POSSIBLY Studying in Kyoto This Summer…

February 12, 2007 in Japan, Self, Site Related by Tom Langston (calaggie) | 2 comments

OK, on Friday I turned into the Education Abroad Office at my college my enrollment packet for a summer abroad program (Japanese Culture in Film) to take place in Kyoto, Japan, from June 29 to July 28. I was told I am fourth on the waiting list since it filled up quickly so I’m hoping people drop in the next couple months. Not damn likely but I can still hope.

So my backup plan for overseas learning this summer is Düsseldorf, Germany, during the month of August and taking a course called “Germany under Hitler’s Third Reich”. And I know a good amount of German so that might help me get around there better than not knowing kanji and walking around Japan. Still, I know a friend who was the first one to sign up for the Kyoto trip so I’d prefer to go there than Deutschland, at least for this summer.

Anyway, I set up a separate blog to document my attempts and experiences with the study abroad program. There’s only one post there now but it should pick up around mid-April as more stuff happens. Wish me luck, guys (and gals)!

Maybe the pure power of the aniblogsphere can influence the situation…or not…

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  1. Sirenja’s avatar

    Sirenja on February 13, 2007 at 2:41 am

    Also ich würde nach Deutschland gehen :D Obwohl ich Hitler nicht besonders interessant finde :/

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  2. suguru’s avatar

    suguru on February 13, 2007 at 8:09 am

    Kyoto is my favorite city on Earth, I’ll definitely be hoping you get to go. My wife and I have gone to Kyoto a couple times now, usually in the fall when the maple leaves are just awesome, and we always talk about how cool it would be to go for a month, or if we could do it all over again how we’d find some way to study abroad there. If you get to go I’d highly recommend going to Shugaku-in and the Sentou Palace–they both have really impressive grounds and gardens, and it’s easy for gaijin to get reservations for tours at the Imperial Household Agency (while native Japanese can have to wait for years for the same opportunity). I wouldn’t worry about kanji, Kyoto is very tourist-friendly and all the signs on the subway, buses, etc are in romanji too. Anyway, best of luck and here’s hoping you get to go there.

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