A photo of a plane that crashed in the Exuma chain. We are all from different universities throughout the U.S, and all come from different backgrounds. We are all studying Japanese this year, some students in first year, and others in second and third year. We have all worked together to create a Web page for people to link to in order to find out information about Japan and, especially, about Shiga Prefecture. So far I have spent about four months in Japan, travelling and learning Japanese and about Japan's culture.
Japan is a wonderful country, with more history than most western civilizations.
The reason I came to Japan was to learn Japanese, to study Japan's economic system, and to learn why the Japanese were more successful than any other industralized nation. A view of the ocean, from my house in the Bahamas. A photo of me with several other students visiting a temple in Kyoto. Project created in December 1996 by Mario A. Rodland while enrolled at the Japan Center for Michigan Universities in Hikone, Japan, for the Fall Semester of the 1996 - 1997 Academic Year in appreciation for the hospitality provided by the citizens of Shiga Prefecture.