In August 2017, the Fukushima Youth Sinfonietta traveled to Bangkok for its Southeast Asia debut and a programme of musical, cultural and community activities, as well as a collaboration with young Thai musicians. The main goals of the programme, which was supported by the Bangkok Symphony Orchestra, Bangkok Christian College, Wattana Wittaya Academy and Yamaha Thailand, were to express thanks to the people of Thailand for their extraordinary support and aid to Japan in the aftermath of the 2011 disaster, to demonstrate to the world that Fukushima is full of active, recovering and creative people, and to present high-level musical performances and conduct exchanges with Thai musicians. The five-day project for the FYS culminated in its triumphant South East Asia debut for an audience of 1000 at the state of the KBank Siam Pic- Ganesha Theatre in central Bangkok on 18 August 2017.