In just over 100 days 156 Hertfordshire Scouts will be joining 32,000 other scouts from almost every nation on earth in Japan for the World Scout Jamboree.
The teenagers aged 14 to 18 years old came together with their leaders to do some final pre-event training, and to brief community leaders and family members who have supported them in their journey about the 10-day jamboree.
The World Scout Jamboree (WSJ) is held in a different country every four years. The twenty third WSJ will have 32,000 participants, with 4,000 travelling from the UK's to make up our largest ever contingent.
During this weekend, visitors tried out some of the Japanese food the scout units will need to cook each day and took part in some of the cultural Japanese actives that each jamboree participant will have a chance to sample in Kirara-hama, Yamaguchi City, Japan.
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