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Language and Culture
Study Tour to Japan

Explore the mysteries of Japan with Douglas
College on the fifth annual Language and Culture
Study Tour, July 10 - August 14, 1986.

This tour will give participants an understanding
of Japanese language and culture that could not
otherwise be experienced on any other tour with
a similar content, says the tour's host.

Tad Hosoi, a Japanese language instructor at
Douglas College and at the Department of Asian
Studies at U.B.C., will host this year's tour. As
a native of Kyoto he will be a valuable source of
information about the various aspects that will
be studied on this tour.

Insights into Japanese Life

“The language and culture of Japan are becoming
much more relevant for Canadians, particularly
British Columbians," says Hosoi.

Students will be able to learn basic or intermedi-
ate Japanese and will gain insights into the
Japanese way of life.

"The tour also provides an opportunity to com-
municate with our Pacific Rim neighbours," says
Hosoi.

The tour program offers many interesting and
valuable features such as residence with a
Japanese family, in-city field trips, language and
culture workshops and lectures on Japan.

Living with a host family in Kobe, for over two
weeks, will allow direct contact with the
Japanese people and culture, while providing
invaluable language exposure and practice.

Truly Wonderful Tour Experience

Kobe, one of the major port cities in Japan, is
located about 600 kilometers west of Tokyo and
is close to such famous cities as Kyoto, Nara
and Osaka. Students will have the opportunity
to visit the Old Imperial Palace in Kyoto,
Buddhist temples in Nara and Kyoto, Himeji

Castle in Himeji City, Matsushita Electric
Industries in Osaka, and in Kobe a sake (rice
wine) brewery and a harbour boat tour. During
these excursions tour participants will be intro-
duced to Japanese history, art and religion.

Various theatrical performances are also
planned including a Kabuki play (traditional
Japanese opera) and a Japanese puppet play.

“Many people look back on this tour as a truly
wonderful experience", says Hosoi. "They find
the chance to learn Japanese in this setting a

very definite advantage.

Tour participants will attend intensive Japanese
courses at the Kobe YMCA College. This
includes two to three hours of language instruc-
tion per day, over a three-week period.

After the morning language classes, students
will attend afternoon workshops, designed to
study various aspects of Japanese culture. Some
of the workshops take place outside of the class-
room in order to actually see what has been
studied and to use the Japanese expressions

just learned.

It is recommended that students obtain between
twenty and thirty hours of basic Japanese before
attending this tour.

Tour participants who wish to extend their
stay in Japan beyond August 14 can do so, for
up to 60 days, without any additional fare.
Tad Hosoi and members of the faculty at Kobe
College will be available to help students plan
their extended stay.

The cost of this program is $2,975.00 and is "
subject to change for reasons such as fluctu-
ations in airfare and currency. The educationa’
component of the study tour is tax deductible
and will represent approximately 25% of the
tour cost.

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For further information contact the Travel
Education Coordinator at the Community
Programs and Services division, P.O. Box 2503,
New Westminster, B.C. V3L 5B2 or call
520-5473.