For those who have studied through the 122 intensive level. Classes meet four hours a day Monday through Friday for five weeks. Classes meet four hours a day three times a week for five weeks. Classes meet for four hours a day Monday through Friday for five weeks. Continuation of 301.
Classes meet four hours a day three times a week for five weeks.
For this second project, we will visit temples and shrines in traditional cities, watch noh drama and bunraku puppet show, participate in tea ceremony and learn the traditional ways of thinking. We will, then, discuss how modernized Japanese people and lifestyle find their roots in the traditions, and how learning the traditions can help us find the ways to communicate more deeply with each other in the two cultures. The final month of the program will begin in a village setting away from Kyoto. Students will, then, summarize their interviews and experiences, and write a research paper at the end of the course. Past independent projects have dealt with architecture, pilgrimage, US-Japan relations in Okinawa, Ainu folklore, English instruction in high schools, and the like.