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Today's Contents:
1. The first bits: Online Center for Japanese Studies (OCJS), Things To Do, Japanese Language Proficiency Test, discount train travel.
2. Course information.
3. Student Interview: Fay Yuan Chen (Discovery)
4. Japan Guide: Seto City
5. About The Yamasa Institute for Japanese Studies
6. Subscription Information
Online Center for Japanese Studies.
Firstly, a correction to the information given in the previous issue of the Newsletter regarding the password access for the Online Center: your password will be 6 digits, NOT 8, as stated before. The Online Center for Japanese Studies can be accesssed at http://www.yamasa.org/ocjs/. Students who have studied (or are currently studying) at Yamasa from April 1st 2002 will be able to access the online school and kanji dictionary using your student I.D. number as your user name and your date of birth as your password. The date of birth will be 6 figures, for example, if you are born on the 4th of October 1969 then your password will be 691004.
If you have studied at Yamasa before the 31st of March 2002 or you have forgotten your student I.D. number, you should be able to access the online school now, using the forms provided. General access will be available from August 31st 2002.
Any questions regarding the Online Center for Japanese Studies (OCJS) can be sent to ocjs@yamasa.org. Replies sent to this address will take about 72 hours as project staff are currently working long hours organizing the release.
1. The first bits.
(a) Things to do:
Toyokawa Fireworks Festival:
On August 24th from 7:00pm - 9:00pm
there will be a display of hand-held fireworks at Toyokawa Athletic Field. For
more information call 0533-86-4101.
Drum Festival:
There will be a large drum festival at 'Hijika-no-sato' in Kaore Valley on Saturday August 31st from 5:00pm. A number of performers will be playing at a specially built outdoor stage in Sakurgata. To get there take a bus from Higashi Okazaki station to Sakurgata. Buses will be returning to Higashi Okazaki after the festival has finished.
(b) Japanese Language Proficiency Test application:
The Japanese Language Proficiency Test is held in December every year in Japan and applications are now being taken for students enrolling in a course at Yamasa, who will not be in Japan to complete an application in person. If you are going to be studying at Yamasa through December this year and would like Yamasa to apply on your behalf to take the test please contact admissions@yamasa.org stating which level of the test you would to apply for (1,2,3 or 4). Please note that it is not possible to take two exams, for example, Level 2 and Level 3. The deadline for applications to Yamasa is towards the end of August.
(c) Jobs:
| A local company is interested in hiring a Japanese speaking foreigner with marketing experience to work as product manager handling a major project. The product range is from a major european manufacturer. The successful applicant should be degree qualified, fluent in English, have Japanese proficiency of upper intermediate or higher (equivalent of Level 2 minimum) and be committed to work for minimum of 2-3 years. For details contact Declan Murphy at the International Office. |
Recruitment ongoing for the following positions at Yamasa:
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.
(d) Other bits:
Jon Walden
Admissions Coordinator, International Office
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
Email: newsletter@yamasa.org
URL: http://www.yamasa.org/acjs/
URL: http://www.yamasa.org/acjs/network/
2. Course Information
Accommodation
Until the middle of September most of Yamasa's accommodation is full although there are some rooms available in the Student Village from this time. Accommodation from October is also becoming limited and Homestay accommodation is full until the end of September. There are usually some last-minute changes, so check with Admissions for information or see the availability file for details. Please note that accommodation is not reserved until we have recieved the tuition fees for your chosen course in full.
Accommodation in apartments in the annexe of the Rec World Hotel (near Daijuji Temple) will be used whenever Yamasa's accommodation becomes full. The prices for the "1K-Single" and "2K-Shared" room options have been discounted and are now the same price as 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, "Residence U" as your second choice and so on.
Long-term Courses:
Student Visa: Applications for the October 2002 student visa have closed and we are now accepting applications for the April 2003 start. Please note that we will take into account a number of factors when considering a student visa application including age, academic background, nationality and so on - automatic acceptance of a student visa application is not guaranteed. If you need more information about dates, please check the deadlines for the student visa listed in each course in the program catalogue. If you wish to apply for the April 2003 start please contact Admissions for more information.
Short-term courses:
| Discovery Tour starting on September 6th - itinerary at: http://www.yamasa.org/acjs/english/programs/discovery_20020906.html Contact Admissions for details. There are still a few places available - join a very small private tour: There are still a number of places available - join a very small private tour: Includes Includes Kamikochi, Takayama Jinya, Nara - Todaiji, Nara Park, Toyota Motor Factory and Kaikan, Okutono Jinya, Seto, Kyoto - Ryoanji, Nijo Castle, Kiyomizudera, Jishu Jinja, Lake Shoujiko, Mt. Fuji viewing, Magome, Tsumago, as well as many other locations. |
Other Discovery Tours all have vacancies - contact Admissions for further information. Tour dates for next year are available at http://www.yamasa.org/acjs/english/programs/discovery_dates.html
All SILAC programs have space from August 22nd but accommodation is very limited. Contact Admissions as soon as possible for information.
The AIJP, AJSP, and Acceleration Format 1 and 2 programs are all full until January 2003.
3. Student Interview: Fay Yuan Chen (Discovery)
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| Fay Yaun Chen |
Declan: Thanks for the interview. I think you are one of the first students to do a 2 week discovery program?
Fay: Yeah, it was 2 weeks of study and then 8 days on the road.
D: What level did you start at?
F: Absolute beginner. I did a 7 week course during my freshman year at college, but I couldn't remember much about it.
D: What and where are you studying?
F: I just finished. I studied International Relations and Economics at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore.
D: So this is a sort of graduation trip for you?
F: Yes, thats right. I went to Europe for a couple of weeks, mainly London area then Spain, France, Italy and
Switzerland. I then went home for 2 days before jumping on a plane to come here.
D: Is this your first time in Japan?
F: Yes it is.
D: Why Japan? What made you decide "After graduation I'm going to Japan".
F: I was fascinated by it. My grandparents always spoke Japanese around the house since....................
Continued at http://www.yamasa.org/acjs/network/english/newsletter/student_int_32.html
4. Japan Guide: Seto City
Located 25 kilometres northeast of Nagoya in the low mountains of the Owari Hills, Seto is most well-known as one of the Nihon Rokkoyo. The term "Nihon Rokkoyo" is used to refer to the six oldest pottery centers in Japan - Shigaraki (Shiga prefecture), Tanba (Hyougo prefecture), Echizen (Fukui prefecture), Bizen (Okayama prefecture), Tokoname, and Seto (both located in Aichi prefecture). The majority of the 130,000 people living in Seto are involved in the city's ceramics and pottery industry in some way, and visitors will notice immediately the influence that the 1300-year history of this craft, the longest of any area in Japan, has had on the city.
Seto-mono - synonymous with the word 'pottery'
The location of Seto makes it ideal for the production of pottery and ceramics. The soil around the city contains good quality porcelain clay and silica (used in making glass), and there are forests nearby to provide firewood for fuel. Ancient kilns used to make pottery in Seto have been discovered in.................
Continued at http://www.yamasa.org/japan/english/destinations/aichi/seto.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
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(c) 2002 The Yamasa Institute Aichi Center for Japanese Studies
1-2-1 Hanehigashi-machi
Okazaki Aichi Japan 444-0832
Tel: +81 (0) 564 55 8111 Fax: +81 (0) 564
55 8113
URL: http://www.yamasa.org/acjs/
Email: Admissions