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Issue 7 - Friday, 14th July 2000

Todays theme: money. People are just so materialistic.

Entries for the homepage are steadily trickling in - remember that to enter you actually have to be a student here during the summer (between June 1st and August 18th). Articles for the Guidebook are also slowly growing in number - they will be online shortly with an entirely new, original (honest) and easy-to-use layout. Just wait until Chris (one of the interns in the Multimedia Studio) gets his act together and finishes it (sorry Chris - that was a little harsh).

Special feature this week is about Pachinko, one of those truly thrilling ways to pass an entire evening while rapidly going deaf and getting poor at the same time. The lottery might be the poor man's tax, but pachinko is eclectic. This will be the first of an occasional series of articles about Japanese culture, randomly amusing things and weird stuff. Suggestions, anything you want to know about, just let me know. But keep it clean please. This is a family newsletter.

Regular feature: a student profile this week. Joyce Ng, from Singapore - quite possible our first interior designer on campus. Then, a little explanation of what is happening in Aoi Hall at the moment: major developments putting Yamasa at the forefront of noise-complaints from neighbours in the late afternoon.

CONTENTS

1. Application Deadlines
2. Student profile: Joyce Ng
3. Things Japanese: PACHINKO!
4. Aoi Hall: Building a Better Future

Thanks to everyone who sent me a birthday card! Makes up for the fact that not even my mother sent me one....

Keep in touch (not all of you - there's too many).

Yours sincerely,

Euan McKay.

Admissions Coordinator
The Yamasa Institute Aichi Center for Japanese Studies
Okazaki Aichi Japan 444-0832

Tel:	+81 (0) 564 55 8111
Direct line:	++81 (0) 70 5155 0269
Fax:	+81 (0) 564 55 8113
Email:	Admissions
Email:	newsletter@yamasa.org
URL:	http://www.yamasa.org/acjs/
URL:	http://www.yamasa.org/acjs/network/newsletter/

1. APPLICATION DEADLINES

LONG-TERM COURSES:

- Student (shugakusei) Visa Update: All places taken. We are well over our quota from the immigration office, so if you are thinking of coming from next year, get in touch soon and beat the rush. The immigration office will just discard any later applications if we are well over the limit, unless we grovel. Which we will....
If you want to be sure of getting your student visa from April 2001, get in touch soon. If you want to study for one year, we will prioritise your application.

SHORT-TERM COURSES:

SILAC:
- July 19th program: Hotel accommodation if you are really determined for a last minute place.
- August 3rd program: Hotel only.
- August 17th program: Student Village 4 rooms, Yamasa Villa 5 rooms, Hotel.

Acceleration:
- Acceleration D from August 11th - Student Village 4 rooms, Yamasa Villa 5 rooms, Hotel.

AIJP/AJSP:
- Autumn course starts October 5th: All accommodations have vacancies.

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