Explore a life rooted in traditional Japanese culture, carried with pride into the modern age. From ancient rituals and craftsmanship to everyday practices, this story shows how cultural heritage ...

While no longer an everyday garment, kimonos are still an iconic part of modern Japanese culture. Photograph by Molly Ferrill Visitors who would like to shop for kimono-inspired fashion firsthand ...

In the rest of the world — where Korean restaurants, music and film have transformed popular culture — the discovery of ...

Come and discover the great beauty of modern Japan, from the traditional to the ... You will graduate with a firm grasp of what life in Japan is really like and how Japanese culture makes an impact on ...

Introduction to listening, speaking, reading, and writing in Japanese and to the culture of Japanese-speaking regions. This course meets three (3) hours per week in the classroom and requires at least ...

“Ainu Identity and the Early Modern State.” Geographies of Identity in Nineteenth-Century Japan.Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005. 110-126. Kaempfer, Engelbert. “The Situation of the ...

Special-topics seminars offered recently by our faculty include “Class and Culture in the Literature of Meiji Japan,” “Reading Gaze and Voice in Modern Japanese Literature and Culture,” “Japanese ...

We offer four levels of language instruction, from Elementary to Advanced, and a variety of courses on Japanese culture and society taught in English. Our emphasis is on modern and contemporary Japan.