Japanese 397N - ST- Recreating Edo in NYC

In this course, students explore ways to promote intercultural understanding. The course culminates in a field trip to New York City in which students help the Japanese community to set up a Edo (eighteenth-century Tokyo)-themed street fair. Toward this end, students learn about the history of Early Modern Japan as well as study how to encourage effective cultural communication.

JAPANESE 246 The course culminates in a field trip to New York City over the weekend of October 21 and 22 in which students help the Japanese community to set up a Edo (eighteenth-century Tokyo)-themed street fair.

Students are to find their own accommodation for the night of October 21. Pending funding, they may also have to pay for the transportation.