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Pepperdine Launches First Year-Round Japan Program in Kyoto
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- Pepperdine University launched the first cohort of its year-round Japan program in Kyoto.
- About two dozen American students live in a 120-year-old machiya on a quiet Kyoto street.
- Students attend Japanese language classes that teach the adverbial antonym pair mada and mou.
- The program aims to provide immersive cultural experience while contrasting typical tourist activities.