University of Missouri Summer 2014 Japan Program

01/16/2015

Please check out the Japan Program for THIS year. >>> University of Missouri Summer 2015 Japan Program

02/24/2014

The application deadline has been extended through Monday, March 3 for the University of Missouri Summer 2014 Japan Program.

02/14/2014

Applications are open for the University of Missouri Summer 2014 Japan Program. Join Us. Check the "About" section of the University of Missouri Summer 2014 Japan Program page for details. Contact the Program Director, Prof. Martin Holman, if you have questions. [email protected]

http://international.missouri.edu/study-outside-the-us/programs/detail.php?program=10015

02/13/2014

JAPAN SUMMER PROGRAM DEADLINE EXTENDED!
The deadline for applications for the Japan Summer Program has been extended to February 24. If you are planning to apply for the Summer Program, please drop me a line directly so I can start getting rough head count even before all the apps are actually in.
Please pass on word to anyone who might be interested.

02/09/2014

Applications are now being accepted for the University of Missouri 2014 Summer Japan Program in Nagano, Japan, June 17~August 12.

College and university students or graduates from ANY institution are welcome to apply for the program. No prior knowledge of Japanese is required.

Students study and train in Traditional Bunraku Puppet Theater, Taiko Drumming, Traditional Kyudo Archery, Japanese Flute, Kendo, Aikido, Koto, and other cultural activities. Students will also study Japanese language and will have ample opportunity to practice their language skills with their Japanese host families and other members of the community. At the end of the program, students will performing at the Iida Puppetry Festival, the largest theater event in Japan devoted to puppetry. More than 250 puppet troupes participate for over 40,000 spectators.

Students begin in the Kansai region of Japan in pre-program activities in Kyoto, Osaka, Nara, and Wakayama. The Program then moves to a seaside youth hostel in Tokushima on the island of Shikoku. Then we travel to the small city of Iida in the mountains of southern Nagano Prefecture (site of the 1998 Winter Olympics), where students move in with host families and begin training in Japanese performing arts and martial arts.

Program participants also will spend three days in a small village in mountains above Iida in houses from the 1800s, where we will prepare meals over an open hearth in the traditional style. Another four-day trip will take students to the coast of the Sea of Japan for a visit hosted by the city of Hakusan, sister city of Columbia, Missouri.

Students have many free days to explore the mountains and streams, temples and shrines, shops and parks around Iida, or to make trips to destinations further afield.

Applications are due February 17. No knowledge of Japanese is required for the program. For details on the program and application procedures, check out the University of Missouri International Center Japan Summer Program page at the following URL:
http://international.missouri.edu/study-outside-the-us/programs/detail.php?program=10015

If you are interested in applying or have questions, please contact Program Director, Prof Martin Holman at [email protected]

The MU International Center and Japanese Studies Program join with the Imada Puppet Troupe to offer a unique, eight-week, six-credit study abroad program in the city of Iida in Nagano Prefecture (site of the 1998 Winter Olympics) in central Japan.

02/09/2014

We are now accepting applications for the 2014 Japan Summer Program. Read the "about" section of the page for more information and links. Message me if you have questions. And check out our photos and the taiko video!

02/09/2014

Taiko drumming at the Ringon Festival in Iida.

02/09/2014

University of Missouri Summer Program students practice taiko drumming in summer 2012.