| Course Number |
| Course Title |
Credits |
Instructor(s) |
| An Introduction to Japanese Culture I |
2 |
Yu Ming Hwang |
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| Keywords |
Japanese Culture |
Course
Description
(including Goal and Objectives) |
This course utilizes local resources in Yamagata for students to experience aspects of the Japanese culture such as the Making Soba (Buckwheat noodles),Japanese martial art , Baking pottery, Zazen meditation, and a Hot spring, through an environment rich in traditional culture and nature in Yamagata. On occasion, specialists from outside the university are invited as a lecturer.
The aim of this course is to provide international students an opportunity to improve their proficiency in Japanese and to deepen their understanding of the Japanese culture and society.
This course is offered in Spring Semester. The class meets once a week.
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| Course Schedule |
| 1 |
Introduction |
| 2 |
Bunshokan: the former Yamagata Prefectural Offices and Assembly Hall |
| 3 |
Zazen: Zen sitting meditation（lecture） |
| 4 |
Zazen: Zen sitting meditation |
| 5 |
Making Soba (Buckwheat noodles) |
| 6 |
Kendama: cup and ball, Hot spring, Baking pottery (lecture) |
| 7 |
Kendama: cup and ball |
| 8 |
Hot spring |
| 9 |
Baking pottery |
| 10 |
Japanese rites of passage (lecture) |
| 11 |
Japanese martial art (Iaido, a blowpipe) |
| 12 |
Participating in the slipper table tennis tournament in Kahoku-cho |
| 13 |
Presentation |
| 14 |
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| 15 |
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| Textbook(s) |
Handouts will be provided. |
| Reference(s) |
A Kodansha encyclopedia. Kodansha International. 1998. |
| Grading Method |
Final Exam or Final Report |
30 % |
| Attendance |
30 % |
| Class participation |
20 % |
| presentation |
20 % |
| Message to Students |
Because field lecture require more time, we will have fewer classroom lectures. |
| Contacts |
freddyyu@kdw.kj.yamagata-u.ac.jp
Office Hour: Fridays 13:00-14:30
Office Telephone: 023-628-4933
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