This year marks the third session of the annual Field Studies in Japan course. Because of changes in technology and a greater focus on student work, I have chosen not to compose summaries of the various field exercises through this blog (despite my previous post). Instead, I will post several reports about student projects, and I will link readers to Facebook photo albums created by each student.

I hope that this combination of images, links, and news will help summarize the course and preserve memories of the course for years to come.

The first news report is about a sharing session we had with students of the Faculty of Law at Kyushu University on May 27, our last full day in Japan:

On Monday, May 27, students on the Field Studies in Japan module had an exchange session with students from Kyushu University in Fukuoka. At the event, Dr. Chris introduced the Field Studies module, and Prof. Mariko Igimi introduced Kyushu University’s Re-inventing Japan Project. Then students from both institutions shared their research and experiences in each other’s countries, including information about a visit in September 2013 by Kyushu University students to Singapore to study the topic of Heritage. The evening ended with informal discussion. We look forward to welcoming the Kyushu University students to NUS in September. (link to photos in Facebook post)