WOW! It's FALL 2022 Post-Pandemic Face to Face class begins soon!

 I haven't posted for a long time as we have been working so hard during COVID-19 Pandemic Period.

Though COVID-19 is still here, our life goes on and no one stop you from learning Japanese language.   Our Japan trips in Spring and Summer have been postponed for about 3 years but we will resume the Spring Trip in March 2023.

FALL Semester Classes:

Japanese 1101 (L.1 through L.6 of Genki 3rd ed) 

      Tue/Thu 10am-12noon or 12noon-2pm or Mon/Wed 5pm-7pm

Japanese 1102 (L.7 through L.12 of Genki 3rd ed)

      Mon/Wed 10am-12noon

Japanese 2201 (L.13 through L.18 of Genki 3rd ed)

I need students desparately to be registered into Japanese 1102 now!!

Spring Japan Trip will be:  Class meeting on 3/7/2023 & 3/21/2023

       March 24, 2023 (Friday) through April 2, 2023 (Sun)

Summer Study Abroad Japan Program will be:

       June 21, 2023 (Wed) through July 21, 2023 (Friday)

2022 Summer Program applicants have a priority so we may not recruite this year.

STAY TUNED!     Register Japanese 1102 this Fall!!!

 

Our Japanese Program is open to everyone with in-district tuition in remote learning

Our 2021 Spring semester (begins on 1/25/2021) will be conducted in 100% synchronous  remote learning way.

Our tuition at College of DuPage is $138 per credit (138x4=$554 per course) regardless of where you live in the US.

Japanese 1101 (Genki I 3rd (newest) edition Lesson 1 through Lesson 6) will be

Mon/Wed 5pm~6:50pm,  Tue/Thu 10am~11:50am, and Tue/Thu 12noon~1:50pm

Japanese 1102 (Genki I 3rd (newest) edition Lesson 7 through Lesson 12) will be

Mon/Wed 10am~11:50am 

Japanese 2201 (Genki II 3rd (newest) edition Lesson 13 through Lesson 18) will be

Mon/Wed 1pm~2:50pm

Anyone in the USA is welcome.     Time above is Central Standard Time (Chicago)

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https://myaccess.cod.edu/WebAdvisor/WebAdvisor?TOKENIDX=7842590286&SS=2&APP=ST&CONSTITUENCY=WBAP

2021 Year of OX began!

 It has been a long time since I updated last time in Dec. 2019 when I was elected as a Vice-President of American Association of Teachers of Japanese.  My first year as a vice president flew away during the recent COVID-19 pandemic.

Unless we resume both Spring and Summer Japan program, this blog won't be renewed so often!

Just be patient until I can post something good!

Vice President of AATJ

In the recent election of executive officers of American Association of Teachers of Japanese
(AATJ), GTS was elected as a Vice President for 2 year-term beginning on 1/1/2020.

Golden Pavilion and Nishijin Textile Center

After Gion Festival, finally we had a chance to visit the Golden Pavilion (Kinkakuji) after eating lunch at the cafeteria of Ritsumeikan University.

We had a plan to visit Fushimi Grand Shrine  on the following day but the rain prevented us from visiting there as it would be very slippery.  In stead we stopped by at the Nishijin Textile Center to enjoy shopping and kimono show.

Though we postponed Fushimi visit to Monday, the slight rain is continuously falling.  We will, however, visit Fushimi Grand Shrine to at least have a taste of 1000 torii gates that all the films and TV have been showing!

A few more days to conclude the program this summer, yet we will continue to maximise our experience.

Gion Festival

After long weekend, we went to Arashiyama area where famous Tenryu-ji temple and Nonomiya Shrine attract visitors.

Nonomiya Shrine is famous in the Tale of Genji and many youngsters visit there for realizing their love or keeping there relationship in tact or finding the prospects.

On the following day is the day of Gion Festival Float Parade while spectators like our students feel its dynamism.

The weather is so far so good!

Mt. Iwata Monkey Park in slight rain and Eikando in the eastern mountain

Thursday (7/10) had a slight rain but did not stop us climbing up the small mountain to meet wild monkeys jumping around on the top.

Monkeys are outside the "CAGE" where we could see them from inside.  Those monkeys walking just around our foot.

The following day, we went to the eastern mountain area where we could visit Eikando temple where you can enjoy inside the main hall and its garden and tower!