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SHIBUYA CROSSING Tokyo’s Top 10 Experiences 6 & Jimbocho 10 events calendar 24 getting around 26 ABOUT Subculture opened in 2009 and holds a large collection donated by the late Yoshi- hiro Yonezawa – a Meiji alumnus, leading manga critic and collector. Meiji is also 2 Established in 1881, Meiji University is one of ’s premier educational 3 planning an additional library that will hold a comprehensive collection of comics,

MEIJI UNIVERSITY institutions. MEIJI UNIVERSITY animation and games. Since its inception over 130 years ago, Meiji University has stayed true to its International student support In 2009, Meiji University was selected as one founding principles of individual rights, liberty, independence and self- of 13 universities to take part in the Global 30 project, becoming a centre for the government, and has sent more than 500,000 graduates out into the world, globalisation of Japanese universities by increasing the number of interna- including two former prime ministers. tional students studying in Japan. Meiji provides solid support to international Today, nearly 33,000 students study at Meiji, including 1200 from abroad. The students, offering Japanese language education, events to experience Japanese university offers 10 undergraduate schools, 11 graduate schools and four profes- culture, English-only programs, job search assistance, information on scholar- sional graduate schools. ships and residency, and an international student offi ce with staff who speak Japan’s most popular university For the last four years, Meiji has attracted English, Chinese and Korean. the highest number of high school applicants across all Japanese universities, and Fulfi lling campus life Meiji has around 330 university-sanctioned sports and has had more than 100,000 applicants in each of the last seven years. cultural clubs that are formed and run by students. The university is also renowned Four stimulating campuses Meiji’s main campus, , is close to for its active involvement in sporting events, with students and alumni coming Japan’s political, economic and cultural core, and has a lively university town at- together to celebrate and take part in Tokyo’s popular university baseball tourna- mosphere thanks to surrounding secondhand bookshops and musical instrument ment, the marathon and the Waseda vs Meiji rugby match. retailers. The Izumi and Nakano campuses are also in urban Tokyo, and Ikuta is in the lush green Tama hills, with excellent transport access to central Tokyo. Yoshihiro Yonezawa Memorial Library of Manga and Subculture In 2008, Meiji University established the School of Global Japanese Studies and set about planning a manga, anime, and video game archive facility that would be the largest of its kind in the world. The Yoshihiro Yonezawa Memorial Library of Manga and

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Joining past and future, Tokyo dazzles with its traditional culture and passion Introducing for everything new. Tokyo is a city forever reaching into the future with sci-fi scapes of crackling neon and soaring towers. Yet it is also street- a city seeped in history, and you can fi nd traces of the shōgun’s capital on the kabuki stage or under the cherry blossoms at Park. Tokyo has a neighbourhood for everyone – be they suit-clad sala- rymen (white-collar workers), manga-thumbing Tokyo hime gyaru (princess girls). No doubt it has one forotaku you too.(geeks) or Tokyo’s 6 77 TOKYO’S TOP10EXPERIENCES TOKYO’S TOP10EXPERIENCES TopExperiences 10 artisan crafts? Whichever way o Nightlife you look at it, Tokyo is full of Shinjuku pulls you in and dangerously tempting shops. impresses with its scale and sheer variety. Here you can sing karaoke to your heart’s content, o Tsukiji Central catch the city’s best jazz musicians or dance the night Fish Market away with drag queens. The world’s largest fi sh market sells billions of yen worth of seafood every year, from moun- o Tokyo Sky Tree tains of octopus to pallets of Opened in 2012, the 634m giant bluefi n tuna. Wake up early Tokyo Sky Tree is the world’s tall- and get one of the few spots to est tower. This digital broadcast- watch the auction action, and ing monolith has two observation don’t forget to have the world’s decks that present a stunning freshest sushi for breakfast. panorama of the . The views are best at sunset and in the colder months, o Meiji-jingu when Mt Fuji’s peak pokes out This Shintō shrine, Tokyo’s tokyo’s above the distant mountains. largest and most famous, feels a world away from the city. It’s largest“ and most reached via a long, rambling o Shopping forest path and the grounds famous shinto shrine Where to begin? With the are vast, enveloping the classic feels a world away eye-popping, highly covetable wooden shrine buildings and fashions, the cutting-edge a landscaped garden in a thick from the city. electronics or the traditional coat of forested green.

MEIJI-JINGŪ (ARCHITECT: ITŌ CHŪTA) ” hand there’s the wonderfully o Roppongi art & rich, stick-to-your-ribs rāmen, 8 design for which Tokyoites will queue 99 up around the block.

TOKYO’S TOP10EXPERIENCES Legendary for its nightlife, Rop- TOKYO’S TOP10EXPERIENCES pongi also has a sophisticated art scene. Art Triangle Roppongi o is a group of three outstanding Onsen museums in the district – the Don’t let Tokyo’s slick surface Suntory Museum of Art, the fool you – underneath the city National Art Center, Tokyo, and it’s pure, bubbling primordial the Mori Art Museum. pleasure. The natural wonder that is onsen exists even in the hyperdeveloped capital, rising o Sushi & RAmen from amazing depths into the Tokyo’s food obsession knows tubs of tiny traditional bath- no boundaries, and two of the houses and lavish, modern city’s most beloved dishes bathing complexes. HANAMI couldn’t be more diff erent. On one hand there’s sushi, the o essential Japanese dish of Senso-ji was founded over one thousand delicate raw fi sh. On the other The spiritual home of Tokyoites’ years before Tokyo got its start. ancestors, the great Sensō-ji Today this temple retains an alluring, lively atmosphere redol- ent of Edo (old Tokyo) and the NATIONAL ART CENTER (ARCHITECT: KISHO KUROKAWA) merchant quarters of yesteryear. o Hanami if tokyoites In springtime, thousands of have one moment cherry trees burst into white and pink fl ower, and if Tokyoites “to let their hair have one moment to let their hair down en masse, this is it. down en masse, Japanese poets have extolled the this is it. beauty, and samurai have admired the noble, short lives of the blossoms, but modern residents of the capital are happy to drink, eat and party under the boughs. “ YUSHIMA SEIDŌ u (%03-3251-4606; www.seido.or.jp; 1-4-25 10 Yushima, Bunkyō-ku; free; h9.30am-5pm 11 Apr-Sep, to 4pm Oct-Mar) OCHANOMIZU & JIMB OCHANOMIZU & JIMB Ochanomiz One of just a handful of Confu- cian temples in Japan, Yushima Top TIP & Seidō dates to the 17th century, When visiting a when Confucian doctrine was popular with the ruling elite. shrine, it is the custom

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Ō Jimbocho to first wash your Ō praying to the patron of learning, Ochanomizu, literally ‘water Meiji-period (1868–1912) Ortho- Confucius. Visit on a weekend to hands and mouth at for tea’, was named for a local dox church – which represent see the interior of the main hall spring that was once used to three very diff erent traditions, (admission ¥200). the font. Look for a make a cup of tea for a shōgun. time periods and architectural For centuries it was the home of styles. It is also well known for NIKOLAI CATHEDRAL small pool with ladles feudal lords, who had their villas its river, the Kanda-gawa, and (%03-3295-6879; www.orthodoxjapan.jp/ to the left of the on the hill, Suruga-dai. Today, the photogenic series of bridges annai/t-tokyo.html; 4-1-3 Kanda-Surugadai, Ochanomizu is best known that pass over it. Southwest of Chiyoda-ku; ¥300 recommended donation; entrance. for its high concentration of Ochanomizu, the neighbour- h1pm-4pm Apr-Sep, to 3.30pm Oct-Mar) universities. hood of Kanda-Sudachō has an This unusual (for Tokyo!) Byz- To the south, Jimbōchō is atmospheric block of vintage, antine structure, built in 1891 known as the booksellers’ pre-war buildings. district – a reputation that dates to the arrival of the universities KANDA MYŌJIN in the 19th century. The neigh- (%03-3254-0753; www.kandamyoujin. JIN bourhood has an old-fashioned or.jp; 2-16-2 Soto-Kanda, Chiyoda-ku; free; KANDA MYŌ mid-20th-century atmosphere h24hr) and, with dozens of bookstores, This beloved Shintō shrine, is naturally a favourite of founded some 1280 years ago, bibliophiles. was the unoffi cial shrine of the city during the reign of the shōgun. The three major deities Sights enshrined here are Daikoku Ochanomizu’s most famous and Ebisu, who are said to sights are its three sacred bring prosperity, and Taira no institutions – an ancient Shintō Masakado, a samurai whose shrine, an Edo-period (1603– spirit is said to protect Tokyo 1868) Confucian temple and a from natural disasters and other misfortunes. Tokyo For Free Tokyo is regarded as one of the world’s most expensive cities, but many 12 of its top sights cost nothing. Shint 13 most Buddhist temples charge onlyō shrinesto enter are their almost honden always (main free hall). and Many of the city’s parks and gardens are also free – these leafy escapes STUDENT VOICE are a welcome respite from the cityscape and can be great for people- watching. You can spend hours browsing various free markets, like Tsukiji and weekend farmers markets and fl festivals and events year-round. ea markets, and there are free

and complete with copper-green KANDA NO IE domes, is an Ochanomizu land- (%03-3255-3565; http://kandanoie.com/ mark. Named for Saint Nikolai, en/en.html; 2-16 Soto-Kanda, Chiyoda-ku; VOICE STUDENT who introduced Orthodox Chris- ¥250) tianity to Japan in the mid-19th ‘Kanda House’ is a beautiful and Patrick Behuhuma Mokondoko century, Nikolai Cathedral is the beautifully maintained example SCHOOL: Professional Graduate School of Governance Studies headquarters of the Orthodox of an early-20th-century house. FROM: Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Church of Japan. The original owners were a family of lumber merchants and TOKYO IN A WORD? Busy! WHAT HAS SURPRISED YOU ABOUT TOKYO AND ORIGAMI KAIKAN fi ne examples of various woods JAPAN? The marriage of tradition and modernity. People try to keep (%03-3811-4025; www.origamikaikan. are used throughout. It opens Japanese traditions, but at the same time embrace elements of western co.jp/info/e_us.html; 1-7-14 Yushima, just a few days a month for pre- cultures. WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE PLACE IN TOKYO? Odaiba. There are many Bunkyō-ku; entry free, workshop fees vary; booked tours. beautiful places where you relax with your friends, including dating spots, h9.30am-6pm Mon-Sat) restaurants, shopping malls, a beach and a big park. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE Since 1858, Origami Kaikan has IN TOKYO THAT YOU’VE NEVER DONE BEFORE? I played taiko (Japanese drum). been devoted to origami, the Eating & drinking It was very exciting. WHAT DO YOU MOST LIKE ABOUT MEIJI? Meiji never stands Japanese art of paper folding. still and keeps on growing. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE PLACE TO EAT AROUND With several universities in the Workshops are held regularly; CAMPUS? A curry restaurant called Ethiopia. You choose curry heat levels vicinity, it’s only natural that check out the samples on the from one to 70. But I can only order up to level three! HOW HAS STUDYING there are many restaurants ground fl oor to see what you can AT MEIJI CHANGED YOU? I now have diff erent perspectives and ambitions for in Ochanomizu that cater to learn to make in the upcoming the future. WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU’RE NOT STUDYING? I cook delicious students. Think cheap and Congolese food, play basketball with my friends, practise judo and take weeks. There’s also a gallery and fi lling rāmen (egg noodles) and photos of nature. HAS IT BEEN DIFFICULT TO LEARN JAPANESE? Yes and no. gift shop. tonkatsu (breaded and fried If you do not make any eff ort, of course it is going to be diffi cult. But if you pork cutlets). You’ll fi nd such practise enough with local people you have lots of opportunities to improve. restaurants clustered in front of

CONTENT ON THIS PAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY MEIJI UNIVERSITY AND HAS NOT BEEN VISITED OR VERIFIED BY LONELY PLANET. Ochanomizu Station and at the Kyōeidō is one of the oldest bottom of the hill, Suruga-dai, curry joints in Jimbōchō, in 14 between Meiji University and business since 1924. The dining 15 Yasukuni-dōri. Jimbōchō is room has a wonderfully retro STUDENT VOICE famous for its curry shops and feel, with red vinyl booths and OCHANOMIZU & JIMB its old-fashioned coff ee shops. brisk service. The curry, served in a silver sauceboat, is based on MARUKA UDON a recipe from Sumatra, though (%3-16-1 Kanda-Ogawamachi, Chiyoda-ku; tweaked for Japanese tastes.

noodles from ¥380; h11am-7.30pm Mon- Ō Fri, to 2.30pm Sat) SABOURU CH Ō Delicious, quick and extremely (%03-3291-8404; 1-11 Kanda-Jimbōchō, easy on the wallet, this noodle Chiyoda-ku; coff ee ¥400; h9am-11pm shop is almost always packed Mon-Sat) with students. The house The quintessential Jimbōchō specialty is sanuki udon – thick, kissa (coff ee shop), Sabouru is

VOICE STUDENT square wheat noodles that are a rambling, eccentric place. Part native to Shikoku. Start with a Natsumi Watanabe simple order of kake udon SCHOOL: School of Global Japanese Studies (noodles in broth) then add toppings and a side of tempura. FROM: Chiba, Japan KAGIROI TOKYO IN A WORD? Clean. WHAT HAS SURPRISED YOU ABOUT TOKYO AND JAPAN? Trains and buses are always on time. And the people are polite, (%03-3233-3355; 3-20 Kanda-Ogawam- Top TIP kind and service-minded. WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE PLACE IN TOKYO? A achi, Chiyoda-ku; dishes ¥450-1200; small street called ‘Cat Street’, from to . There are many h11.30am-2pm Mon-Fri, 5-11pm Mon-Sat) Many coffee shops in shopping places, nice restaurants, cosy cafes and bars. Even though it’s in Charcoal-grilled meats and fi sh, Jimbocho offer a moningu a busy area it’s quiet and laid-back. WHAT DO YOU MOST LIKE ABOUT MEIJI? organic vegetables smothered in The people at Meiji have many brilliant gifts. They always work hard to salty, tangy miso – the food here setto (morning set), polish their talents and that encourages me. HOW HAS STUDYING AT MEIJI is delicious, and that’s only half CHANGED YOU? At my school we can study in a variety of fi elds and abroad, the appeal. This stylish Japanese until around 11am. this and through this I found what I really want to study at Meiji – American restaurant is inside a beautifully includes a coffee, hard- college sports management. WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU’RE NOT STUDYING? renovated old wooden house. I play tennis, work out, read books, hang out with friends, go shopping Reservations are recommended – there are lots of things to do in Tokyo! IS IT EASY MAKING FRIENDS AT boiled egg and toast for on Friday and Saturday nights. CAMPUS? It’s easy! There are around 330 university-sanctioned sports around the same price as and cultural clubs, and the Japanese love having dinner and going out for drinks after classes, so just join them! KYŌEIDŌ a cup of coffee. (%03-3291-1475; www.kyoueidoo.com; 1-6 Kanda-Jimbōchō, Chiyoda-ku; curry from ¥900; h11am-8pm Mon-Sat) CONTENT ON THIS PAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY MEIJI UNIVERSITY AND HAS NOT BEEN VISITED OR VERIFIED BY LONELY PLANET. entrance to Kanda Shrine special- ises in amazake, a naturally sweet, 16 non-alcoholic, fermented rice 17 drink. You can also try a number of traditional Japanese sweets, OCHANOMIZU & JIMB like mochi (pounded rice cakes) and manjū (steamed buns). Top TIP Many venues offer

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Ochanomizu and Jimbōchō Ō aren’t major entertainment Be sure to have your districts, but they do have their own particular attractions. Liter- student ID handy. ĀMEN STIR-FRIED NOODLES & R ary Jimbōchō is home to two small cinemas that show classic and weighty fi lms. Ochanomizu has an excellent jazz house. lantern-lit dungeon, part jungle SABUCHAN And like any university district island tree house, it’s the perfect (%03-3230-1252; 2-24 Kanda-Jimbōchō, worth its salt there are karaoke place to hole up with a book. Chiyoda-ku; rāmen ¥570; h11.30am-3pm parlours and pool halls that stay Light meals, like sandwiches, are & 4.30-7.30pm Mon-Sat) open all night. served here too. Sabuchan is a classic hole-in- the-wall noodle shop, serving BILBI steaming bowls of Tokyo-style (%03-3293-3211; 1-18-8 Kanda-Jimbōchō, shōyu rāmen (egg noodles in Chiyoda-ku; lunch ¥850; h11.30am- a soy sauce fl avoured broth). 11.30pm) Try the popular han-chan – a Musical Tokyo This cosy little place, inside an bowl of rāmen with a side order Though the live-music scene keeps early hours (shows often end around old Japanese house, serves of fried rice. It’s on an alley off 10pm), rock, house, blues, jazz, classical and electronica are thriving in Tokyo. a tasty, healthy teishoku (set Hakusan-dōri, with red curtains Big international acts often appear at large venues such as the National meal) at lunch that includes sev- over the door. Stadium in or Bud houses, especially in Shibuya.ōkan. But Tokyo also has many good small live eral Japanese dishes (like grilled fi sh) along with rice, miso soup, AMANOYA Some of the Tokyo area’s most well-supported musical events are festivals that draw thousands: salad and pickles. In the evening, (%03-3251-7911; www.amanoya.jp; 2-18-15 o similar dishes (and more) are Soto-Kanda, Chiyoda-ku; drinks & sweets Fuji Rock Festival (rock; www.fujirockfestival.com) served à la carte. from ¥500; h10am-6pm, closed Sun o Summer Sonic (rock; www.summersonic.com) Apr-Dec) o Tokyo Jazz Festival (jazz; www.tokyo-jazz.com) In business for over 150 years, o La Folle Journee au Japon (classical; www.lfj.jp) this teahouse to the left of the 19 STUDENT VOICE HAS IT IT HAS Studying of bowls ers ff WHAT HAVE YOU YOU HAVE WHAT cult for me. But it’s But it’s me. cult for I’ve enjoyed beautiful enjoyed I’ve erent experiences has experiences erent It is an environment with It is an environment WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PLACE TO TO PLACE FAVORITE YOUR IS WHAT WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE PLACE IN IN PLACE FAVOURITE YOUR WHAT’S WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU’RE NOT NOT YOU’RE WHEN DO YOU DO WHAT No, it was not diffi not it was No, WHAT HAS SURPRISED YOU ABOUT TOKYO AND AND TOKYO ABOUT YOU SURPRISED HAS WHAT erent cultures and with diff cultures erent Umisenyamasen Musashi Banpu – it o Musashi Umisenyamasen HOW HAS STUDYING AT MEIJI CHANGED YOU? CHANGED MEIJI AT STUDYING HAS HOW BEEN VISITED OR VERIFIED BY LONELY PLANET. LONELY BY VERIFIED OR VISITED BEEN School of Commerce Commerce of School Dynamic. Dynamic.

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STUDENT VOICE 22 KANDA FESTIVAL One of Tokyo’s biggest festivals, November TS INTERNATIONAL ROBOT 24 put on by Kanda Myōjin and 25 EVEN featuring raucous parades. EXHIBITION EVENTS CALENDAR The world’s largest robot expo EVENTS CALENDAR July takes place every other year at SUMIDA-GAWA FIREWORKS Tokyo Big Sight. The grandest of the summer AUTUMN LEAVES fi rework shows features 20,000 Calendar The city’s trees undergo pyrotechnic wonders. magnifi cent seasonal transfor- January March TANABATA FESTIVAL mations during kōyō (autumn NEW YEAR’S DAY TOKYO INTERNATIONAL Festival at Kanda Myōjin honour- foliage season). (O-SHŌGATSU) ANIME FAIR ing two star-crossed lovers. KANDA CURRY GRAND PRIX Tokyoites fl ock to Shintō shrines This major industry event draws August In mid-autumn, Kanda’s famous and Buddhist temples to cel- everyone from big-screen voice curry shops compete for visi- KŌENJI AWA ODORI ebrate the New Year, from 1 to 3 actors to teenage fans. tors’ favour. January. Some 12,000 participants do a COMMENCEMENT spirited folk dance along a 2km CAMPUS FESTIVAL DAIKOKU FESTIVAL CEREMONY stretch. (MEIDAI & IKUMEI Kanda Myōjin holds a festival in honour of Daikoku-ten, the god April O-BON FESTIVALS) of wealth and prosperity. CHERRY BLOSSOMS Festival honouring the dead – graves are swept, off erings December Tokyoites toast spring at parties NEW YEAR’S EVE beneath the pink blossoms. are made and bon-odori (folk dances) take place. Temple bells around Japan ENTRANCE CEREMONY ring 108 times at midnight and SUMMER VACATION Tokyoites begin lining up at ORIENTATION FOR (1 AUG TO 19 SEP) Shintō shrines shortly after for NEW INTERNATIONAL hatsumōde, the fi rst shrine visit STUDENTS September of the year. Meiji’s Japanese TOKYO GAME SHOW YEAR END FRIENDSHIP culture events FIRST SEMESTER Get your geek on when the Com- PARTY Experience Japanese STARTS puter Entertainment Suppliers culture at these events, Association hosts this massive held throughout the year: WINTER VACATION May expo. o (25 DEC TO 7 JAN) Zazen (sitting meditation) SANJA MATSURI SECOND SEMESTER o Japanese Tea Ceremony Arguably the grandest Tokyo STARTS matsuri of all, this three-day o Ikebana (fl arrangement) ower festival attracts around 1.5 mil- lion spectators to Asakusa-jinja. THIS CONTENT HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY MEIJI UNIVERSITY AND HAS NOT BEEN VISITED OR VERIFIED BY LONELY PLANET. MEIJI UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS

2626 27 Getting SCHOOLS MEIJI UNIVERSITY Meiji University has a large number of undergraduate, graduate and professional schools across a range of subjects. Undergraduate: Law, Commerce, Political Science and Economics, Business Administration, Arts and Letters, Information and Communication, Global Japa- AROUND nese Studies, Science and Technology, Agriculture, Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences. Graduate: Law, Commerce, Political Science and Economics, Business Administra- Hypereffi cient, tion, Arts and Letters, Information and Communication, Global Japanese Studies, sparkling clean and virtually BUS Science and Technology, Agriculture, Humanities, Advanced Mathematical crime-free, Tokyo’s public Tokyo has an extensive and Sciences. transport system is the envy convenient bus network, Professional Graduate: Law, Governance Studies, Global Business, Professional of the world. It is reasonably operated by Toei. Accountancy. priced and frequent (generally no more than fi ve minutes TAXI ENGLISH-ONLY PROGRAMS between trains on major lines). Taxis in Tokyo feature white- gloved drivers, seats covered Meiji University offers fi ve English-only programs for students wishing to study SUBWAY with lace doilies and doors solely in English: Ferrying millions of passengers that magically open and close around daily, the subway is the by themselves. It’s the only  Meiji Institute for Advanced Study of Mathematical Sciences (MIMS), Doctoral Program, English Track quickest and easiest way to transport option that runs all get around central Tokyo. The night, but prices are steep and  Graduate School of Business Administration English Course in Double Degree city is home to 13 subway lines, it only makes economical sense Program of which nine are operated for groups of four. by Tokyo Metro and four by  Graduate School of Governance Studies, Public Policy Program, English Toei. The subway runs 5am to BICYCLE Course midnight. Despite the tangled traffi c and often-narrow roads, bicycles  Graduate School of Science and Technology, International Program in Archi- TRAIN are still one of the most tecture and Urban Design, Professional Course In addition to the subway, there common forms of transport  School of Global Japanese Studies, English Track are aboveground train lines that in Tokyo. Theft does happen, are handy for navigating Tokyo especially of cheap bicycles, so and travelling to other parts of use your lock. Japan. Useful Japanese Railway (JR) lines within the city are the Yamanote, Chūō and Sōbu lines. CONTENT ON THIS PAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY MEIJI UNIVERSITY AND HAS NOT BEEN VISITED OR VERIFIED BY LONELY PLANET. SHORT-TERM PROGRAMS The University also offers a number of ‘Japan Study’ short courses to help 2828 students learn about Japan and Japanese culture.

MEIJI UNIVERSITY Japanese Language Program (Japanese): Explore and experience Japanese cul- ture and society through fi eld trips and excursions while studying Japanese. Cool Japan Summer Program (English): Study and analyse various elements of Japanese pop culture and traditional culture, including manga, anime, video games, J-pop and modern Japanese fi lm. Law in Japan (English): Study Japanese law and the Japanese legal system.

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