Japan Summer Field Study (Wittenberg University)

Last group photo and going through the security...

Checking in at the airport...

On our way to Kansai airport

Students enjoyed visiting the beautiful Golden Pavilion in Kyoto.

More pics from the Ritsumeikan World Peace Museum visit.

More pics from Nijo Castle.

At the Italian restaurant on Kansai Gaidai campus. We were reunited with Japanese students who graduated from Witt and who is still at Witt. We also met one of the four students who are coming to Witt from this fall.

Visiting another UNESCO World Heritage Site - the Kyoto home of the Tokugawa shogunate - as a follow-up to our history lesson earlier in the program.

A survivor of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima during WWII speaks to our students about her experiences. She visited Wittenberg University several years ago for a colloquium event.

Visited Kansai Gaidai with students

Group dinner at an udon noodle restaurant and a walk in Maruyama Park enjoying the beautiful nature 😊

Visiting the famous Kiyomizu temple on the first day in Kyoto.