Speech contest winners for 2017

Nozomi speaking about ways to pursue your dream Kiyoko sharing memorable milestones in her life Risa talking about how the process of finding a job r...

Symposium on Culturally Familiar Material Development

Hi everyonePlease click here to download the symposium booklet. The registration room is A46b. It is on level 4 of building 本館, which can be found here http://ww...

A SPOOK-tacular Halloween event!

Halloween brownies! A Halloween Christmas tree. Face painting scary designs! Through the coordination of Otemae University and the As...

English & Leadership Camp 2017

Otemae students and Ikuno city children play some English language games. Otemae students and teachers help to prepare lunch. This year, the annual Engl...

Dec 2 symposium information

Hi everyonePlease click here to download the symposium booklet.The registration room is A46b. It is on level 4 of building 本館, which can be found here http://www.otemae.ac.jp/a...

Farewell to our exchange students

A group photo of some of the attendees In the last week of July we said our goodbyes to our exchange students from semester one. About 30 students and staff attended...

Surrealism through Simplicity - Wada on NHK

Hello again!It may seem like Atsushi Wada news central here, but we assure you, more content from the rest of our amazing faculty is on the way!Currently, though, Atsushi sensei has once again fou...

Kyoto Literary Tour

Class picture at the Imperial Palace A guide at Rozan-ji shares about the history of the temple with the students (This article was written by Dr Kathr...

The 2017 international exchange bus tour

Group photo time! Students meet some of the famous deer of Nara International and Japanese students enjoyed a day together in Nara as part of the Insti...

Making history real - a testimony from a former comfort woman in the CLIL classroom

A view from the other side - Lola on Skype Lola addresses the class (This article was written by Dr Kathryn Tanaka)On Saturday, May 20th, my Seminar and...

A visit to the Osaka Human Rights Museum

(This article was written by Dr Kathryn Tanaka)One of the courses taught in Otemae University's content-language integrated learning program, the Global Japan Studies (GJS) courses, is U.S.-J...

Nagashima - a quick wrap-up and links

Dr Tanaka speaking with media about this year's project Otemae students with Ishida-san and his memoir Students hard at work translating ...

Nagashima 2017 begins!

Nagashima shrine, accessible at low tide only Dr Tanaka speaking with the media last year Today (May 1) sees the start of our 2017 Nagashima program!Dr ...

What's the same and different? Thoughts from our Myanmar representative

Otemae University’s Myanmar representative, Thu Thu, visited Japan earlier this month to learn a bit more about our university and Japanese culture. She shares her thoughts about the cultura...

Cherry blossoms along the Shuku River, Hyogo

The Shukugawa, or Shuku River - clear and pristine! There are pleasant paths along the river, perfect for a spring stroll or bike ride. A mixture of ...

A warm welcome to our exchange students!

Exchange students for spring semester, 2017. Otemae University staff and students welcomed our exchange students this week as part of our guidance and orientation activities. ...

Wada sensei acknowledged (again!)

Wada sensei with his award A furoshiki, a traditional Japanese wrapping cloth, around the award. Pretty, huh? Animation guru and all-round good guy Atsu...

Strawberry Shortcake flavored yakisoba (fried noodles)

(This article was written by Dr Kathryn Tanaka)One of the ideas underpinning Otemae's Language Education of Otemae (LEO) classes are that students should use English to talk about things that...

The Shuku River project

Hi everyoneJJ here. Today I’d just like to share with you a project we did to promote ecotourism around the Shuku River area.  The Shuku River project was completed last semes...

Otemae students speak at the Human Rights forum 2017 in Hyogo

(This article was written by Dr Kathryn Tanaka)On February 4, 2017, Aika Hasegawa and Mizuki Mikawa, two Otemae sophomore students from our Department of Cultural and Historical Studies and the ...