Overseas program(s):
Fuji Summer 2017
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Sayonara Satoyama - In Japan, the term satoyama describes both a feeling and place. It is a situated feeling of nostalgia associated with life lived in the countryside before the influence of contemporary technology. Centered around agriculture, satoyama encompasses rice paddies, orchards, woodland forests, grasslands, and thatch-roofed farmhouses that became the culmination of culture and biodiversity in the […]
Discovering the Power of Fuji - Mt. Fuji has presence. As only a small landmark in the distance, the symmetrical mountain immediately calls attention to itself against the glamour of Tokyo’s industrial skyscrapers and neon signs. Whether in Tokyo’s flashy Ginza District or the fashionable Harajuku District, it is hard to forget that one resides in the mountain’s domain […]