In Nagano City, about 70 first-year students from Nagano Municipal Junior High School joined an English-language exchange with around 40 international students studying Japanese at local vocational schools during a Zenko-ji Walk. The groups visited Zenko-ji Temple, where they gave English explanations and interacted, mixing occasional Japanese phrases with English. One Nepalese student recalled arriving in Japan with little Japanese, but after daily study they can speak now, and the students hope to be able to guide foreigners at Zenko-ji in the future.