Fourteen days, in chapters.
Lessons · Excursions · Community — the schedule adjusts for weather and local events.
Arrival — Takamatsu
We pick you up at Takamatsu Airport (TAK), 45 minutes from campus. A bowl of sanuki udon on the way, a short circle to learn everyone's names, dorm key.
— arrival day is short on program, long on jet-lagCampus orientation
Tour of the PLH Sanuki campus — dorms, classrooms, the café. Meet the bilingual staff and the Japanese students who share the summer with you.
Japanese placement
Not a test. A 1-on-1 chat with our instructors. Groups set for the two weeks — any level welcome, including zero.
First temple walk
A quiet section of the 1,200-year-old Shikoku 88 pilgrimage route, in the hills above town. You'll learn the etiquette, then the kanji on the gates.
— 1,200 years of footsteps before yoursRitsurin Garden
One of Japan's finest landscape gardens — 400 years of living art in Takamatsu. Sketchbooks optional, matcha mandatory.
Cooking class
With a local grandmother. Okonomiyaki, miso soup from scratch, how to actually hold chopsticks.
Tsuda Beach
Swim day on the Seto Inland Sea. 15 minutes from campus. Bring a towel.
A typical day.
most days repeat this shape ↓ ↓ ↓- 07:30Breakfast on campus — home-style Japanese
- 09:00Japanese lessons (JLPT-aligned, by level)
- 12:00Lunch
- 13:30Cultural excursion — temples, gardens, markets, beaches
- 16:30Free time & mixed activities with Japanese students
- 19:00Dinner together
- 20:00Culture & reflection — games, calligraphy, journaling
- 22:00Lights out