Experience Tokyo and Kyoto temples, neon lights, arcades and anime traffic, all in a country roughly the size of Norway. You'll encounter the contrasts between tradition and technology — from zen gardens to high-speed trains.

You take part in courses and workshops within manga, origami, Chinese painting and Japanese Game Show-inspired activity. Here you will learn techniques and expressions from the East.

On the course is included meditation, yoga, massage and martial arts that gives you training in both body and mind. You experience calmness and strength in a new way.

One week we live as monks in a Monk Week, with activities inspired by the Zen tradition and silence as a method. This gives you an understanding of another rhythm of life and culture.

You get to join Sumo day, a solemn and lively part of the Japanese culture. This is both a physical and cultural challenge that creates memories.

The course subject provides an introduction to Japanese language and the forms of politeness that characterize everyday culture. This gives you tools for travel and cultural community.

We work with samurai era, shinto and yakuza as historical and cultural themes for understanding Japan's values and symbols. Through arts and culture We see how tradition and modern expression affect everyday life.

The course also includes exploration of South Korea, North Korea and China to provide a broader perspective on the region. You will gain insight into how neighboring cultures interrelate with Japan.

We have K-pop day with an introduction to music, dance and the phenomenon surrounding the genre, and use it as an entrance to insight into South Korea today. This gives context to how pop culture, language and society They are connected in the region.

You participate in the Day of the Blind, an exercise inspired by Japanese monks who train presence and sensing without visual impressions. This gives a different understanding of calm, focus and presence in practice.