Japan - 23rd World Scout Jamboree - Tent City of Flags - 2015

Boy Scouts of America sent more than 1600 scouts to the 23rd World Scout Jamboree in Kirarahama, Yamaguchi, Japan. Southeast Coast Troop 204 was part of BSA Southern Region. We camped in ENA Sub-Camp E23 with more than 8000 scouts. Total WSJ2015 scouts were 34,000 from around 150 countries and territories.

About Yamaguchi Prefecture (Site of Jamboree)

Yamaguchi Prefecture is located in the westernmost part of Honshu, and is surrounded on three sides by the sea. With the Chugoku mountain range running from East to West, Yamaguchi Prefecture can be broadly divided up into three regions: the Seto Inland Sea area, the inland mountain area, and the Japan Sea coast area.

The population is approximately 1.45 million people (according to a year 2010 census), and the area is approximately 6,100 km2. The prefectural government capital is located in Yamaguchi City.

Yamaguchi Prefecture boasts a mid climate and is largely spared from earthquake, flood and storm damage. It enjoys the reputation of being a very comfortable place to live.

Yamaguchi has approximately 1,500 km of coastline, including the calm Seto Inland Sea National Park dotted with many islands and the wild, rough coast of the Japan Sea national Park dotted with many islands and the wild, rough coast of the Japan Sea at the Kita Nagato Kaigan National Park . Our prefecture receives many visitors who come to see the changing seasons in the primeval forests and beautiful gorges that make up the Western Chugoku Mountain Range national Park.

(http://www.pref.yamaguchi.lg.jp/foreign/english/outline.html)

See more World Scout Jamboree pictures in our Flickr photo albums:
WSJ2015 Cultural Day
WSJ2015 Tent City of Flags
WSJ2015 Troop 204 BSA Southeast Coast