Atlantic Pacific in Japan
SUMMER SCHOOL 2024 IS OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS!
International style learning
We are an international humanitarian charity on a mission to combat global drowning through education, training and community outreach.
Our Japan base is in Nebama Bay, Kamaishi where we first delivered our Lifeboat in a Box to support the community recovering from the 2011 Tsunami.
Our popular residential learning programmes take place in spring and summer.
We teach young students about sea-safety and other valuable life skills while they make new friends from all over the world.
Expert Teaching
Our international team of trained experts teach in small group workshops, offering high quality personal learning experiences. Our tutors focus on teaching how to protect our oceans and enjoy the sea safely.
We focus on empowering our students to find solutions to some of the world’s most pressing issues.
Activities vary seasonally, but can include:
Search & Rescue
Lifeboat Experience
First Aid, Disaster response & recovery
Fishing trips, wild swimming & sailing
Ocean revival & plastic prevention
U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Get in touch
Education is at the heart of our work in Japan. As part of the UWC x Initiative, we are passionate about delivering high quality learning across all age brackets.
Inbetween residential camps, we deliver workshops to pre-school children and provide guest speakers at international schools and universities.
Are you a school, college or university looking for new learning experiences for your students?
We would love to hear from you, to discuss how we could support your students with our bespoke learning packages.
Get in touch with us to explore how we can help your students gain an extra-curricular advantage!
Global Impact
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Nebama Bay is located in Iwate Prefecture, on the North Eastern coast of Japan, around 20 minutes from Kamaishi City. It is an absolutely stunning location with tree covered mountains next to the pacific ocean. The fresh air, wildlife and scenery make it an idyllic place to visit.
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Atlantic Pacific has training bases in London, England and Wales, UK. Our mission is to combat global drowning through search & rescue, education and training, community outreach and by designing sea safety solutions.
Innovation and a universal respect for human life are at the core of everything we do.
Trusted Experts
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Atlantic Pacific values the safety of everyone we work with. We work frequently with children and young people and we especially prioritise their safety and well-being at all times.
All our staff and volunteers who work with children and young people have undergone and consistently update certified Safeguarding training.
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We are part of the UWC X initiative. Previous participants tell us that their university applications have been significantly improved by attending our programmes.
Attending one of our camps demonstrates a well-rounded, adventurous and open-minded approach to learning.
Specialist Skills
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Our instructors are highly experienced medical and SAR experts coming from a diverse range of backgrounds.
They have designed all of our training programming with a rigorous combination of real-world experience and programming infrastructure from recognised institutions like the RNLI, IMRF, and the HSE.
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Working with the Kamaishi Beach Lifeguards, our course participants learn key elements of first aid and what to do in a medical emergency, including psychological First Aid.
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Teaching in schools
We educate young children about sea-safety as part of our world-wide drowning prevention work. We raise awareness in the community and encourage children to be confident and safe around water.
We work with local educational institutions, recreational organisations, rescue services and municipal leaders, tailoring our teaching to suit each age group.
If you would like us to visit your pupils to share our knowledge, we would love to hear from you!
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Lifeboat in a box
Our Lifeboat in a Box provides life-saving facilities in a transportable, self-contained unit. It sits in Nebama Bay, ready to be deployed by our local team.
During our residential camps, when the weather allows, we take the boat out to sea.
It is a unique lifeboat station, empowering the local community who are vulnerable to natural disasters like earthquakes and tsunamis.
The container holds a custom-built lifeboat so that when the unthinkable strikes, it can be ready to help rescue those in need.
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United Nations SDGs
Underlining all our activities is our commitment to the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals. Our course participants learn in small group workshops that focus on generating creative ideas to tackle ocean plastic in Kamaishi.
We are inextricably linked to the sea and this element of our course ensures that we educate young people to protect the ocean, as well as enjoying it safely.
Our workshop leaders teach practical skills based on the principles of a world-wide plastic recycling system called Precious Plastic.
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Our Partners
Atlantic Pacific is built on collaboration.
We are delighted to be working in Japan with The City of Kamaishi and our longstanding friends Nebama Mind. We also work with other trusted global organisations to achieve our mission of reducing global drowning.
If you are interested in working with us or sponsoring our work, please get in touch.
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Impact Reports
We love our work and want to build a lasting legacy for future generations in Japan.
From 2019-2023 our work here was funded by The Nippon Foundation, but now we rely on bookings for our paid programs to fund our ongoing work.
Please download and read our latest impact report to learn about our work.
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Learning Resources
Nothing beats face to face interactions and our greatest impact on young people is when we meet and educate them in person.
If you would like a simple introduction to the basics of Sea-Safety, a good way to start is by downloading our children’s colouring book.
You can download a Japanese language version of this book on our sea safety resources page.
What’s it like on a residential camp?
This one minute video shows some of the activities our participants enjoyed during Spring Camp 2023.
As a charity, we are always looking for support for our work in Japan. If you can offer sponsorship, useful connections or help us grow awareness of our work, then we would love to hear from you!
What people say about our residential camps
Nebama Mind
City of Kamaishi
United World College ISAK Japan
Atlantic Pacific locations
We have bases in three locations, but our impact stretches further. Our team is spread over several different countries, and our course participants come from all over the world — taking their learned skills home and wherever they are needed.