The largest event of the Hawaii Nanzan Short Exchange Program. Two Eibei students and one University of Hawaii at Hilo student were paired together after they were chosen to participate in the program. Through emails and Skype meetings, they wrote up a research proposal together which they then executed during Part 1 of the program in Honolulu and Hilo. After Part 1, they teams continued to work together to prepare a Powerpoint presentation on their research findings. The presentation event was open to the public and even featured on a cable network channel. Topics presented upon were comparisons of women's rights in Hawaii and Japan, the connection of food and the environment, traditional and modern family structures in Japan and Hawaii, comparisons of international schools in Japan and Hawaii's immersion schools, and how Japanese culture has become a part of Hawaii through the Japanese immigrants. It was an amazing accomplishment for all of our students and a wonderful opportunity to learn from each other.