The Washington Huskies are all set for an overseas trip this year, with the team heading to Japan for a week in March. The Huskies will explore three cities across ten days in Japan. The trip is a part of the Pac-12's Global Initiative and is the third foreign trip for the women's soccer program, which has also gone to Italy in 2012 and Brazil before that.
The Huskies begin their preparations for the trip this week as the team will be reading Nobility of Failure and The Dark Sorrow as they learn about Japanese history and culture. In addition to reading these books, Washington will go through a series of classes with two professors to help expand their knowledge of the country.
The trip will start with a visit to Hiroshima. Before heading to Japan Huskies will visit the Peace Museum and learn about Floyd Schmoe, a former University of Washington professor who worked rebuilding homes in Hiroshima after World War II. Once there, the team will learn about the city and its history.
After that the Huskies will be off to Kyoto. In Kyoto, the team will visit the city's renowned mineral baths and stay in a dojo as they immerse themselves in Japanese culture.
The trip will conclude in Tokyo. Once they reach the nation's capital, the Huskies will train with the University of Tokyo's women's soccer team. Washington's coaches will serve as assistants during that training as the Huskies learn about the heavily technical training style of Japanese soccer and work to improve their own play. The Huskies will then scrimmage against the University of Tokyo the next day to put that training into action.
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