The Japanese spring holidays have once again enabled plenty of visitors to converge on the English Language Centre on CQUniversity Rockhampton.

Dozens of students from the Toyo, Miyagi and Asahi universities have come on study tours, staying with local home-stay families while they learn English and sample tourism highlights for several weeks.

Former study tour student Yuki Roppongi (left) and current Toyo Uni student group leader Ryoto Sato (right) chat with other students from Toyo during a welcome barbecue on Rockhampton Campus

Meantime, Associate Professor Rika Shimada from the Critical Care Nursing department of Nagoya City University has been visiting to familiarise herself with CQUniversity's School of Nursing and Midwifery.

Assoc Prof Shimada plans to bring over a group of Nagoya students for language and nursing studies at CQUniversity in September.

She was able to chat with an academic from a nearby prefecture as Professor of Constitutional Law Koki Saito was also visiting Rockhampton from Asahi University, as a mentor for a student group.

At the same time, a former study tour student, Yuki Roppongi, dropped by the Language Centre during a visit to meet his former host family and tutors. Yuki has almost completed his ecology and environmental studies and is now working in retail logistics, tracking the stocks of a major department store.

English Language Centre Director of Studies Tim Somerset chats with visiting Japanese academics Assoc Prof Rika Shimada and Prof Koki Saito 
Study tour visitors enjoy attractions including the Heritage Village