Japan Cross-Cultural Internship Program

Jan 1st, 2008

Nippon Kan General Headquarters Cross-Cultural Exchange Program with the village of Higashi Naruse in Akita Prefecture, Japan has been in operation since 1990. Higashi Naruse Village is small remote village in mountainous region of Northern Honshu whose cultural heritage and lifestyle has been perpetuated for centuries. Higashi Naruse village offers a very special opportunity to experience traditional Japanese culture untouched in many ways by the effects of our modern day world.

Since 1990, over 100 students have visited Higashi Naruse as part of Nippon Kan’s Cross-Cultural Exchange Program. In the last seventeen years, 26 students have participated in long-term study internships in conjunction with the Higashi Naruse Village Office Department of Education and Cultural Affairs. This program offers students a chance to work with children in elementary and middle schools and to participate in local event and program project planning.

Applications are now being taken for Nippon Kan’s Spring, Summer and Fall 2008 three to six month semester Internship Program.

Semesters open for application are:
Spring semester ‘08 April-June
Summer semester ‘08 July-Sept
Fall semester ‘08 Oct-Dec