Phone:
800.345.2929
TTY:
802.258.3388
Fax:
802.258.3428
PO Box 676, 1 Kipling Road
Brattleboro, VT 05302 USA
Japan: Japanese Language and Cultural Adventure
Orientation in Tokyo
You and your group become better acquainted with Japan during orientation in Tokyo, one of the world’s largest and most exciting cities. Spend a few days exploring this bustling metropolis, home to 10 percent of Japan’s population. Begin your immersion into Japanese language and culture as you become attuned to the incredible sights, sounds, and aromas of this island nation.
Homestay and Language Training
Spend three weeks immersed in Japanese language and culture. As a beginning, intermediate, or advanced student, you take Japanese language classes and engage in hands-on cultural activities. As a member of a Japanese family, your language skills improve quickly as you embrace daily life. Excursions with your group and host family give you a broader sense of Japanese youth culture and traditions. At the end of your homestay, your group gives a sayonara party to thank the host families and community. Your experience concludes with a few days in ancient Kyoto and a final overnight in Tokyo.
Sample activities: Stroll through traditional Japanese gardens; visit an animation studio; dance, sing, and celebrate with local people at summer festivals; practice Zen meditation; perfect the art of Japanese flower arrangement; participate in a traditional tea festival; swim in the Sea of Japan; watch sumo wrestling or a Japanese baseball game; practice your kanji while you learn the intricacies of Japanese calligraphy; visit a Japanese high school; learn the art of ai indigo-dying; immerse yourself in the culture and traditions of the Ainu people of Hokkaido.
Sample host communities: Komatsu, Oita, Kanazawa, Matsuyama, Tokushima, Konosu, Nanao, Shiraoi, Mururon, Okayama, Ishikari
Code: JAL (4 Weeks)
Features: Language Training
Depart/Return: Los Angeles
Features
Language Training, Travel
Depart/Return
Los Angeles
