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Today's Contents:
1. The first bits: JET support
site, Climb Mt Fuji trip
2.
Course information.
3. Staff Interview: Eriko
Onishi (SILAC - teacher)
4. Things
Japanese: Geisha
5. About The Yamasa Institute for Japanese Studies
6. Subscription Information
1. The first bits.
(a) JET support site:
To assist the many JET's that are in Japan at the moment and for those coming to Japan under the JET program, Yamasa launched the 'Jet Support Site' this week. The Hattori Foundation has provided funding to set up a site whereby the 5,000 people taking apart in the program have a forum that provides them with useful information regarding not only the JET program but on all aspects of life in Japan. The site was created by Brett Robson from Australia who came to Japan as a JET in 1999 and then studied in the AIJP from October 2000. Brett now works in the International Office. His experiences and knowledge gained from the program, and help from other former JET's has helped to create a site that should make a valuable contribution to the JET program. The site will be continually updated - please take a look at http://www.yamasa.org/jet/index.html for more information.
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At the moment we are planning to climb the mountain - however there has been recent seismic activity (it may be that Mt Fuji might erupt sometime in the near future - the mountain hasn't erupted since 1707, and local residents have recently begun practising civil defense measures). We will try to confirm the trip by June 25th. If the park rangers won't permit us to climb Fuji, the backup plan is the 3026 meter high Mt Norikura (with onsen and visit to a brewery in Takayama included). Cost: 11,000 yen including 5% tax. For more details contact Declan Murphy.
(b) Jobs:Recruitment ongoing for the following positions:
see http://www.yamasa.org/acjs/network/english/careers.html for details and other vacancies, and contact careers@yamasa.org if you are interested in applying. Most are connected with web publishing and translation. Study Japanese for free in exchange for part-time work in the International Office. These are ongoing positions - we need people all year round, so please contact us if you are interested in positions later in the year as well.
(c) Other bits:
Jon Walden
Admissions Coordinator
The
Yamasa Institute Aichi Center for Japanese Studies
1-2-1 Hanehigashimachi
Okazaki
Aichi Japan 444-0832
Tel: +81 (0) 564 55 8111
Fax: +81
(0) 564 55 8174 (admissions)
Fax: +81 (0) 564 55 8113 (student
affairs)
Email: admissions@yamasa.org
Email: newsletter@yamasa.org
URL: http://www.yamasa.org/acjs/
URL: http://www.yamasa.org/acjs/network/
2. Course Information
Accommodation:
From June and July Yamasa accommodation is close to capacity. Villas 1, 2, 3 and 4 are full. Residence U and K are also both full. A small number of shared rooms are available in the Student Village. There are usually some last-minute changes, so check with admissions@yamasa.org for information or see the availability file for details.
Accommodation in apartments in the annexe of the
Rec World Hotel (near Daijuji temple) will be used whenever Yamasa
accommodation becomes full. The prices for the "1K-Single" and "2K-Shared"
room options have been discounted and are now the same price as per the Student
Village. For more information on the apartments in the Rec World Hotel annexe,
please see the following pages:
http://www.yamasa.org/acjs/english/hotel.html (for
accommodation description)
http://www.yamasa.org/acjs/english/tankisei.html (for
price list of accommodation)
Long-term Courses:
Student Visa: Applications for October 2001: 40 already received. The deadline for General Applications is June 20th, quota is 55 places -15 to go. There is a second deadline available for Fast-track applicants until July 20 - but only if places are available. If you are not sure about the deadlines, please check the deadlines for the student visa listed in each course in the program catalog. If you want to apply for this start-date please complete an application form online (see program catalog for details: http://www.yamasa.org/acjs/english/programs/apply.html) or contact admissions@yamasa.org for more information. Due to the time it can take for students to put together the documentation necessary for the visa application we recommend that applications for visa kits be made as early as possible.
Short-term courses:
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Discovery tour starting on July 27th - itinerary at: http://www.yamasa.org/acjs/english/programs/discovery_tour20010727.html Contact admissions@yamasa.org for details. There are still a few places available - join a very small private tour of all the best parts of Japan. Includes Nara, Kyoto, Ago Bay, Goza Beach, Kunizakari Brewery Museum, Atsuta Jingu, Arimatsu, Kiyomizu-dera Temple, Handa, Tokoname, Uji, Byoudou-in Temple, Futamigaura, and many other locations. |
Other Discovery Tours all have vacancies - contact admissions@yamasa.org for further information. Tour dates for this year are June 29th, July 27th, August 24th, September 7th, October 19th and December 14th.
All SILAC programs have space but accommodation is limited. Contact admissions@yamasa.org as soon as possible for information.
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| Eriko Onishi Click to enlarge |
Eriko Onishi is a senior instructor in the SILAC faculty. She lives in Okazaki with her parents.
Jon:When did you start teaching
at Yamasa?
Eriko: Nearly
five years ago. I went full time last year.
J: And what made you choose
Japanese language education as a profession?
E: I have been
interested in languages from a young age and my major at Nanzan University was
Japanese language education so I thought it would be the perfect job where I
could combine these two things.
J: You must have seen quite a few
changes in your time at Yamasa?
E: Yes, when I started there
was just one course, AIJP. Now there's SILAC, Acceleration and private and
semi-private programs. Also, the number of teachers has increased quite a
bit over the years.
J: Apart from Japanese are
there any other languages that you can speak? Continued at http://www.yamasa.org/acjs/network/english/newsletter/staff_int_11.html
4. Things Japanese -
Geisha
The word Geisha (literally translated as "a
person of the arts") was first used to describe men who entertained the higher
classes through a mixture of song, dance and proficiency in a number of arts. By
the end of the 17th Century women had taken over the role once carried out by
men and the numbers and status of Geisha began to rise. Due to Japan's social system the role of the
'Japanese wife' was to maintain the home and rarely, if ever, participate with
men in business or politics. This meant that they could not entertain their
husbands' business associates or host any related functions and Geisha therefore
became an integral part of business entertainment by serving as gracious hosts
at the many ryokan (inns), ryotei (restaurants) and o-chaya (teahouses) where
banquet facilities were rented for this purpose. Geisha begin their careers at a very young age
and are first accepted into an o-chaya or okiya where they live throughout their
apprenticeship and usually well into their careers. The okiya is a Japanese
style house with a banquet room for rent and dormitory type rooms where the
maiko (geisha in training) and geisha live. The okiya is owned and managed by an
okami (head mistress or guardian) who provides room and board and supervises and
pays for the girls' training. The girls in turn contribute to the okiya by doing
household chores. The okami later acts as a manager or agent for
the geisha taken a certain amount of money from her appointments. Within the
o-chaya and okiya the geisha organize themselves hierarchically with
relationships based on the family model (i.e. mother/daughter younger/older
sisters). The okami is also in charge of the conduct of all her geishas. Each
geisha has a senior elder sister....
Continued at http://www.yamasa.org/acjs/network/english/newsletter/things_japanese_14.html
5. ABOUT THE YAMASA INSTITUTE'S AICHI
CENTER FOR JAPANESE STUDIES The Yamasa Institute is committed to providing
high-quality education in the Japanese language. We are a non-profit
organization, a part of the Hattori Group. We are accredited by
Association for the Promotion of Japanese Language Education - APJLE,
accreditation number B302 - and "the only Institute in the Mikawa region with
the appropriate programs, systems, curriculum and facilities required for
quality Japanese language education" according to the Ministry of Justice.
Further, in recognition of the excellent quality of our programs, we are in the
top tier of 'Appropriately Authorized Japanese Language Education Institutes' -
in fact, the only school in the Mikawa area with this prestigious
recommendation. For full details see the accreditation section on the
homepage at http://www.yamasa.org/acjs/english/accreditation.html 6. SUBSCRIPTION
INFORMATION You are being sent this newsletter because at
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for any inconvenience.
E: I'm
studying Spanish and English but they are both quite difficult. I can speak and
understand a bit of English, but listening to news broadcasts and TV programmes
is not easy. Although I find Spanish more difficult than English, I prefer the
accent and pronounciation and I think it's a more interesting
language.
J: Have you travelled to any Spanish speaking
countries?
"Fake
Maiko". The "maiko/ geisha" you might see in Kyoto these days aren't
always the real thing. Click
here for more...
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