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Extracurricular Activities

Important Announcement about Extracurricular Activities
in Fall 2022 & Academic Year 2022-23

Please note that our ability to carry out these programs in Fall 2022 is contingent upon COVID-19 restrictions and considerations.

 

KCJS group trips

Each semester, KCJS students take an overnight trip outside of Kyoto. The past destinations are Okayama, Hiroshima, and Tokyo.

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Student-centered KCJS activities

Each semester, you will be invited to participate in events designed to help you make friends with your KCJS classmates as well as Japanese peers from Doshisha and Kyoto University. In the past, KCJS hosted such events as Takoyaki party, Sushi making and Shodo lesson with Doshisha students.

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Guest lectures & Alumni talks

KCJS organizes special lectures and on-site demonstrations by guest speakers in various fields. Our morning Japanese courses also invite guest lectures who can speak about the topics related to the course materials. Typically these lectures are given in Japanese, to deepen your disciplinary-specific skills in the language.

KCJS also hosts Alumni talks featuring former students who describe how they have put their Japanese language and cultural skills to work in their professional and academic careers.

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Doshisha and Kyoto University classmates

In most of your afternoon classes, you are likely to have 2-3 classmates who are native Japanese speakers enrolled at Doshisha and/or Kyoto University. These students are eager to interact with students from the United States and exchange points of view.

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Conversation partners

As a KCJS student, you will have the opportunity to be paired with a conversation partner for the entire semester or year in order to further strengthen your language skills and extend your social network here in Kyoto.

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Please see KCJS Newsletter for more information about extracurricular activities.

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