TOKYO

Academic sessions are led by prominent professors at the University of Tokyo as well as Japanese government officials.

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Activities in years past have included tours of the Imperial Palace Gardens, visits to the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, tea parties with Caroline Kennedy, night views from Tokyo Tower and Tokyo Skytree, and excursions to religious sities like Meiji Jungu shrine and Senso-ji temple.

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Social events include homestay with local Japanese families, shopping in Shibuya and Harajuku, eating sushi at Tsukiji fish market, and going to a traditional Japanese bath house called onsen.

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