Category: Japan
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My 15-day study tour was undertaken with a class of Architecture students to look at the dwelling in Japan’s cities with a clear binary logic of the public, private and in-between spaces. With total immersion into the experience of the Japanese Urban condition. We studied distinct dwelling conditions and types and the critical micro studies…
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こんにちは！Hello, I’m Asa, and I’m studying Product Design & International Studies at UTS. I’m currently 4 weeks into global exchange at Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan! Getting here was quite the journey, as I was originally an ICS student set to go on exchange back in 2021 so it’s really exciting to finally be studying…
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Hi all! My name is Kelvin, and I’ve been enjoying my exchange experience here at Chuo University’s Tama campus, which takes an hour and half west by train from the city centre. In this blog post, I’ll be sharing my personal experiences with the academic life here, and some of the things at Chuo that…
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So I’ve been gradually adjusting my life here in Japan and so far, I think I’m finally getting out of that holiday mood and into study mode. My grades thank me. I applied for Sophia University in Tokyo thinking that university life here was going to be similar back home in Sydney, but there were…
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An efficient yet bureaucratic society Japan, I believe is a country of juxtaposition. Beautiful, traditional geishas alongside self-conscious, constantly adjusting their hair youths. Innovators in technology yet cash is more widely used when paying and everything you do has a physical form to fill out. The magnificent trees, mountains, flowers galore abruptly disrupted by concrete…
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Sensoji Temple in Asakusa My name is Jaewon Jung. I am a penultimate year Bachelor of Business student, majoring in Finance. I am currently undertaking my exchange program at Sophia University in Tokyo. My reason for going on a student exchange is quite simple. I received an email from the university on student exchange, and…
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The iconic statue of Shigenobu Okuma, the founder of Waseda University I had thought that my university experience at UTS was the same for every other university in the world, but after experiencing life at Waseda University my views have changed exponentially! Perhaps it is the difference in culture, or just the sheer size of…
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This July I participated in the Mitsui Immersion Program run by Mitsui & Co., a huuuge Japanese sogo shosha (global comprehensive solution provider) with connections around the world – including (most importantly) Australia! I and 13 other students (6 UTS, 7 UWA, 1 UoN) spent 2 weeks in the heart of Tokyo – a pleasant…
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Over the winter I went on exchange to Senshu University in Japan and it’s a trip that I’ll never forget! From the friends that I made, to all the new challenges and experiences I faced, I learned so much from this opportunity to study abroad. The first thing that struck me when I arrived alone…
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I left for Tokyo on the 7th of January, travelling overseas alone for the frst time in my life. Having only been to Japan shortly once before, I felt a mixture of excitement and anxiety as I boarded the plane without any friends or family, leaving the comfort of everything familiar behind. This experience in…
