Eurolingua - Japanese in Fukuoka, Japan

  Japan

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Fukuoka

Term: Throughout the year 
Dates: All Year

Description: The Institute offers a wide range of high quality Japanese programmes from beginner level to advanced students. If you are currently planning on entering a Japanese university or graduate school, wish to improve your Japanese for work purposes, or are thinking that you would like to experience Japanese culture, our school is able to provide a high degree of customization.

Highlights: Fukuoka is located in the south-west of Japan. Its moderate climate, beautiful scenery and great location have made it popular with travellers both from within Japan and without. In 1997, 1999 and again in 2000, Fukuoka was ranked the best city in Asia by Asia Week magazine. And in 2006, it was chosen by Newsweek as one of the world's top 10 boomtowns!

Fukuoka Prefecture is part of Kyushu, a large island to the south of Honshu, Japan's main island. Close to both mainland China and Korea, it is an important hub linking Japan with the rest of Asia and beyond.

Fukuoka City is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, and has a population of approximately 1.3 million people. It is situated on the Sea of Japan (or the East Sea), and is well protected from the stronger elements of Japanese weather - earthquakes and typhoons are rare, summers are warm, and the people are friendly.

Fukuoka's renowned cuisine (the city has more restaurants per person than anywhere else in Japan) and warm-hearted people will make your stay here a pleasure. Foreigners are still not too common a sight in Fukuoka, so you will be sure to enjoy plenty of attention, and people are always happy to help you, even if your grasp of the language is not perfect. In addition, Fukuoka is bursting with culture: its many art galleries, museums, and theatres will give you your fill of the Japanese arts, while the nightlife is the best on the island.

Fukuoka is also unparalleled in convenience - the international airport is a mere 10 minutes from the center of the city by subway, and from there it is only another 10 minutes by bus or bicycle to the nearest beach. Japan's famous shinkansen (bullet trains) will take you to any city in Japan in short order, or you can fly to Tokyo in an hour and a half.

Fukuoka Events
Dontaku (May 3rd, 4th and 5th): 3 days of dancing and parades throughout the city
Yamakasa (two weeks in July): teams of semi-naked men race huge floats around the city
Asian Month (September): a celebration of Asia in Japan, with cuisine, films, dance and more

Minimum Education: Bachelors

Cost in US$: 2000

Credit Available: yes

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Japan Independently Or in Groups

Typically Participants Work Independently Or in Groups

Application Process Involves:

• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Exit DebriefingAbroad
• Job and Internship Network

Eurolingua Institute's Mission Statement: The Eurolingua Institute provides group and individual customized tuition in modern languages, paid work experience programmes, internships, and unique immersion programmes living in the teacher's own home. The Eurolingua Institute currently teaches 11 languages at over 70 schools in 40 countries and at over 150 homestay locations worldwide.

Year Founded: 1993