AUBURN – Edward Little High School teacher Erin Towns departs for Tokyo as a participant in the Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Program this month.

Towns, of Wayne, was selected from a national pool of more than 1,700 applicants by a panel of educators. The program allows primary and secondary school educators in the U.S. to travel to Japan for three weeks in an effort to promote greater intercultural understanding between the two nations.

Towns is among 160 educators visiting Japan.

After an orientation in Tokyo they will travel in groups of 16 to selected host cities where they will have direct contact with Japanese teachers and students during visits to primary and secondary schools as well as a teachers college.

They will also visit cultural sites and local industries. In addition, they will stay with a Japanese family for a brief period.

For more information about the program, visit http://www.fulbrightmemorialfund.jp or contact 1-888-527-2636 or [email protected].