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Today's Contents:

1. The first bits: Summer Festivals, Soccer, Indonesian Homepage
2. Course information.
3. Student Interview: Anastasia Katsourbyi (SILAC - Russia)
4. Things Japanese: Baseball
5. About The Yamasa Institute for Japanese Studies
6. Subscription Information

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2. Course Information

Accommodation:

During August all of Yamasa's accommodation is at capacity. Students applying for courses from August may have to stay in the Rec World Hotel for some or all of their stay. In August there are a very limited number of vacancies in the student village and studio apartments. From September there are a number of vacancies in the Student Village and Villa studio apartments but space in Residence U and K is limited. 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)

Message from Housing Office: Please also note that it is extremely important that you rank your accommodation preferences clearly. Upgrades are possible in the event of cancellations - so if your first preference is a single room in the village, select "Village single" as first choice, the "Hotel single" as your second choice and so on.

Long-term Courses:

Student Visa: Applications for April 2002: Applications for the student visa beginning in April 2002 are now being taken. (Applications for the October 2001 student visa have now closed and no more applications can be accepted). If you are not sure about the deadlines, please check the deadlines for the student visa listed in each course in the program catalogue. If you wish to apply for the next start-date of April 2002 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. The application deadline for the April 2002 student visa start is December 20th 2001.

Short-term courses:

Discovery tour starting on September 7th - itinerary at: http://www.yamasa.org/acjs/english/programs/discovery_tour20010907.html Contact admissions@yamasa.org for details. There are still a few places available - join a very small private tour: Includes Tsumago and Magome (Japanese alps) tour, Tenryu Gorge, Mount Komaga-take, all the best parts of Fuji and the surrounding area including the Five Lakes, Narusawa Ice Cave, Fugaku Wind Cave and Shiraito-no-taki. Also a tour of the Asahi Brewery, Atsuta Jingu and Tokugawa Art Museum as well as many other locations.

Other Discovery Tours all have vacancies - contact admissions@yamasa.org for further information. Tour dates for this year are 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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Anastasia Katsourbyi

3. STUDENT INTERVIEW: Anastasia Katsourbyi (SILAC - Russia)

Anastasia (Nastya) comes from Vladivostok in Russia and is studying for 4 weeks in the SILAC program.

Jon: You're coming towards the end of your studies now, how's it been so far?
Nastya: It was good at first when we were all getting to know eachother and the class was generally fun, but it became a little quieter after some other students entered the class for the last two weeks.
J: I saw you at the firework display in Okazaki on Saturday night - what did you think of it?
N: It was very nice, very romantic - I was with my roommate but when I looked at everybody else, all the couples who were sitting together, I felt a bit lonely.......Also, somebody told me that they can write words or sentences with the fireworks so I expected that as well, but didn't see it.
J: I've never heard of that being done before, who told you that!?
N: I can't remember, I think I heard it somewhere.

J: So what brought you to Yamasa?

Continued at http://www.yamasa.org/acjs/network/english/newsletter/student_int_16.html

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4. Things Japanese: Baseball

Japanese Baseball first appeared in Japan in the 1870's, brought over from America and grew amid the social, cultural and technological changes Japan underwent after the Meiji restoration. The game began as a club sport and Japan's first team was the Shinbashi Athletic Club. The sport gradually became popular with schoolboys and eventually won recognition from the government.

The Tokyo Giants began playing as the first professional team in 1934 and within 10 years Japan had a professional league of eight teams, which continued on a limited basis through much of World War II. After WWII, perhaps to boost morale, the allied forces, encouraged the sport and its popularity began to grow.

In 1950, the Pacific and Central leagues began and the....."

Continued at http://www.yamasa.org/acjs/network/english/newsletter/things_japanese_17.html

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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

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6. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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