Location
- Japan
- Kyoto
Length
26 - 52 weeks
Jan 10, 2024
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About Program
Put your global education first! See Kyoto and start college at the same time on CIEE’s First Year Abroad program. Earn college credit during a 12-week semester, taking classes from a wide range of subject areas. Immerse yourself in the local Japanese culture by engaging in activities and excursions with first-year peers and other CIEE study abroad students.
Design your own experience by staying in Kyoto for the duration of your program, or by studying in multiple locations via our fall + spring combinations. Along the way, you’ll develop skills and knowledge you simply can’t get in a U.S. classroom. Broaden your horizons, create relationships that last a lifetime, and return home to complete your college degree with a newfound confidence.
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Program Highlights
- Visit the Kyoto Imperial Palace and two Imperial Villas, where former emperors lived in high style.
- Climb to the Fushimi Inari Shrine, ascending Inari Mountain while passing through thousands of bright-orange torii gates.
- Explore the Kyoto International Manga Museum and its collection of 300,000 comic books! See manga-related exhibits and read any of the 50,000 manga on open shelves that you like.
- Feast your eyes at world-famous Nishiki Market, or sample traditional tofu, yuba, and saikyo-yaki — uniquely Kyoto-styled grilled fish.
- Go on an overnight excursion to the White Heron Castle in Himeji.
