May 27 - June 24, 2010

Montserrat College of Art’s Japanese Art + Culture travel program offers students a unique opportunity to live and study in a country famous for both its traditional and popular culture. The trip will include visits to historically significant Japanese temples and gardens as well as to museums dedicated to contemporary Japanese art, Manga, and Anime. We will travel in and around the cities of Niigata, Osaka, Kyoto, Takarazuka and Tokyo.

Students take two courses earning a total of 6 credits. All courses are taught in English on the campus of Niigata College of Art and Design in Niigata, Japan by college and university faculty trained in the United States. Guest lectures by resident experts (facilitated by interpreters) will supplement the program. While in Niigata course work, field trips and cultural events are complemented by in-home stays with Japanese families.

Program Fees
The program fee is $5600*
The program fee includes, two nights stay in Beverly, round-trip airfare from Boston to Tokyo, rail transportation when traveling with the group, home-stays in Niigata, 8 nights in hostels in Osaka and Tokyo, textbooks, readings, art materials, admission to museums and cultural events and two courses (6 credits). Students who are from schools other than Montserrat College of Art, should verify with their home institution that credits are transferable.
* Program fees will be determined by January of each year

May 27 – 28, 2010
Program Orientation at Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA

May 29 – June 24, 2010
Niigata Japan (with trips to Osaka, Kyoto, Takarazuka and Toyko)

Additional Information
For more information, program fees, application and itinerary contact:
Blyth Hazen, Associate Professor, Montserrat College of Art at japan@montserrat.edu or 978.921.4242 x 1606.

Click here to download pdf application form.