that Abigail Clark, a graduating senior at Salem Academy Charter School has been awarded this year’s Scholarship award, presented during the Virtual Salem Academy Awards Ceremony on June 10. She will be using this scholarship as she attends UMass Lowell this fall. She, and the other applicants for the
- [2019 Scholarship Award Winner](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=2827) - The Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange is pleased to announce that Geddy Kaulenas, a graduating senior at Salem Academy Charter School has been awarded this year's Scholarship award, presented during the Salem Academy Awards Ceremony on June 10. He will be using this scholarship as he attends the Champlain College this fall. He, and the other applicants for
- [2018 Scholarship Award Winner](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=1826) - The Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange is pleased to announce that Connor Heenan, a graduating senior at Salem High School has been awarded this year's Scholarship award, presented during the Salem High School Senior Awards Night. He will be using this scholarship as he attends the MassArt this fall. He, and the other applicants for the award, were
- [2017 Scholarship Award Winner](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=943) - The Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange is pleased to announce that Sophie Parr, a graduating senior at Salem High School has been awarded this year's Scholarship award, presented during the Salem High School Senior Awards Night. She will be using this scholarship as she attends the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts this fall. She, and the other
- [Events](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=37) - May Meeting Adult Trip to Japan Japanese Student Trip
- [Become A Member](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=35) - We would love to have you! If you have traveled or hosted with us, you know what we do and why we do it. You do not have to be a member to travel or host but members meet bi-monthly to plan all the trips and activities that support the exchange of people and ideas
- [Get Involved](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=106) - There are many ways to join us in furthering this exchange! With your middle school age child become a Homestay family. With your Salem home, host an adult from Japan. Open your business or activity to a tour by visiting Japanese. Host a fundraiser for the club. Provide meals or snacks or organize an activity
- [Itinerary - American Adults](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=267)
- [Itinerary - Japanese Adults](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=292) - 9/9 (Thurs) Travel from Boston to Salem 3:00 Joe Salerno and Steve Manning meet group in Hawthorn Hotel Lobby to escort3:30 City Hall Visit 9/10 (Fri) 8:30 Joe Salerno and Ladies meet group at Hawthorn Hotel Lobby to escort9:00 – 10:00 Harbor Sweets visit10:00 school bus will pick up to transport group10:00 - Bus to Salem
- [What Friends Are For](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=730) - Salem residents selling bracelet to keep support flowing to Japan From Wicked Local, April 1, 2011 Salem extends helping hand to sister city in Japan From the Salem News, April 2, 2011
- [Conflict of Interest](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=57) - CONFLICTS OF INTEREST POLICY PURPOSES Anyone making decisions on behalf of Salem-Ota Club, Inc. should always act based on the best interests of the organization, and no individual associated with Salem-Ota Club, Inc should use his or her position for personal benefit, for the benefit of friends or relatives, or to further any outside interests
- [Bylaws](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=55) - Salem-Ota Club, Inc By-Laws Article I Name & Location & Common Seal The name of this organization shall be the Salem-Ota Club Inc. hereafter referred to in these By-laws as “the Club”. The members of the Club may be allowed to adopt a common seal. The principal office of the Club shall be in Salem,
- [501c3](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=59) - Click on document to view full screen
- [Meetings](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=392) - We meet formally nine times a year, on the last Monday of every month, except July, October, and December, at the Salem offices across the street from city hall: 98 Washington Street. Prior Meeting Minutes: 2021 Salem-Ota May 2021 Meeting Minutes Salem-Ota April 2021 Meeting Minutes Salem-Ota February 2021 Meeting Minutes Salem-Ota January 2021 Meeting Minutes 2020
- [Timeline](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=48) - 1877Edward Sylvester Morse, a self-made expert in zoology, first visited Japan in search of coastal brachiopods. His visit turned into a three year stay when he was offered a post as the first Professor of Zoology at the Tokyo Imperial University. While looking out of a window on a train between Yokohama and Tokyo, Morse
- [Picture Story of Morse](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=4581) - Edward Sylvester Morse is the key to the Salem-Ota sister city relationship. While living in Japan, member Hugh Stewart also became a member of the Ota Salem Club in Ota, and was invited to participate in a ceremony by the E.S.Morse Commemorative Society last summer. There he met Masaru Akisawa san. He created, with others, a
- [Looking Back, Looking Ahead](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=1453) - Christopher Granniss What a great year 2017 has been for the Salem Ota Cultural Exchange! Here are some of the developments and highlights.
- [History](https://www.salemotace.org/?page_id=639) - Dr. Edward Sylvester Morse Bust of Dr. Morse at the Omori Shell Mounds Park. The irrepressible Dr. Edward Sylvester Morse was an assistant at the Essex Institute, now the Peabody Essex Museum, when he opened "a small seaside laboratory" in Enoshima in 1877 for exploration on brachiopods when apocryphally from the train to the capitol,

## Events

- [May 2025 Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=may-2025-meeting)
- [April 2025 Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=april-2025-meeting)
- [March 2025 Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=march-2025-meeting)
- [February 2025 Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=february-2025-meeting)
- [2025 Ota Students to Salem](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=2025-ota-students-to-salem) - We will once again welcome 28 students from Ota this July. We will be emailing you with more information soon, but we wanted to get the dates out to you as soon as possible. That way you can know when they are coming and you can plan your family trips accordingly. This is the information
- [Salem Students to Japan!](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=salem-students-to-japan)
- [Ota Students to Salem](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=ota-students-to-salem)
- [Salem Film Festival](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=salem-film-festival)
- [Scholarship Applications due!](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=scholarship-applications-due)
- [February 2024 meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=february-2024-meeting) - Zoom link or in-person meeting details to come
- [October Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=october-meeting) - Topic: Salem-Ota Club Meeting Time: Oct 16, 2023 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Oct 16, 2023 06:30 PM Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system. Monthly: https://macgh-org.zoom.us/meeting/tZIld-GvqD0sHNY6Bhn9SYim4FAHMzSljNBb/ics?icsToken=98tyKuGupjsiHdKTth-FRpwAGoigWe3wpiFdgo1kyj3tDXlgWwr7YsRjGp9lI9Ta Join Zoom Meeting https://macgh-org.zoom.us/j/86808766662?pwd=Sm9BTGJvbm1yR21JRTFCWmFqY2VPQT09 Meeting ID: 868 0876 6662 Passcode: 936392 --- One tap mobile +13017158592,,86808766662#,,,,*936392# US (Washington DC) +13052241968,,86808766662#,,,,*936392# US
- [30th Anniversary Celebration at the PEM](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=30th-anniversary-celebration-at-the-pem)
- [May Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=may-meeting-3)
- [April Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=april-meeting-3)
- [March Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=march-meeting-2)
- [February Meeting - Zoom](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=february-meeting-zoom)
- [January - Annual Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=january-annual-meeting) - To be held both in person and via Zoom. Details to come.
- [September 2021 Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=september-2021-meeting) - Agenda: Introductions (if new faces) Administrative Club Updates Treasurer’s Report Club email lists--is everyone getting them? Anyone to take off? Meeting location--is it working? Inviting new members--materials and ask? 30th Anniversary Event at PEM (Nov. 13th) Invitations (E-invite and paper invites out?) Video Run of Show (Timed agenda and names) Arts/crafts projects? Press Contact/Materials Interactive
- [June 2021 Meeting (Zoom)](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=june-2021-meeting-zoom) - Via Zoom
- [April Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=april-meeting-2) - Meeting to be held on Zoom.
- [February Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=february-meeting-2) - To be held on Zoom. Link t/k via email to membership and friends.
- [Salem-Ota January Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=salem-ota-january-meeting) - Zoom meeting. Details to be mailed out.
- [April Meeting - Cancelled](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=april-meeting)
- [Japanese Students in Salem](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=japanese-students-in-salem)
- [May Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=may-meeting-2)
- [June Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=june-meeting-3)
- [March Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=march-meeting)
- [February Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=february-meeting)
- [January Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=january-meeting)
- [November Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=november-meeting)
- [September Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=september-meeting-2)
- [Paper Lanterns: special screening with director Barry Frechette and producer Peter Grilli](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=paper-lanterns-special-screening-with-director-barry-frechette-and-producer-peter-grilli) - PAPER LANTERNS Special film screening at Tufts University with Barry Frechette, director, and Peter Grilli, producer Friday, April 14, 2017 at 7:00PM ASEAN Auditorium at Fletcher School, 160 Packard Ave, Medford, MA 02155 (Enter through the main entrance of the Fletcher School, then proceed to the second floor via the stairs or via the elevator)Admission:
- [August Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=august-meeting)
- [Bon Dance at PEM](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=bon-dance-at-pem) - Join us for Taiko drumming and a Bon Dance at PEM with all our students as part of our sister city celebration!
- [June Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=june-meeting-2) - Moved to July 1
- [June Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=june-meeting)
- [May Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=may-meeting)
- [Ota Students in Salem](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=ota-students-in-salem) - Tentatively here between July 21 through July 29
- [February 2019 Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=february-2019-meeting)
- [November 2018 Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=november-2018-meeting)
- [Paper Lanterns Viewing at PEM](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=paper-lanterns-viewing-at-pem) - Members of the Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange are warmly welcomed to a viewing of Paper Lanterns at the PEM. Thursday, November 15 at 7pm. Please visit our evite page to RSVP! http://evite.me/QMKnPdn3Ks
- [Adult Visitors Welcome Party](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=adult-visitors-welcome-party) - Members and hosts please let us know if you can join us for a welcome party for our Japanese guests at the Hawthorne Hotel. Dinner is $40 per person. Please see the evite for more information: http://evite.me/S18bsh581J
- [Host Family Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=host-family-meeting-2) - Meeting in the small functions hall on Winter Island to distribute student information and answer questions about the program this summer.
- [Host Family Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=host-family-meeting) - Meeting in the small functions hall on Winter Island to distribute student information and answer questions about the program this summer.
- [September 2018 Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=september-2018-meeting)
- [August 2018 Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=august-2018-meeting)
- [June 2018 Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=june-2018-meeting)
- [May 2018 Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=may-2018-meeting)
- [April 2018 Meeting - NOTE NEW LOCATION](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=april-2018-meeting) - Across Street from Salem City Hall: 98 Washington Street, first floor in the smaller conference room
- [Deadline for Essay and Application for Japan Trip](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=deadline-for-essay-and-application-for-japan-trip) - Students who applied for consideration for the trip to Japan should fill out and submit the forms, recommendation and essay on why you want to travel to Japan by March 1, 2018.
- [Student Trip to Japan - Information Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=student-trip-to-japan-information-meeting) - To be held in the Salem Academy Learning Common. Enter Shetland Park through the main entrance by the the guard booth and park and enter by the blue Salem Academy awning. We will have someone stationed there to direct you to the meeting.
- [Scholarship Application Deadline](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=scholarship-application-deadline)
- [March 2018 Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=march-2018-meeting)
- [February 2018 Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=february-2018-meeting)
- [January 2018 Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=january-2018-meeting)
- [November 2017 Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=november-2017-meeting)
- [September Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=september-meeting)
- [July Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=july-meeting) - Meeting to be held at the House of the Seven Gables, just prior to the arrival of the Exchange Students.
- [Salem-Ota Exchange Party (Farewell to the 2017 Students!)](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=salem-ota-exchange-party-farewell-to-the-2017-students) - Please join us Saturday, July 29, at 3pm in the Peabody Essex Museum Atrium to say goodbye to this year's students of the Ota Cultural Exchange Program and celebrate Obon, when Japanese honor ancestors. We are delighted Odaiko New England will perform Taiko, exuberant and powerful Japanese drumming. Dig out your happi coats or summer kimono because we are
- [May 2017 Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=may-2017-meeting) - Meeting to be held on the 22, rather than last Monday of May because of Memorial Day.
- [March 2017 Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=march-2017-meeting)
- [Scholarship Application Deadline](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=scholarship-application-deadline-may-5-2017) - Are you a student involved in the Salem Ota Cultural Exchange? Perhaps you and your family hosted a Japanese student? Perhaps you traveled with us to Japan? If so, consider applying for the Salem Ota Cultural Exchange Scholarship! Fill out the application and submit an essay describing the impact of these experiences. We provide up
- [Adult Trip to Japan](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=adult-trip-to-japan) - Traveling to Japan - American Adults
- [Japanese Exchange Students in Salem](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=japanese-exchange-students-in-salem) - Host a Japanese Exchange Student!
- [January 2017 Meeting](https://www.salemotace.org/?tribe_events=january-2017-meeting) - Annual Meeting of the Salem Ota Club

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