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ORIENTATION SESSION
This three-day program will be designed and implemented by Kisako Intercultural Institute, a company that has a great deal of experience organizing orientations to Japan for educational institutions and corporations.
Objectives of the orientation (from Kisako): Acquiring skills for handling day-to-day situations in Japan through learning basic Japanese and Japanese etiquette, developing skills for exploring unknown areas, and getting ready for up-coming seminar in Kyoto.
For example, topics include useful phrases in greetings, table manners, managing Japan’s elaborate subway systems, and how to behave in an izakaya, a popular kind of gathering place for college students.
HOUSING
During the Orientation Session in Tokyo, housing will be at the National Olympics Memorial Youth Center, part of the Olympic Village from the 1964 Summer Games. It is located very close to Shinjuku, one of the busiest and most interesting parts of Tokyo.
In Kyoto, for the first six weeks, students will be housed at a dormitory that is just a five-minute walk from the main campus of Doshisha University. All meals will be available at the University. For the final four weeks, the program will move to a more distant dormitory, but one that is an easy commute to the Doshisha campus. At this location, students will be able to cook some of their own meals, having had lessons in Japanese cooking from their Doshisha colleagues.
EXPENSES
Students pay the 2011-2012 Carleton comprehensive fee, which covers the costs of instruction, room and board, group excursions, public transportation passes, admission tickets on group outings, and airport pick-up. Students are responsible for the cost of books, personal expenses, and transportation to and from Tokyo, and personal travel during the seminar. Student financial aid is applicable as on campus. See the Off-Campus Studies website at http://go.carleton.edu/ocs for further information regarding work contracts, loans, and other financial aid issues.
APPLICATIONS
Applications are available on this website as well as in the Off-Campus Studies office, Leighton 119.
Applications are due by Monday, April 18, 2011 to Tami Little in Goodsell 102.