Taiki Ushiyama from Japan -2013 admission
The other day, we had a field trip to Kyushu. On the first day, there was a symposium for “Global 30”, a program to set up universities opened to the world and we participated in it. In the symposium, what international students feel challenged and what they need were focused and we discussed about the problems and presented its solutions to make our college life more comfortable and sustainable. It was quite fruitful discussion involving candidates from each G30-university.
On the second and third day, we visited construction site of vast landfill and learned about technologies and how it functions, and then, we went to Kumamoto castle and Suizenji Jojuen to cultivate cultural understandings of Japan in a relaxed atmosphere with students and teachers all together. In this field trip, I especially noted that Kyoto University has special environment for study where Japanese and international students are mixed and cooperate each other. For example Japanese students can help international students with their lives or Japanese studies, while international students can help Japanese students with English and other strengths. In this course, we have brisk interaction and we come to understand each culture and what international society is while studying here. In addition, we can form friendships not only among students in the class, but with other international students in Kyoto University, and create intimate connections with teachers. Thanks to this, we will have many opportunities and technology that cannot be experienced nor acquired in Japanese course. It has the best resource and it brings us best student life in Kyoto.