CUC Summer Program 2022
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I was really excited when I first read about the CUC Summer Program. I signed up for it straightaway and was very pleased, when I got the acceptance letter. After all the necessary
preparations were completed, my over 9000km journey could finally begin.
We received a very warm welcome at the university and were immediately able to make ourfirst contacts there. Everyone approached us in a very friendly and open-minded way. The highhumidity was very unusual to me, but it didn't stop us from doing activities all day.
The school program was very well designed and organised. During the lectures and trips, wewere able to get a deeper insight into Japanese culture and history. We were introduced to
traditional Japanese music, practices, clothing, and ceremonies, which were very impressive.
Especially exploring Chiba and Tokyo with other students in our free time brought me many
special memories. As groups we went out for dinner and activities every evening. This way we
could all enjoy Japanese food together and build bonds.
I can proudly say that I not only got to know the country and its culture better. I have also mademany new acquaintances whom I can call my friends. I look forward to the future with hope, that
I will see many of them again.
It was a fantastic, unique time in my life! Thank you to CUC coordinators and students forassisting us during this special event!

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CUC Summer Program 2022 – An amazing Japanese cultural experience
Tobias Niedermeier(Technical University of Applied Sciences Rosenheim)
August 17, 2022 – Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan The adventure already started at the airport. On approach to Tokyo Haneda, I
couldn’t believe my eyes. The pure size of the of the city took my breath away. Till the horizon there were buildings, streets
and in the middle of it the giant Tokyo Skytree. As the plane landed, I felt a little lost as I had never been that far away from
Germany before, everything felt different – The language, the signage and as mentioned before the enormous size of Tokyo.
To be honest, I felt a little nervous before the journey. However, all the concerns had not come true after all. One of mybiggest concerns was to get from the airport to the university in Chiba. Nevertheless, everything went very smoothly. I
received a lot of help from friendly Japanese people. At the airport I was told how to use the metro system, on the train awomen confirmed that I was on the right train and on a train station at the center of Tokyo a man offered his help (probably
because I seemed a little lost). This very first trip in Japan showed me impressively how kind, helpful and polite Japanesepeople are.
After the check-in at CUC Nana Seya and Chihiro Sato took me to get Lunch in Ichikawa. I was so glad that they were withme because it is kind of difficult to figure out what to order. The issues about ordering food is the Japanese Characters which
I apparently can’t read and that a lot of people can’t speak English. Nevertheless, we had tempura at Tendon Tenya in
Ichikawa. That had been the first tempura in my life. When the food was served, I realized “Oh boy, I have to use chopsticks…”. I had used them only a few times before. I felt like a little child because I wasn’t able to order by myself nor did I
know how to eat appropriately with the chopsticks. Luckily, Nana and Chihiro taught me how to use them. Therefore, it wasa pleasant meal. Later at our dinner I got another chopstick lesson by Pei-Ting (Lisa) Tsai while we were eating ramen.
August 22, 2022 – Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan Half of the CUC Sommer Program 2022 had already been completed and so far,
we had experienced a lot. Traditional Ikebana, Kimonos and Gagaku and a few lectures presented us a first deeper view into
Japanese culture and arts. Moreover, one of the highlights was the curtesy visit to the prefectural government in Chiba.
After that we drove to Umihotaru where we watched the sunset. On top of that we were lucky to see Mount Fuji.
Although half of the adventure was already over, there were still some exciting experiences ahead of us. In following lecturesand experiences, we would learn even more about Japanese culture and international communication. In some special activities we were even encouraged to participate ourselves (e. g., woodblock prints, tatami).
August 25, 2022 – Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan Out of nowhere the last day of the CUC Sommer Program 2022 arrived. The time
went by in an eyeblink. Besides eating with chopsticks and getting to know not only amazing people from Japan, but also
from South Korea, Thailand, the USA and Taiwan, I had learned so much new about different cultures as well as international
communication and exchange. In addition to that, the whole experience helped me to improve my communication skills,
language proficiency, and I was able to gain knowledge. I recommend this program to everyone. Even though it was short,
it was an enrichment for my entire life. I will never forget all the participants, student assistants and members of the International Center who mad this program unforgettable.
All these memories we made together tied us stronger together. I’m really looking forward to seeing hopefully all of you
again one day. Maybe in one of your countries or in Germany. Meanwhile we keep in touch! Thank you all truly for thisamazing experience!

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University name: Chonnam National University
name: YUJEONG JOO
Impressions on Program
I was excited because it was my first time going to Japan, but I was also very anxious because it was my first time
traveling alone.
I was very worried if I could get close to people I've never seen from abroad because I couldn't speak English welland had an introverted personality.
However, for a while, such worries were also given the opportunity to broaden their short-lived knowledge throughvarious classes in the program.
It was my first time coding in the program, and it was very difficult because it was my first time, but I was able tofeel rewarded with the help of my friends from other countries, and I was able to see people after the Hiroshima
incident that I didn't know.
Also, it was nice to learn a little bit about Japan from locals while learning about Japanese culture and society.
In the class of an instructor who became a law firm lawyer from Japan to the United States, I could learn the possibility
and passion.

In addition to these academic classes, I also did various activities.
Although the weather was hot and difficult while traveling to Chiba according to the schedule, I was able to experiencea strange experience by seeing Japanese buildings different from Korea and experiencing the old culture. Tatamiraalso gave an experience of making Japanese traditional flooring small.
And I also had the opportunity to wear traditional Japanese clothing called Kimono, and I was surprised that it wasdifficult to wear more than expected, but it was different because it was an experience that was not easy in Korea,
and I even thought it was good to wear it even if it was hard.

And through this program, I did various activities with CUC supporters, went around together in my free time, andhad dinner together. Since I went with CUC supporters like that, I had many opportunities to feel the local culture in
Japan.
I was able to travel to various places such as Asakusa, Tokyo Station, Harajuku, and Akihabara in Tokyo without any
worries, and although we don't communicate well with each other, it was good to have a chance to get close while
talking.
However, it was difficult to communicate in language during this program, but fortunately, I was able to get close toeach other even though it was difficult to communicate perfectly with each other.

While doing this program, I had a lot of worries, anxiety, and expectations, and there was distrust in myself because
I didn't have confidence in myself.
6And it was hard because I couldn't speak the language, and it was hard to approach it more because I was introverted,but in the end, I was able to make a lot of foreign friends and experience various Japanese experiences.
Although it was hard to completely change my introverted self, it was a great opportunity to remove obstacles intalking to many more people, and eventually, it was a great memory, so I felt really fortunate to do this program.

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Chonnam National University
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To be honest, the biggest reason for participating in this program was the low cost burden.
I didn't have to pay for all the accommodation, food, and participation fee in the CUC program.
I was attracted to this merit and participated in the CUC summer program, but now that the
program is over, I want to participate in the CUC program again even if I must pay.
First of all, the program schedule is very well organized. From 9 a.m., I took classes about Japanand classes that were helpful in life.

Second, as I lived with CUC supporters and foreign friends all day, I had a great time for 10
days forgetting the differences between countries. Especially on weekends, we went to Tokyo
by train with CUC supporters and visited Asakusa, Akihabara, etc. In particular, it is especiallymemorable that I felt the Japanese sensibility in Asakusa, ate street food, took pictures withforeign friends, and made good memories. I walked all day, so it was physically difficult, but it
seems to be a memory that I will never forget.

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Third, even if I travel to other countries, I don't have a chance to talk and play with friends
from various countries, but we walked to Ichikawa Station for 30 minutes to eat every evening
through the CUC summer program." Also, we went to karaoke and had a great time singing
pop song or K-pop together. As we talked a lot while walking, I changed my mind, saying,"Foreigners have different cultures, so what they think will be different." Rather, it was ameaningful time when I realized, "Everyone lives the same, everyone thinks similar things

At the end of the CUC program, I was sad to think that it would be hard to meet everyone
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to each country and meet my friends once in a while.
I am thinking of traveling to Taiwan this winter.
I would like to express my gratitude to everyone who created the opportunity for the CUC
program that changed my prejudice, the CUC program that allowed me to make various friends,
and the unforgettable memory.

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My impressions on CUC summer program 2022
Hello, my name is Sirinoot Teeranaew (Tangmo), My major is department of Geological Science, Faculty of
Science, Chiang Mai University.
My impression in Chiba University of Commerce Summer program 2022 or CUC Summer program isvery proud, very happy to see you all participate in this program, both international student and Japanese
student. At first time, I hesitate to join in this program because the day during program and Midterm
examination is close. But at this time, I think it is right decision to joining with this program. At first time
when I know that I can go in this program, I am very happy because Japan is my dream country that I have togo. I was visited to Japan in 2016 (about 7 years ago) as exchange student from high school but in this time isdifferent, it’s many first time to do something to me such as sing karaoke, eat a Yakiniku (Normally, I don’t
eat beef because I believe and prey for Quan Yin, but in Japan the beef is delicious so I can eat beef)
presentation for Japanese student, playing a game with Japanese student so I think it’s challenge for me
because this is first time for me that I live with international student in other country, so I am excited to use
and improve my English skill for talk with international student, Moreover I will improve my Japanese
language skill for talk with Japanese student (Even though, I was been study about Japanese in my university,
but I think this time it is can improver than my university) in my opinion my English is weak for talk anduseable but when this program has ended I think my English skill is improving and Japanese student is have totry and talk in English skill because they said they want to and improve English skill too. Moreover, Japanese
student and Chiba University of Commerce international staff and Japanese people is very friendly, very kind,very helpful and very nice. So, I think I am just a temporary international student but they very nice for me.
Chiba University of Commerce has given an many experiences for cultural of Japan such as Gagaku, Kimono
experience, Ikebana and woodblock experience. Even though when I arrived in Thailand for about 3 weeks
after the program has ended but everything that happened in Japan, in Chiba University of Commerce andfriendship between international student, Chiba University of Commerce student and Chiba University ofCommerce international center staff, I’ll remember forever, thank you for everything, See you again in Japan.

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Hello! My name is Thanawat Srikaew. Everybody knows me about Film. I have studied in Aviation
Business management, Panyapiwat Institute of Management.

I had a lot of memories in CUC Summer Program 2022 that the first day I didn’t think that I will join
this camp before. Because of fear, fear of new experiences, fear of new places, fear of my skills and I’m notdeserve with. Thank you for my teacher who encourage me that I could knew by myself that the fear is not
the thing I should be afraid, lost these opportunities is. That why I had all of the happiest moments below.
Firstly, I arrived at Narita airport by ZIPAIR, my first international flight, my first travel abroad, Japan.
We road to CUC by train and we lost. But finally, we arrived at CUC. For dinner we were guided by Yuta andNana, kind and nice student assistant. Our first meal is so difference by my mind a bit but that’s still good, I
can remember how many are they, that’s a lot. But unbelievable I ate them all. The next day we had IKEBANA
experiences, it’s beautiful and neatly. That lunch we got Bento, my first Bento was delicious. In the evening
we went to UMIHOTARU, Boat shopping center. We had gorgeous sunset perspective and Fuji-Sama as well.
After that day we had KIMONO experience, my dress very looking good I just ever saw it from the internet
before but now I were it for real! On free time or off-day our student assistant led us to go to many places,
ASAAKUSA, TOKYO SKY TREE, AKIHABARA, etc. that’s so excited for me and I really appreciated to all student
support, they were helpful and kindly take care of us all the time we spent in Japan. The “Tour of Chiba” was
my one excited thing in CUC Summer camp, because I love sightseeing and I have leaned about “Teaceremony” as well.

12Secondly, in every evening never bored. Our student assistant had brought us to many places, try
many interest foods, shopping at ICIKAWA station, watch the view of the city from top of the building. That’s
so amazing and impressive.

Thirdly, I try a lot of Japanese foods, curry, Ramen, Udon, Sushi, Tonkatsu, and more! But I love curry
the most and everyone know. Lisa said to me like “if you know some food you don’t like or it’s not delicious,
tell me please”, I can’t agree more. Everything there was very delicious, hopefully I can bring them back.
Lastly, thank you another time for giving us a unforgettable chance of everything in CUC, Chiba,
Japan. I enjoyed a lot of moment there and cannot explain it all. Hopefully, we will have other opportunities
for many things again in the future. Thank you for take care of us even though it’s hard to. Hope to see again,
not only one time but more!

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CHOMPOO @CUC Summer Program
Hello there! I am Patcharin Aunsa or Chompoo. I am a student from Panyapiwat Institute ofManagement (PIM), majoring in Communicative English for Business, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Thailand.
First of all, I would like to tell you that my name is not “Shampoo”, but it is “Chompoo” (チョンプー). wwww…
Let’s get to the point! It was my first time in Japan. I have been dreaming about Japan since I
was so young and finally, I was in Japan. On the first day at CUC, I was really impressed that everyone in
the International center welcomed us so warmly and offered us many things. By the way, it was very
hard for me to communicate with various culture and socialize with my foreign friends because I havenot done that many activities before coming to Japan during Covid-19 pandamic, but everyone wasreally nice both international friends and CUC supporters. That made us get closer easily.

About the activities in this program, it was organized perfectly for me. The very first activity that
we did was going to Umihotaru. It was fantastic place. I experienced both sea and Fuji san at the sametime. After that, there was Yukata/Kimono experience. I was so excited to wear it because I always see
this beautiful dress from movies. It was good for me to have a chance wearing them. Then, we went to
Asakusa, Chibuya, Harajuku, and Akihabara on our free time days. I extremely like these 2 days. I almost
did all things that I wanted to do in Japan at that time. Thanks to all CUC supporters who always tookcare of us. I was really love Chiba tour! It gave me many new experiences from many places. There weremany activities during this program, and I appreciated them all.

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Lastly, we might be less people according to the previous program, but I’m happy that I can talkand get closer with you all. I can say that I have a lot of friends from Taiwan, Germany, Korea, US, andJapan. I love you all. Thank you CUC Summer Program who made us know each other.

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Lucas Hartman
University of Nebraska Omaha

When the summer of 2022 first began I really did not have anything planned besides going to workand staying in the city of Omaha. Until one day I got an email telling me about an opportunity called the CUC
summer program which offered a two week trip to Japan to learn about the traditions and customs of Japan.
And immediately I was intrigued as Japan was one of the top places I wanted to go on my bucket list, so I
decided to apply. And at the time I had no expectations about the trip or how much or little I would enjoy. But
now after the trip looking back I am so glad I decided to apply on an impulse decision as I have made many
memories and friends that I will cherish for the rest of my life, and I am going to talk about the experiences I
had while I was there and my overall thoughts about those activities and the program as a whole.
On our first day in Japan we had a fun icebreaker to help get
to know each other and after that we were greeted to our first
cultural activity which was a Ikebana demonstration which
was unlike anything else I have seen in terms of art. As in
America we have some flower arrangements, however they
are not done to the same level as Ikebana, as instead of justputting a bunch of flowers in a pot, the Ikebana uses manydifferent mediums to create not just flower arrangements but
art. Which was a very unique introduction to the culture ofJapan, which I enjoyed very much. After that we were taken
to visit the prefectural government of Chiba which was agreat experience as I have been to the governmental buildingof the state of Nebraska and there were many differences. The building felt more like a business than agovernmental building, but also had a beautiful observation deck and we had many amazing photoopportunities. But the most surprising part of the trip to the governmental building was meeting Chiba kun, as
there are no mascots like this for the government in the United States, and meeting him and learning about how

18popular he is in not only Chiba but Japan was very interesting to me. And the best part, I was able to get
pictures with him at the end of the visit. And to the end the day we went to the umihotaru shopping center on aman made island, which for me as an engineer I found fascinating to learn about how it was constructed andthe breakthroughs that were done to complete the project, and we got a beautiful views of Tokyo and mt Fuji.
Next was one of my favorite experiences of the trip which was the yukata experience where we got dressed in
traditional kimonos and participated in the gagaku ceremony. This was an amazing experience to learn more
about the history of Japan and how they used to dress everyday. It took around fifteen minutes to get fully
dressed and was very hot to wear the entire day as it was around thirty degrees celsius and walking aroundoutside was very difficult. Also seeing the real size difference between the japanese people and myself as I am
one hundred ninety centimeters tall, and I had to wear sandals that were half the size of my feet, and the ladies
dressing us in the kimonos struggled to get myself and another student nearly as tall as me dressed, which wasquite a funny experience. And overall I really enjoyed experiencing the old fashioned kimonos of Japan.
After the kimono experience we had the weekend free time where all of us as a group with the otherJapanese student supporters explored Japan and went to a lot of different popular tourist attractions and madesome unforgettable memories. The first place we went
to was Asakusa and experienced the many street
vendors selling some of the best food I have had in mylife such as dango, shaved ice, and many dessert
pastries. Also while we were there we all got our
fortunes from the temple and made a wish. Many of theother students in the group got some good and even thebest fortunes they could have gotten from the temple. I
however got a very bad fortune that I was unable to castaway, which was very unfortunate and was quite funny
to the rest of the group to the point I had to get myfortune redone by an old fortune lady from one of thevendors in the shopping area. Who proceeded to19correctly relay some very personal experiences from my past which shocked me and the other japanese
students with me, and proceeded to give me a much better fortune than what I got from the temple. After that
we went to Shibuya crossing where I saw the most people I have ever seen in my entire life, as I am from asmaller city where we do not have anything close to what shibuya crossing is. And when I told the other about
this I was informed that it was actually pretty slow, and that there are normally many more people there anddue to covid it was actually pretty light which shocked me and reminded me of Times Square in New York.
My favorite part about Shibuya was seeing the statue of the Hachiko as I loved the story about the dog andanimals general and have seen movies showing the statue and found it very cool to be able to take a picturewith it. After that we went to Harajuku and looked at the amazing shops they had and had some more amazing
food. This time some amazing chicken and dango, again, as well as some of the spiciest chicken I have ever
had that left a lot of us with runny noses and drenched in sweat regretting our choices of eating that chicken. I
also got some amazing souvenirs for my family, and this was all in one day.
On Sunday we had an experience meetinghigh schoolers from the local schools that were visiting
the university which was a lot of fun speaking in frontof them and talking about some of the amazing
experiences we already had from our trip. And after weeven played jenga with some of them along with someothers from the program. And after that we continued
our adventures from yesterday and went to the Tokyoskytree where we went three hundred and fifty meters
into the sky where we had some of the best views I
have seen in my entire life. While we were there wealso went shopping in the mall and visited two places I
always wanted to go, which was the kirby cafe, where
we got a great picture with kirby and waddle, and also
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then along with all the display and figurines on display was very cool, I also got a little plushie of my favorite
pokemon. AFter this we went to a shopping area where we proceeded to go straight to an arcade building
which was another place I wanted to visit while I was there. Here we played so many fun games from apunching game, to a two player dancing game where we made ourselves look stupid on, and I also lost over
one thousand yen trying to win a giant stuffed animal from a claw machine in front of everyone from the trip,
which was quite sad. And lastly we went to tokyo station which was an absolutely gorgeous station, whichreally showed the beauty of Japanese architecture which is different from anywhere in the world, which issomething that I really appreciate and enjoy about the country. While here we also visited the shopping center
where I tried boba tea for the first time, and had some more amazing food and snacks to bring home for myfriends and family.

The next day we had a great experience with woodblock printing which was something that I had
never heard of before coming to Japan, but found the experience very fun and interesting. After that we had an

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all day bus tour of Chiba which was an amazing experience. During this tour we went to three amazing spots inthe prefecture of Chiba. First we went to an amazing temple called Naritasan. Around there were also someamazing street shops where they were cooking eel which was something that, unfortunately I was unable to try.
While there we got to see some amazing structures of old japan along with beautiful walking paths into a little
forest next to the temple where there was a dried up waterfall. After seeing this amazing temple we went to
Boso-no-mura which was an actual old japan village, which to the history buff in me, was very fun andinteresting to see the old architecture styles and the different type of building such as the tavern, town square,
blacksmith, shops, and farm. While here we also were able to participate in old traditional activities such astatami coaster making, candle making,and a tea ceremony. We also got to see
many traditional items such as the oldblacksmith equipment and a carriagethat another student tried out by picking
it up which was very fun. The last place
we visited during the bus tour was the
AEON mall. This was one of thebiggest malls I have been to and I wasable to pick up many goods and snacks
to bring home to my family. I also hadsome amazing food in their food court along with one of the best crepes I have ever had.
That was our last CUC tour of the trip, and the next day we had to find my Japan presentations, which
initially I really did not want to do, but the more I looked into the topic of comparing customer service in Japan
to my home country the more interested I became with it. For over a year I worked customer service at a fast
food restaurant and I noticed many big differences between my experience taking orders and how they did it inJapan, and loved sharing those differences that I noticed. I also enjoyed interacting with the high school
students during and after the presentation, and learning about some traditional Japanese games. And with me
being a very competitive person I got really into it and had a fun time.

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The last activity we had was our farewell party which was such an amazing time seeing everyone one
last time and playing a how well do you know each other game, and had so many laughs with each other andwas a fun way to end the trip and reminisce about all we did in such a short amount of time.
During this trip we also had four different lecturers on multiple different days. The first lecturer Yoh
Kawano gave a very interesting lecture about the narratives of people and I loved listening to him talk about
his experiences meeting people all over the world. Also I enjoyed the html programming we did as, I am
studying programming in college and enjoy doing it and particularly enjoyed his message with the activity andlearning more about each other and where they are from. The second lecture by Anthony Kimm was very
interesting, and my personal favorite was learning about Japanese society and how different it is compared tomy home country. And learning more about the societal norms from other students' home country and how
they compared. The third lecture Ichiro Fujisaki taught me more about international relations in such a shortamount of time than I had in previous classes about the subject, and he really did have a wealth of knowledge
on the subject and was a very interesting person to listen to. And lastly, the lecture from Kana Morimura wasvery interesting to hear about a woman's perspective of breaking into a male dominated field of law in Japan.
And her personal struggles with getting into the field and talking about taking advantage of your situations. In
conclusion, this trip is something that I will never forget in my entire life. I have made so many amazing
memories that I will cherish, and many lifelong friends from all over the world.

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Emma Carlson
University of Nebraska at Omaha
I am from Omaha, Nebraska in the United States. The CUC summer program was my firstopportunity to travel outside of North America. I was initially a little nervous, as I knew very little
about Japanese culture before applying for the program. However, once I was in Japan, everyone
made me feel very welcomed. I would say that the seventeen hours I spent traveling was well worthit!
I greatly enjoyed my experience. The lectures were fascinating, and I loved traveling around
Chiba. The sites we visited were great, and for me, going by train was a novelty. Where I live, there
are no trains. Everyone has to drive.
My favorite activity was the tour of Chiba. We went to Naritasan, Boso-no-Mura, and the
Aeon Mall. Despite the heat and humidity, I loved walking around Naritasan and Boso-no-Mura.
Naritasan was gorgeous and I loved learning about its history. While I had seen images of Naritasan
Temple before, I didn’t realize how big and picturesque it was until I got to explore it in person. At
Boso-no-Mura, we had a wonderful tour guide who shared a lot of interesting information about theEdo period with us. I also got to experience my first Japanese tea ceremony there! And after
spending hours outdoors, the air-conditioned Aeon mall was the perfect way to end the day.

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I also loved the cultural activities, like woodblock printing or the Kimono experience. I was
surprised how elaborate the Kimono was. It took two people to dress each of us. It was a gorgeous
garment, and I loved wearing it, even if it was a little hot. The woodblock printing experience wasalso intriguing. I’ve seen those images in America before, usually as posters. So, it was really cool tosee how the original images are created and the craftsmanship it requires.

I would love to travel back to Japan again. The ten days I had there were fantastic, but theyfelt far too short. Not only did I get to have some wonderful experiences, but I felt like I made somegreat connections with other participants and students and staff from CUC. Prior to the summer
program, Japan was not a place I really considered when I thought about where I want to travel one
day. Now I can’t wait to go back!

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Pei-Ting, TSAI 蔡沛廷 國立臺北商業大學
Hi, I’m Pei-Ting, TSAI from National Taipei
University of Business, Taiwan. To be honest,
I was surprised and hyped when CUC notified
me that the Summer program was holding on
as planned, after all, events had been canceledor changed to an online course during the
pandemic, not to mention letting us visit Japan.
Under Taiwan's strict epidemic prevention
regulations, pre-departure visa application, and
PCR testing made preparations for the trip under pressure. Fortunately, the PCR result showednegative, I received my visa before departure and set off for Japan without a hitch. Arriving inJapan, I started this unforgettable journey with a warm reception from the teachers and students
from Chiba University of Commerce.
Unexpectedly, the first lecture at CUC was learning about maps
and coding. I was a little nervous at first since I have not taken
any relevant courses before. After Mr. Yoh Kawano talks about
what maps mean to him and also explained the meaning of each
instruction about coding step by step, coding is no longer that
unfamiliar to me, but intriguing. Along with building a website
with maps on it, we shared our home country with each otherthrough our work. Another lecture that left me with a deep
impression was by Mr. Ichiro Fujisaki. In addition to sharing how
he interprets international current affairs and analyzing the
behavior of national leaders based on history and psychology, we were asked to choose the topic
of current affairs he offered for a five-minute report. Sharing our own views in front of Mr. Ichiro
Fujisaki was undoubtedly like being a snob infront of a true expert. Therefore, all of theinternational students attach great importance to this presentation, even if the schedule was tight,
we tried our best to make time for preparing this assignment. I choose "If rich people and poor
people compete freely without any conditions, it's obvious that rich people will have an advantage.
Does this argument justify the existence of regulations?" as my topic of presentation. By
comparing the income tax system of Taiwan with the
topic and then sharing my views on tax incentives as
an example, I'm proud to tell everyone that Taiwan's
tax policy can effectively reduce the gap between therich and the poor. After sharing my thoughts, I learned
fun facts about the US tax system from Emma (Aninternational student from University of Nebraska

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Omaha, USA) such as, Warren Buffett is fond of saying his tax rate is lower than his secretary's. I
highly enjoy the mode of taking classes at CUC, the seats are arranged in a semicircle, there is no
front and rear row to facilitate the interaction between teachers and students, and everyone can
express their own idea at any time or listen to different thoughts from students from all countries.
Through the lectures, I gained a deeper understanding of other five cultures’ perspectives (UnitedStates, Germany, Korea, Japan, and Thailand), not only learned that everything has two sides, bothadvantages and disadvantages but also noticed that living in a globalized society, paying more
attention to the news happening both domestically and foreign has been playing an increasing rolein our day-to-day life.
Before visiting, I already knew that Japan is a country
full of bountiful culture. The tour of Chiba had alasting impression on me of Japan's attitude toward
maintaining historic monuments. As the guide man
shared with us, Naritasan-Temple’s area of land is thesame size as Disneyland, though the park is huge I
found it is still organized and tidy in every corner, thisshows great effort has been put into it. Furthermore, when we are having a Kimono experience,
though the time was tight the aunties who helped us wearing on the kimono still showed theirprofessionalism and attentiveness. I appreciate their attitude and spirit towards Kimono, of course,
I enjoyed wearing it as well. At the same time, I admire all the Japanese women of the past who
had to wear beautiful but inconvenient clothes to do housework. From all the above, I can tell thatJapan attaches great importance to cultural preservation, this is an important point Taiwan
definitely should learn from Japan.

In addition to arranging for international students to abound in courses, cultural experiences, andvisiting the Chiba Prefecture Municipal Government, CUC also asked Japanese students to guideus around the campus and experience local life in Japan during our spare time. Hanging aroundwith Japanese students, we explore the beauty of Chiba and Tokyo from different perspectives
together. We went to the supermarket, karaoke, restaurant, and malls together like classmates afterclasses, these are things that cannot be experienced in group tours or self-guided tours. During ourspare time, I am impressed and touched by a kind Japanese lady and the clerk I met at a famous

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chain store Daiso near Ichikawa Station, after I finishedshopping and putting the change back in my wallet, a coinjust flew out of my hand and row underneath a cabinet where
I could not reach, just as I was about to give up reaching forthat coin a lady walked by and saw my plight, She spoke
Japanese to me but I could not understand. Although she
seemed to be in a hurry to go somewhere, she asked a staff
member to help before leaving. Since the staff and I couldn't
find the lost coin, plus it was a little troublesome to move thecabinet I told the clerk that it was fine and just forget about
the coin, I literally told her 大丈夫です more than five times,
but the kind clerk still insisted on removing the cabinet just to help me get it. When we finally got
the coin under the cabinet and found out it was five yen, I felt ashamed and grateful for taking
both of their time for only five yen. At that moment, I found that although some Japanese seem to
be indifferent, most of them are in fact kind-hearted. I notice that It is easy for us to falsely
stereotype people from different races, we should never label others before truly knowing them byourselves.
Time flies when we are having fun, a million
thanks to CUC for having us. The warm as well
as hospitable Japanese teachers and students,
together with their dedicated preparations madethis year’s summer program to be held asscheduled and successfully. CUC summer
program gave twelve international students
from five different countries an opportunity tomeet, get to know each other, and makeunforgettable memories together in Japan during the summer of 2022. There is no denying that I
got loads out of CUC Summer program, for instance, I was always afraid of speaking English in
front of others but I gave a one-minute speech in English in front of hundreds of Japanese highschool students and parents, and I learned thatmy only limit is myself. In addition toregaining the confidence in speaking English, I
also met many people at CUC who are
inspiring; moreover worth learning from. Suchas Asahi, a Japanese student who is willing tovisit Taiwan to study Taiwan’s history, andYuki, a girl from Hong Kong who is proficientin Chinese, English, and Japanese three28

languages. There is a famous saying in Chinese“三人行必有我師焉” it has the same meaning
as“Even when walking in a party of no more than three, I can always be certain of learning fromthose I am with.”I got to learn from different people from different countries, gain motivation tolearn, want to communicate with people not only in English but maybe in Japanese someday, meet
more people, and acquaint myself with this fascinating world. Though it was quite sad saying
goodbyes to all my friends I met at CUC I considered this as growing up, I’ll absolutely hold on to
every detail at CUC for the rest of my life. This program has made me think deeply, examine
myself, become a more capable person, and have a clearer direction for the future.
“We don’t meet by chance, but by choices.” I will conclude by saying participating in CUC
summer program was the best decision I ever made this summer!

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My Experience of 2022 CUC Summer Program
8/17～8/26
Jyun Lin
Reason for application
All of my family members really like the culture and scenery of Japan. Since the first time I travel
aboard at the age of nine my family, which is a ten days trip to Okinawa will went to Japan atleast one a year. However, due to the Covid-19 pandemic we haven’t been to Japan for over two
years. Thus, when I found out that I can went to Japan by this program and fulfill one of mylifetime goals that is study in Japan! So, I immediately started to prepare all the material for the
primary election in my university.

Lecture impression
河野 洋 Yoh Kawano

I felt really excited when I notice that he is a professor from UCLA, because UCLA is theuniversity that I want to pursue my master degree. He started his class from guiding us throughhis life journey begin from Japan to Los Angeles. He told us that he had participated in the31

investigative team of the south Asian tsunami, and this kind of experience made him decided tocome back to Japan to shoot a documentary film of Fukushima nuclear disaster. Moreover, heeven got the opportunity to present the documentary in front of hundreds of managers from
Tepco 東京電力 .
On the second class he started to teach us the programing skill for creating maps. He said
that he also offers this class for the undergraduate students at UCLA. Although I haven’t learned
any programing skill, I try my best to keep up with him and he also patiently answer ourquestions. With his assistance at the end of our class everyone had create the map that can show
their hometown. By his teaching method even a beginner can get a sense of achievement fromthe process of coding.

藤崎一郎 Ichiro Fujisaki

It is really an honor for being taught by a former ambassador, especially he is theJapanese government representative in united states. In his class he shared his view on the
recent international crisis. It was very interesting because he uses a lot of memes to let us
understand what is happening around the world right now. On the second course he announced
that each of us had to prepare a five minutes presentation about the topic related to our country.
At that time, I had never explained the relationship between Taiwan and China in front of any
foreigners not to mention that an ambassador. However, my mission in this class was torepresent Taiwan. Although, none of my classmate’s country recognize Taiwan’s sovereignty andnever heard the problem between Taiwan and China I try my best to explain it in the easy way tohelp them understand faster. Thus, I prepared a lot of material before the presentation. The
presentation going pretty well, on the Q&A session most of my classmates ask me some questionthat they were curious about, and I use all of my knowledge to answer them immediately. Mr.
Fujisaki also ask me some question about TSMS that is world leading semi-conductor
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manufacture which base in Taiwan. Because of this company has a strong relationship withJapan. This presentation was a really good experience because all of my classmate was really
supportive that decrease my nervous of presenting in English.

I am Allen eric nice to meet you guys. Hope everyone can enjoy the beauty of Japan
森村 佳奈 Kana Morimura
I am Allen eric nice to meet you guys. Hope everyone can enjoy the beauty of Japan

Ms. Morimura was the first Japanese female partner in Sharman & Sterling LLP’s 150
years history. I really respect her achievement and the action she took to change workspaceculture in Japan. She also shared some interesting experience she faced during her early careerthat made the class fill with joyfulness.

ArrivalAfter boarding on the Keisei main line, I thought that I will arrive at Ichikawa in 30 minutes.
However, there is a big difference between fast train and normal train. Thus, I missed Ichikawa
station two times and accidentally stopped at Keisei Yawata. Fortunately, by following CUC
international center’s instruction I finally arrive on time.

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H f r I am Allen eric nice to meet you guys.

Hope everyone can enjoy the beauty of Jap
am Allen eric nice to meet you guys. Hopeeveryone can enjoy the beauty of Japan

Icebreaking
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After having a small chat with each other in Ichikawa station last night, CUC international
center held an icebreaking game for us to know each other better by sharing our hobby andthings we have done.

Courtesy visit to the prefectural governor of Chiba prefecture
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Before visiting the prefectural governor of Chiba prefecture, I woke up early to dress up,
because have to talk with the mayor of Chiba. Thus, I wore my brand-new suit and tie andprepare a short speech to introduce myself. And I will say that meeting Chiba-kun in person was
the highlight of that afternoon, Chiba-kun’s movement was very lively and cute. Nevertheless,after I answer some question from the mayor, I found out that he is a really kind person.

I am Allen eric nice to meet you guys. Hope everyone can enjoy the beauty of Japan

Umihotaru
I am Allen eric nice to meet you guys. Hope everyone can enjoy the beauty of Japan
When we arrive at Umihotaru it about four o’clock so I decided to have some snacks. I choose tohave the grilled tiny octopus because Tokyo Bay is famous for its sea food.

After enjoying my snack with my friends, the sun was about to set. Thus, we decided to go to35

the lowest deck to appreciate the sunset and the view of Tokyo’s skyline and Mount Fuji.

Kimono Experience

am Allen eric nice to meet you guys. Hope everyone can enjoy the beauty of Japan
I had saw people wearing kimono on the movie, but never have a chance to wear it. Thus, I am
really grateful for this opportunity. After waiting about 20 minutes for others to dress up theirkimono. It was finally my turn to dress up. The lady that helps us to wear kimono gave me twodifferent types of kimonos to choose one is black and the other is blue. Though, I really like theblue one but it was too long for me. To wear the kimono, I had to put on five different type ofgown. Thus, we felt really hot when we stepped outdoor, but we still wanted to take some photowith everyone wearing kimono, so we took a five minutes’ walk to the 真間山弘法寺 for thephoto that have traditional Japanese wooden temple in the background. Moreover, we also wear
kimono when enjoying Gagaku that made me felt like bathed in luscious strains.

Weekend in Tokyo
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Our first destination was Asakusa , this wasn’t my first time in Asakusa but it was a newexperience that didn’t surround by a brunch of foreign tourist, we try many desert and took a lotof photo with the fascinated street.

.
I tried three different kinds of Japanese traditional desert. Firstly, it was matcha with Japanese
sweets, I like the mixed taste of the bitter matcha and the sweets. I would it was my favorite
desert in Japan. Secondly, I had a soil milk ice cream. Although, I often drink soil milk forbreakfast in Taiwan, but I never seen soil milk ice cream before. Thus, I decided to give it a try, itturns out to be a good experience, the flavor tasted like tofu but it was creamy and cold. Thirdly, I
had a fried sweet potato Mochi with matcha dressing. It was a little bit to sweet for me, but I
really like the texture.

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In the afternoon we went to Shibuya and Harajuku there is a lot store I haven’t seen in mycountry such as cosplay store. Thus, we still had some fun time during the raining afternoon, all37

of us have great interest in those fashion clothes.

At the next day we went to Tokyo sky tree, some of us went to the upper deck for sight seeing.
Me and Markus decided to go shopping in the mall , so we went to the anime store to buy somesouvenir for our friends.

After one hour of shopping, we went to the food court for lunch, I order an bowl of sashimi.
I ate it with the wasabi sauce and it was pretty good, I didn’t expect that I will have this kind of
fresh sashimi in the food court of a shopping mall.

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At night we went to an okonomiyaki restaurant, this is the first time I tried to cook it bymyself. With Chihiro’s help I successfully made it by myself. It was an amazing experience,
because I not only ate it but also learned how to cook it.

Tour of Chiba

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We went to 成田山新勝寺 and visit three different shrine, we prayed for relationship, workand health. It was a special experience for me. However, most of the area in the shrine did notallow taking picture, but we still have some nice group photos in the garden around the shrine .

In the afternoon we had a opportunity to experience the tea ceremony, we have to kneel during
the tea ceremony that hurts my ankle so much, I had to have a rest every minute or the pain
might made me fall down on the tatami.

Interaction with CUC high school students
40This was a fun part that I did not expect before I participated. These high school prepared thegame very well. Thus, we can fully enjoy the Japanese traditional game. Moreover, I become therepresentative of our team to compete with others , though I got two second place in a row but it
was still one of the highlight moment of my trip. The fun of playing game together was definitely
without language barrier.

The university dinning

The food that CUC’s university dinning produce was amazing. We have lunch at there nearly
every day and they aways amazed me. Not to mention that the coffee shop was also a great place
to have breakfast and afternoon tea.

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Summary of this exchange programFirst and foremost, I appreciate that CUC international center provide us this opportunity towent to Japan during the Covid-19 pandemic. With your preparation to the most detail part, I canenjoy the trip without any worry about health issue and visa problems. Secondly, I want to thankall of the student supporters from CUC you guys took care of us during the trip so well, all of you
were kind and considerate. If we had any thing wanted to try or places wanted to go, you will doyour best to fulfil our requirements. I can tell that the effort you paid for this exchange program
definitely worth it, because all of us felt really comfortable and happy during these ten days. Last
but not least, I want to thank Lisa, which was my neighbor at the international dorm. Chattingwith you on the balcony after an exhausted day always made my mind refreshed, and your advice
always helps a lot. I genuinely hope that all of us can meet others in different countries in thenear future.

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My name is Hsioa-Yin, Chen, comes from National Chung Cheng University in Taiwan.
I’m lucky enough to have this opportunity during the hard time: to participate CUC’s summer
program. Those summer days I spent in CUC were like dreams.
Although I have been to Japan twice, things I got are more than I had suspected. By attending
CUC summer program, I experienced a lot of Japanese cultures, took many classed, and made alot of new friends from a lot of countries as well.
Even until now, I still extremely miss all things I had in Japan.
Ikebana
Ikebana is a surprising part for me, as it was my first time to watch a live performance. The
teacher moved smoothly, without few minutes, a newwork was completed. ‘’ ikebana is important bycompleting circles’’ that’s what the teacher said, and it
impressed me much, as the concept is very similar tothe one that Buddhism has. Through thisperformance, I think I found another similarity
between our culture and Japanese culture.

←My favorite ikebana work.
↓luxury lunch box in the first day

43Visit Chiba prefectural governor
Visit Chiba prefectural governor is another impressed part for me in the whole CUC summer
program, if we only travel to Japan by ourselves, then we won’t never have this chance to visit
the government in Japan.
I was asked to be the one who represented allinternational students to deliver a speech. As
my prepare time was super short, and I was
afraid of my English speaking, but all teachers,
including Irina, and Takahashi, they helped
me to revise my draft, and made me not to be
so nervous.
The speech experience brought me a lot as
well. I became more confidence to myself,and I’m thankful to get this rare opportunity.
After this visit, I felt I became morecurious about Chiba, and couldn’t
wait to explore the city more.

←We met a Taiwanese woman, and she gave us some Japanesesouvenirs! It was really warm to receive people’s love from asame country.

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After visiting the government,
we went to UMIHOTARU,
though it was raining at themorning, but when we arrived
there, it cleared up.
I also saw a lot of Chiba kun’s
merchandise at UMIHOTARU,
it seems that he is really
popular in Japan!
Bought and tried a lot of food.

↑Mentaiko Takoyaki←Soft cream
I remember sunset there was extremely
beautiful, fortunately, we saw Fuji mountainas well.
.

It was a memorable day between all
international students with me.

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Kimono experience
Kimono experience is one of my favorite parts, and this is my first time to wear kimono as well.
We set up our hair, then we need to wear soft short inside. All procedures took long time. Twokind, and friendly women help one person to wear kimono, as they put one wear and one wear, I
felt my body became heavy and heavy. However, every waiting and enduring moments arevaluable. During wearing this, it was extremely hard to walk. I deeply felt the tough for Japanesewomen at that moment.
I wear a red kimono, Nanagi, aJapanese girl said, red is the color forJapanese princess XD

Gagaku was also a newexperience for me, they played
ancient songs, there was dancers
dancing during the song. We also
experience and learned theirdance after the performanceend. I really enjoyed all theperformance, it just liked wewere in past, and we were theperson lived in the past Japan.

46←↓Performance experience←I asked a question about themeaning of their clothes, as I thinktheir clothes are a little bit similar to Korea and ancient China.

←we went to a temple near university totake photos!
with a supporter Yui↓

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8/21
Saturday was our free day, we went to Asakusa, Shinjuku and Shibuya this day, and we
experienced many, many Japanese food and sightseeing.
I have been to Asakusa once,
but last time, Kaminarimon
was in renovation, so I’m really
happy I can see it at this time.
It is really gorgeous.

Stores in Asakusa were also
cultural and beautiful.

←I bought a “ Nikyouyaki” as souvenir( This Obasan thought I’m a Japanese
XD)
A “manjou”↓

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Bought “Dango” with Film!↓←Sky tree!

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Shibuya hachikou& Harajuku

Experienced famous photo machine in Japan!
It was really funny!!
I laugh many because I totally look like anotherperson.
(with Chhiro, Emma,and Lisa)→

Dinner in Torikizoku(with Film, Tobias, and Emma)

It was really a nice and experienced day.

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8/21
We went to Tokyo Sky tree, Akihabara,
and Tokyo station this day.
The view from sky tree was extremely
beautiful so that I couldn’t help but try
to image daily life of Tokyo’s residents.
I felt I could spend all day inside.

Donki inJapan!→

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Woodblock prints experience!
It was difficult than I thought, weneed to put more strength sothat we can print a beautifuldraw.

↑My completed work!
←A kind, cute but professional
master.
8/23
Tour of Chiba!

In this day, we went to Naritasan,
where is a big, beautiful place withmany temples. Though we don’t haveenough time to take all Naritasan
around, but we still saw many
distinctive buildings.

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Naritasan is no.1 viewpoint in my trips, I
really want to back there again.

lunch time with Chihiro!!
I ordered a soba& toriyakidon set

After lunch, we went to Boso no mura. Its viewis like in ancient edo-era of Japan.↓→53

←Film and Luca were trying to handle theold taxi in the past Japan. XD

Beautiful site in Boso no Mura→

After finished the guide of Boso no Mura, we went to a big shopping mall in Japan: AEON Mall.

←My dinner with Lisa!

Famous Chiba kun merchandise. I really wanted to buy one backhome!!→←Tired but a fulfillingday!
(almost everyone wassleeping on the bus XD)

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8/23
Find my Japan presentation
Our topic of presentation issignage, Film, Emma, andSobin are my group members,
all of us are from different
countries. It was a fresh
experience for me, as I needto communicate with them,and tried to express my
opinion. We also spent time
to discuss, and to find somematerials. I felt our
relationships getting better because of this presentation. Though our prepare time was a little big
tight, but I’m proud we got through, and finally we did well at that.
↓My group members!
🇹🇭 🇹🇼 🇺🇸 🇰🇷

Games we played with Japanese high school
students were really funny as well, especially
this: fukuwarai. I laugh liked my face were notbelonged to me! A nice and enjoy experience!
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We’re not only have culturalexperience, but we also haveinspiring lectures during CUC
summer program. Kimm andFijisaki’s lectures are themost interesting for me.
Through their lectures, I not
only view from difference of
languages, but also get other
opinions from discussions,especially those discussions
in Fujisaki’s lectures, we discussed nuclear, North Korea,Trade treaties, and Taiwan issues. This
made me obtain other concepts from different sights.

8/25
The last day of summer program, it
just liked that I just arrived in Japanyesterday.
I’m lucky and fortunate enough toknow all friends from Japan,
Germany, Thailand, Korea, andAmerica. It’s such a niceexperience, I’m not only learn
more about Japanese cultures, but I also learn more about people from different countries andcultures. Thank you so much for staffs, teachers, students, thank you CUC, it’s definitely atreasure memory in mywhole life.If I have chance, I
would like to visit all of you
and CUC in the future.

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My best Taiwanese partners!!→
Last dinner: Sushi!!

Thousands of thank you.
I got a lot during these treasure 10 days.
It’s memorable ten days.

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Schedule
Aug
17
Wed

AM
Check-in by 16:00
Arrival

Thurs

19
Fri

17:00 Orientation
18:30 Campus Tour

09:00 Orientation
18

PM

09:30 Ice-breaking time

13:00 Courtesy visit to the prefectural
governor of Chiba prefecture

10:30 Ikebana Demonstration

16:00 UMIHOTARU

11:10 Lunch

19:30 Back to CUC

09:00 Lecture-A

13:00 Kimono/Yukata Experience

10:40 Lecture-A

14:30 Gagaku

12:10 Lunch
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SatFree time21

10:00 CUC Open CampusSun

11:30 Free time
09:00 Lecture-B

22

10:40 Lecture-CMon

12:10 Group PhotoFree time

13:00 Woodblock prints experience

12:20 Lunch
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Tue
24
Wed

25
Thurs
26
Fri

08:00 Meeting time for Bus “Tour of Chiba” ～19:30 Back to CUC
09:00 Lecture-B

13:00-13:50 “Find My Japan” Preparations

10:40 Lecture-C

14:00 “Find My Japan” Presentation

12:10 Lunch

15:00 Interaction with CUC high school students

09:00 Lecture-D

13:00 Farewell Party

10:40 Lecture-C

Awarding of Certificate of Completion

12:10 Lunch

Group photo

Check-out by 12:00

Departure58

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Message from the International Center
Despite the difficult situation of COVID-19 pandemic, I am delighted that the 10th
CUC Summer Program was another resounding success. This year, we had 12
participants from 7 universities. From the first welcome to the last farewell, we could
see the bonding process both inside and outside the classrooms. It was wonderful
to see the students forming friendships which we hope will endure the test of timeand form a basis of true mutual understanding and goodwill. Congratulations andmany happy returns to all participants. We hope your introduction to Japan was a
happy one, and we look forward to seeing many of you return to Japan on private
visits. Be sure to look us up here at CUC when you do and keep us posted on yourwhereabouts, achievements, and adventures!

Takako HASHIMOTO
Vice President, International Center Director, Professor

International Center Members

Yuri

Naomi

HirokoJie

HirokiTakuyaTAKAHASHI

TAKEMURA

KOBAYASHI

SU

IWANO

MIYAHARA

AdvisorManager

Beatrice

Asako

Narumi

Irina

John

ONDA

TANAKA

TAKAHASHI

KAPUTAVAPATRICK

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