Tokyo and Beijing
I attended the summer camps two summers in a row. First in Beijing for three weeks in 2024 and then in Tokyo for two weeks in 2025. In Beijing the school was great, but the home stay we stayed at was very far more then an hour train ride every morning and afternoon. The host family also left a week into the three weeks leaving us with their elderly grandpa who didn’t speak any English. So we had to pay for our own dinners. However compared to Beijing, Tokyo was a mess. First off our bedroom we stayed at was shared between me and my friend 16 and two other girls 12 & 14. We also were in the same appartement as two 16 years old boys in spite of the fact they told us before hand that we would be gender separated. The boys room had no AC so all the doors had to be left open leaving the 6 of us with pretty much no privacy. The bathroom in the room also had no door so the only door was to the toilet and shower. Then mid way through the trip we had to switch rooms last minute with no notice leading us to miss class. The classes were also a mess they were very big with around 7-15 people even though their website says the classes will be small. The teachers were also different every day we rarely had the same teacher twice leading to inconsistencies in our learning the classrooms were also changing every couple days. The activity’s after class were also not very well organized and they had. We were also told before hand that we would get a bus pass with a couple 100$ worth on it but we got a card with about 20$ and had to pay out of pocket for most transit. The organizers Eli Zhang and Sabatino were also irresponsible and were bad at answering questions we had or picking up the phone when needed including the morning we were told to switch rooms with no info. Overall I definitely do not recommend the Tokyo summer camp. The Beijing one was okay but keep in mind your homestay might not be great.