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Have you completed your SW Award? Come join us and your fellow awardees at 5pm in the Better World Tent on Friday the 31st of July (tomorrow). Have your badge on your Uniform to gain entry. Cant wait to see you all there and hear more about your SW...
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29 July 2015, Kirara-hama, Yamaguchi, Japan: After years of planning, preparation and anticipation, the 23rd World Scout Jamboree is finally unveiled in a blaze of colour and pageantry. It marks the beginning of an adventure of a lifetime for some 33...
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Governor of Yamaguchi Prefecture, Tsugumasa Muraoka San Camp Chief, Takayasu Okushima San Distinguished Guests Dear brothers and sisters in Scouting Konbanwa… good evening! It’s hard to believe, isn’t it? After so many years of preparation and hard...
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Watch the opening ceremony of the 23rd World Scout Jamboree live on scout.org/wsj2015/live from 19:00 JST (GMT+9 hours)
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Some 27 000 young Scouts aged 14 to 17 years have started to arrive today at the 23rd World Scout Jamboree that is being hosted by the Scout Association of Japan. Their arrivals, staggered over today and tomorrow, mark the start of the Jamboree...
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Welcome! It is hard to believe, but the moment we have been preparing for so long is finally here. We are gathered together to live an extraordinary experience: the 23rd World Scout Jamboree! A World Scout Jamboree is a unique opportunity for you to...
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Every day all around the world Scouts are working together to Create a Better World. Come down to the Better World tent at #wsj2015 and play our memory game which has some fantastic stories of what your fellow Scouts have been doing. #SWAward
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Intern - Governance and Institutional Support World Scout Bureau Global Support Centre, Kuala Lumpur Are you interested in the institutional processes and governance of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) and in getting international...
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Enjoy the drone footage of the Jamboree site in Kirara-hama, which is transforming into a tented city for more than 33 000 Scouts! #wsj2015Posted by World Organization of the Scout Movement - WOSM on Monday, 27 July 2015
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UPDATE at 22:00, July 26: The weather forecast has changed and it will NOT be as windy tonight as earlier predicted. The forecast is that the wind will now not become any worse than it is now. Original text: Strong winds of 30-40 km/hour and gust of...