"• Make friends with a Japanese family in APU’s Home Visit Program • Visit culturally and historically famous landmarks in the Oita region with APU • Participate in the APU Multicultural Weeks with students from 81 different countries."

Location:

Kyoto, Japan

Program Type:

Intensive Language

Degree Level:

Undergraduate

Duration:

4-6 months, 1 year

Language:

Japanese

Program Overview

Program Description:

Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU) is a young, vibrant, and international university. The university operates a bilingual system, with dual language (Japanese and English) education in its two undergraduate colleges: the College of International Management, and the College of Asia Pacific Studies.

"• Make friends with a Japanese family in APU’s Home Visit Program • Visit culturally and historically famous landmarks in the Oita region with APU • Participate in the APU Multicultural Weeks with students from 81 different countries."

12-15 credits

Setting Description:

The small city of Beppu is located in Oita Prefecture on Kyushu Island in the south of Japan. It boasts the world’s second-largest outflow of hot springs in the world (after Yellowstone) as well as dramatic natural scenery and old-style Japanese architecture. Despite its old-world charms, however, modern Beppu has a lively downtown of narrow streets, shrines, and shops.