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Skidmore College
Off-Campus Study & Exchanges

Japanese Culture and Art

Sample Itinerary*

Sunday, May 19 - Depart NYC

Monday, May 20 - Arrive Kansai Internationl Airport. Settle into hotel

Tuesday, May 21 - Osaka Castle, Osaka Museum of History, and Dotonbori

Wednesday, May 22 - The National Museum of Art, Shitennoji Temple, and Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts

Thursday, May 23 - Student Collaboration at Osaka Seikei University kimono student

Friday, May 24 - Student Collaboration at Osaka Seikei University

Saturday, May 25 - Osaka Museum of Housing and Living and Maikoya (tea ceremony)

Sunday, May 26 - Travel to Kyoto

Monday, May 27 - Kyoto Imperial Palace, Nishiki Market, and Kinkaku-ji Temple

Tuesday, May 28 - Kyoto National Museum and the Museum of Kyoto

Wednesday, May 29 - Fushimi Inari Shrine and Kyoto Station

Thursday, May 30 - Kiyomizu-dera Temple and Nijo Castle

Friday, May 31 - Student Collaboration at Kyoto Seika University

Saturday, June 1 - Travel to Nara, Todaiji Temple, and Nara Park

Sunday, June 2 - Travel to Kyoto and gallery visits

Monday, June 3 - Travel to Osaka and flight out to US

*subject to change