• April 1, 1895: Kyoto Prefectural Agricultural School is established in Aza Shichiku Daimon, Omiya Village, Otagi-gun, Kyoto Prefecture.

• September 18, 1896: The school is moved to the new facilities in Katsura, Kadono-gun, Kyoto Pref..

• April 1, 1918: Classes are given at the new schoolhouse in Shimogamo Village, Otagi-gun, Kyoto Pref..

• March 28, 1927: The establishment of Kyoto Prefectural Women's Vocational School in Matsugasaki Village, Kyoto Pref., is approved.

• April 1, 1927: Kyoto Prefectural Women's Vocational School opens using a part of the facilities of Kyoto Prefectural Women's High School No. 1.

• April 1, 1933: Approval is granted for Kyoto Prefectural Women's Vocational School to move to new facilities in Katsura, Kadono-gun, Kyoto Pref.

• April 1, 1944: Kyoto Prefectural College of Agriculture and Forestry opens.

• February, 1949: Under the School Education Act, the establishment of a new university is approved, based on integration of the Kyoto Prefectural Vocational School of Agriculture and Forestry and Kyoto Prefectural Women's Vocational School.

• April 1, 1949: Saikyo University is inaugurated as a new university having two faculties, i.e. the Faculty of Letters and Domestic Science and the Faculty of Agriculture.

• April 1, 1951: Saikyo University establishes Saikyo Women's Junior College.

• May 1 1959: Celebrating the 10th anniversary of its establishment, Saikyo University changes its name to "Kyoto Prefectural University" and the name of its women's junior college to "Kyoto Prefectural University Women's Junior College."

• April 18, 1962: University facilities are integrated at the present location in Shimogamo, Kyoto City.

• April 1, 1970: The Faculty of Letters and Domestic Science is divided into the Faculty of Letters and the Faculty of Domestic Science.

• April 1, 1977: The Faculty of Domestic Science is renamed the Faculty of Life Sciences.

• April 1, 1983: Graduate School of Agriculture establishes a Doctoral Course.

• November 5, 1995: Kyoto Prefectural University celebrates the 100th anniversary of its foundation.

• April 1, 1997: Acceptance of applications for enrollment in the Women's Junior College is discontinued.

• April 1, 2003: Doctoral courses are established in the Department of Japanese and Chinese Literatures (Graduate School of Letters), the Department of Welfare Society (Graduate School of Welfare Society), and in the Department of Environmental Information (Graduate School of Human & Environmental Sciences).

• April 1, 2008: The Kyoto Prefectural Public University Corporation was established for management of Kyoto Prefectural University and Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine. Established new system consisting of 3 faculties, i.e. the Faculty of Letters, the Faculty of Public Policy, and the Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences. The Graduate School of Public Policy and the Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences were established.

• July 8, 2009: Kyoto Policy Institute was established.

• April 1, 2011: Seika Campus was established.

• April 1, 2012: Vice presidential position was established.

• October 1, 2014: Kyoto Institute of Japanese Diet Culture was established.

• April 1, 2017: Kyoto Institute for Regional Prospects was established.

• April 1, 2019: The Department of Japanese Food Culture was established.

History

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Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

Kyoto Prefectural Public University Corporation

Administrative Bureau

Department of Academic Affairs

Department of Student Affairs

Faculty of Letters

Faculty of Public Policy

Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences

University Library

Liberal Arts Education Center

Kyoto Institute for

Regional Prospects

Administration Division

Planning Division

Graduate School of Letters

University Farm

University Forests

Seika Campus Office

Graduate School of Public

Policy

Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences

Academic and Student Affairs Division

Organization

Kyoto Institute of

Japanese Food Culture

University Forests Office

As of May 1st, 2019

Students

Faculties

Total

Men Women

1875 744 1131

Faculty of Letters 518 166 352

Faculty of Public Policy 454 178 276

Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences 903 400 503

Graduate Schools

Total

Men Women

242 135 107

Japanese Chinese Literature Course 11 3 8

English Linguistics, English Literature, and American Literature Course 9 4 5

Historical Studies Course 36 26 10

Public Policy Course 8 5 3

Welfare Society Course 16 10 6

Division of Applied Life Sciences 98 46 52

Division of Environmental Sciences 64 41 23

Students Ground Total 2117 879 1238

Teachers and Staff

Number of Full-time Teachers Total

153

Faculty of Letters 40

Faculty of Public Policy 25

Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences

(Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences) 88

Number of Staff 57

Number of Students, Teachers, and Staff

Field Programs

Field Seminar of Kyoto Culture Studies

Visiting historical sites which are recognized as the essence of Kyoto, students experience the stories of classical literature such as The Tale of Genji, The Tale of the Heike and others based on specialized instruction.

Study Program for World Cultural Heritage Sites I, II

These are study programs for language and culture in Sydney, Australia or Regensburg, Germany. With

the field study of the World Cultural Heritage sites, students deepen their understanding of a different

culture and acquire the ability to give a presentation on the subject.

The Faculty of Letters works towards accumulating the wisdom of mankind in the areas of cultural and social issues. The facul ty carries out in-depth research and thorough education in the specialized areas of language, literature, history, cultural assets, and Japanese food culture. The faculty also strives toward developing new fields of research and education that may work as an intellectual base in order to respond to the variety of issues that come about in modern and regional society. In addition, we also cultivate human resources that can respond appropriately to regional culture and other issues. We also contribute to international society by providing students with a wide range of

knowledge, a strong sense of humanity, high-level expertise, and a comprehensive perspective through an ongoing research and education.

Four Departments

Department of Japanese and Chinese Literature

In the Department of Japanese and Chinese Literature, students study Japanese linguistics, Japanese literature and Chinese literature in their relation to each other.

Department of European and American Linguistic Cultures

In the Department of European and American Linguistic Cultures, students study

European and American linguistic cultures, the English language, English education

studies, Japanese-English translation culture, and international cultural exchange.

Department of Historical Studies

In the Department of Historical Studies, students study the historical progress of

society and culture, and philosophy of the world, centering on the culture of Japan.

Department of Japanese Food Culture (established in April 2019)

In the Department of Japanese Food Culture, students study Japanese traditional food culture from the perspectives of history and literature, as well as covering food science and food business management.

Kyoto, Foreign Languages, Cultural Heritage, Japanese Food, and Fieldwork! International Kyoto Studies Program

The Faculty of Letters offers the “International Kyoto Studies Program” as a compulsory program for all students. This program aims to nurture individuals who will contribute to Kyoto’s regional society and the international exchange of culture and education. In addition, the program fosters an international outlook, a rich store of knowledge and excellent research skills.

In addition to the program, the “Introduction to International Kyoto Studies (inter-department course)”, lectures, seminars, and fieldwork courses are also available at our four departments. They are the “Lecture of International Kyoto Studies”, “Documentary Seminar of International Kyoto Studies”, “Field Seminar of International Kyoto Studies”, “Field Seminar of Kyoto Culture Studies”, “Field Policy Studies of Cultural Heritage”, and the “Field Seminar of Japanese Food Culture.” A “Study Program for World Cultural Heritage Sites” is also held in Germany and Australia with domestic preparatory courses given prior to departure.

Faculty of Letters

From Kyoto to the World

The Department of Japanese Food Culture was established in April 2019 in order to cultivate individuals who will contribute to the Japanese food culture in future generations.

Following the registration of “Traditional Japanese Cuisine” to UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List in 2013, there is a growing demand for educating people who can take the lead in the preservation of the values of Japanese food culture and develop it. In order to meet such requirement, our curriculum for Japanese food culture enables students to learn a wide and diverse range of subjects including historical studies, literature, business administration, tourism, food science, and agriculture. On the basis of findings gained through a liberal arts education and International Kyoto Studies Program (compulsory subject for the students of the Faculty of Letters), the students deepen their expertise by reading literature and carrying out fieldwork.

Topics

Our department provides students with an opportunity to experience the essence of Japanese food culture through a unique seminar

and workshop in Kyoto, which is considered the heart of Japanese traditional culture.

Japanese Food Culture Seminar II (Kyoto vegetables)

Japanese Food Culture Workshop II (Workshop of Japanese cuisine)

Field Programs

Field Seminar of International Kyoto Studies

With the field investigations for the cultural assets in Kyoto, students deeply understand the

history and learn how to preserve, utilize, and convey the information of those cultural assets.

Field Seminar of Japanese Food Culture

With the field investigations for the cultural assets in Kyoto, students deeply understand the

history and learn how to preserve, utilize, and convey the information of those cultural assets.

This seminar focuses on the study of Kyoto vegetables,

one of the renowned produces of Kyoto Prefecture.

Students learn va luable in format ion at a fa rm by

performing agricultural practices. They also come to

understand a farmer’s perspective and how much effort

goes into growing vegetables by cultivating the soil

t h e m s e l v e s .

Our students visit the Sugimoto Residence (important cultural

property) in Kyoto, the residence of a kimono merchant

founded in the Edo period. With this fieldwork and practice,

students are able to deepen their understanding of the

everyday life of Kyotoites and their traditional food culture as it

has been inherited by the Sugimoto family.

To build a welfare society that enables us to ensure human development over a lifetime, we provide education and engage in applied research and collaboration with individuals, NPOs, local communities, businesses, and local governments. We encourage our students to become skilled in policy making, problem identification and solving, and to lead a welfare society. Our Faculty has two Departments: the Department of Public Policy and the Department of Welfare Society. Our vision is: “Build a welfare society, Develop public policy”.

Department of Public Policy Our Department conducts research and provides students with the comprehensive theory and methodology in social science fields such as law, political science and economics, and skills that develop public policy toward a welfare society.

Department of Welfare Society Our Department, focusing on human development and well-being, conducts research, provides students with the comprehensive theory, methodology and skills in social science fields such as sociology, social welfare, pedagogy and phycology, and cultivates human resources in a welfare society.

Four Sub-major Courses In addition to the major program, our faculty offers systematic sub-major courses in order to help students to think extensively, to create flexibly and problem-identify multilaterally, which is required in contemporary society. For students at the Department of Public Policy: Social Welfare Program and Human Development Program. For students at the Department of Welfare Society: Social Security Program and Public Policy Program. Given the acquisition of predetermined credit, the students officially can be awarded a certificate of sub-major program as well as bachelor's degree.

Sub-major programs for students at the Department of Publ ic Pol icy

You can take courses from each program • Social Welfare Program General Theory of Social Welfare, Social Welfare for the Elderly, Public Assistance, Child Welfare, Welfare for Disabled People, Criminal Justice, Social Work • Human Development Program General Theory of Sociology, General Theory of Pedagogy, General Theory of Psychology, Lifelong Learning, Development of Personality, Family Sociology

Sub-major programs for students at the Department of Welfare Society

You can take courses from each program • Social Security Program Social Security, Labour Law, Constitutional Law, Public Finance, Social Policy, Economic Policy, Politics, Family Law • Public Policy Program Public Involvement, Local Government, Administrative Law, Policy Process, Regional Economy, Local Public Finance, Practice of Public Policy

Faculty of Public Policy

The Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences encourages students to have the knowledge and technological skills for facilitating the symbiotic relationships between the various activities of human life or industries and natural environments. The purpose is to study the academics of various areas related to Life and Environment in an interdisciplinary and synthetic manner. The ultimate goal is to help students develop into people who play an active part on the front line in areas related to the following subjects: 1. The application of biomolecules and their functions 2. The development of biological functions related to genes, proteins, microbes, plants, and animals and the improvement of

food production 3. The improvement of food environments and human health 4. The improvement of natural environments and information environments 5. The improvement of human lifestyles and life environments 6. The understanding of roles and functions of forests, and their conservation and sustainable utilization

Department of Biomolecular Chemistry The Chemistry of Life Phenomena and Life and Environment ― Nano, Eco, Bio ― Synthetic Chemistry of Functional Molecules, Molecular Nanosystems, Biostructural Chemistry, Biophysical Chemistry, Bioanalytical Chemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Applied Microbiology

Department of Agricultural and Life Sciences From genome to production and distribution: revealing the cutting-edge field of agricultural and life sciences Plant Breeding, Pomology, Vegetable and Ornamental Horticulture, Applied Entomology, Farm Management, Cell and Genome Biology, Plant Resource Science, Genetic Engineering, Plant Pathology, Plant Genome Biology, Molecular Nutrition, Animal Science, Animal Hygiene

Department of Food Sciences and Nutritional Health To eat is to live; to learn about food is to understand humans Nutrition Science, Food Science, Food Hygiene and Environmental Health, Dietary Science, Health Science

Department of Informatics and Environmental Science The path to becoming a science specialist with multiple perspectives to understand science Environmental Measurement Science, Material Design Science, Applied Biology, Informatics Environment Science, Applied Mathematics

Department of Environmental Design Strive for the creation of housing, architectural and life environment and lifestyle! Living Environment Culture, Living Environment Planning, Living Environment Mechanism

Department of Forest Science Conservation and sustainable use of forests for symbiosis of human and all life Forest Ecology, Watershed Management, Forest Resources

Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences

Japanese and Chinese Literature Course【Master's and Doctoral Courses】

The Forefront of Chinese and Japanese Classical Studies The Japanese and Chinese Literatures Course offers programs to carry out highly specialized researches in Japanese Linguistics, Japanese Literature, and Chinese Literature. Students not only acquire specialized knowledge in a specific field, but they can conduct research in other fields closely related to their major with wide and in-depth knowledge. Having completed this course, many students go over to China to continue their studies or teach Japanese overseas, while quite a few Chinese students come to our School to study. Making full use of this outstanding system for research and education, we aim to produce specialists including researchers and well-qualified teachers of Japanese who can deal with various subjects related to these three fields from a broader point of view.

English Linguistics, English Literature, and American Literature Courses【Master's and Doctoral Courses】

Nurture Capable Individuals with International Sensitivity and English Proficiency Our course offers postgraduate programs in English Literature, American Literature, English Linguistics, and UK-Japan Cultural Exchange. In the fields of English Literature and American Literature, students carry out research on the classics of British and American literature and the works of modern writers. In the field of English Linguistics, students carry out research into English linguistics, English education, and translation studies. In the field of U.K.-Japan Cultural Exchange, students carry out research on Japan’s International Connections with a focus on the U.K. We also offer German and French Literature to enhance our curriculum by taking into account American and European language cultures. All classes are small-group lessons with an emphasis on discussion and presentations to allow students to develop their skills in self-expression. With carefully planned guidance by advisers and a consistent system of research and education throughout the Master's and Doctoral courses, we cultivate international perspectives, excellent research abilities, and a high-level of English proficiency.

Historical Studies Course【Master's and Doctoral Courses】

Inherit and Develop Historical Wisdom and Return it to Society The Historical Studies Course offers the following programs: Japanese History & History of Japanese Culture; Oriental History & History of Oriental Cultures; Occidental History & History of Occidental Cultures; Cultural Heritages Studies. In the Japanese History & History of Japanese Culture course students make research on primitive, ancient and modern times, and develop their ability to carry out in-depth historical research. In the Oriental History & History of Oriental Culture course and in the Occidental History & History of Occidental Culture course students make research on the history of East Asia and Europe. In both the Master’s and Doctoral courses students level up their ability to carry out research on history and culture from ancient to modern times with an international perspective. In the Cultural Heritages Studies Course, students establish new historical research on the basis of archaeology, geography, and historical information. Through the research and education in the Master’s and Doctoral courses, we cultivate researchers at universities and other research institutes, teachers with specialized certificate, specialists in cultural heritages, curators, archivists, professionals at international cultural research institutes.

Graduate School of Letters

Public Policy course【Master's and Doctoral courses】 We prepare researchers and professionals who can develop public policy.

To advance multi-level governed public policies for sustainable development, we prepare highly professionals and researchers in addressing policy-making, public management and governance through high quality academic and professional programs that span law, economics, political science and policy studies. The Master’s and Doctoral programs provide students with core competencies in legal systems, policy analysis and evaluation methods, public administrative and financial management in a wide variety of policy areas. Graduate students are to take coursework in those area above and also individual meetings for mentoring and direction for thesis or dissertation.

Welfare Society course【Master's and Doctoral courses】 We prepare researchers and professionals who can become leaders in a welfare society.

Graduate program of the Welfare Society course, as we strive for a welfare society, provides students with core competencies to lead and support professional practice in human development well-being. The Master's and Doctoral programs have interdisciplinary components such as Social Work, Sociology, Pedagogy and Psychology. We encourage interaction of knowledge from different disciplines. Graduate students are to take coursework in those area above and also individual meetings for mentoring and direction for thesis or dissertation.

Joint Research To make studies in welfare society and public policy fields develop, our faculty has organized the Welfare Society Study Group. A Welfare Forum has been held every year since 2000 as a forum for the exchange of ideas and research findings on welfare society and public policy. We annually have published two Bulletins: The Review of Welfare Society and The Scientific Reports of Kyoto Prefectural University Public Policy, since 2000 and 2009, respectively. In collaboration with the Kyoto Institute for Regional Prospects (KIRP) as a research partner, we provide individuals, public sector and non-profit organizations access to the intellectual resources and practical experience of our faculty in order to contribute to improvement of governance in the community, region and beyond, and quality of life.

Graduate School of Public Policy

Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences

Subject Group and Laboratory

Subject Group Laboratory

Plant Production Technoscience

•Plant Breeding •Vegetable and Ornamental Horticulture •Pomology •Cell and Genome Biology •Plant Resource Science •Farm Management •Applied Entomology

Food Sciences and Nutritional Health

•Nutrition Science •Food Science •Food Hygiene and Environmental Health •Dietary Science •Health Science

Plant Molecular Biology

•Genetic Engineering •Plant Pathology •Plant Molecular Biology •Plant Genome Pathology

Animal Biology

•Molecular Nutrition •Animal Science •Animal Hygiene

Materials and Life Sciences

•Synthetic Chemistry of Functional Molecules •Molecular Nanosystems •Biostructural Chemistry •Biophysical Chemistry •Soil Chemistry •Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry •Applied Microbiology •Material Design Science

Division of Applied Life Sciences【Master’s and Doctoral Courses】

Center of diverse and interdisciplinary research in life sciences

The Division of Applied Life Sciences, engaging in various issues of life sciences that humanity confronts, offers high-quality teaching and various opportunities for research aimed at conserving global environments and developing new technologies to improve humanity's welfare. This course conducts researches by utilizing the knowledge and technology from a vast array of scientific fields such as materials and life science, that handles materials related to life and environments at the molecular level; the field of science that elucidates and applies the functions of animals, plants, and microorganisms; the science of food production that serves as the basis of our diet; and the science of foods and physical activity with a focus on humans. We intend to train experts who, through this course, can take on the leadership role in these fields.

Research on materials using ostrich antibodies is performed.

Division of Environmental Sciences【Master’s and Doctoral Courses】

Working towards the preservation of the environment and the development of a sustainable society

From our daily living environment to nature's ecosystems, the aims of the Division of Environmental Sciences are to conserve the organically interrelated environment, and to contribute to the development of a sustainable society. This is why we offer opportunities for research in relation to the following fields: Forest Science with regard to forest ecosystems, prevention of disasters in mountainous regions, and wood-based resources; Life Environment Science in relation to architecture, housing, living design and landscapes; and Applied Mathematics and Information Environment Science in relation to mathematics, physics, and informatics and their applications in models and simulation technologies, which are very useful for solving issues of environmental science. We aim to train students with broad perspectives and applied skills.

Subject Group and Laboratory

Subject Group Laboratory

Forest Science •Forest Ecology •Watershed Management •Forest Resources

Life Environment Science •Living Environment Culture •Living Environment Planning •Living Environment Mechanism

Applied Mathematics and Information Environment Science

•Environmental Information System Studies •Environmental Applied Mathematics

Academic Exchange Agreements

Note: Asterisk (*) indicates universities with an agreement for inter-departmental exchanges.

Country Universities or Research Institutes Effective Date of

Agreement

Canada University Laval Mar. 2009

People’s Republic of China

X’ian International Studies University Mar. 1982

Yunnan Agricultural University Aug. 2004

Shaanxi Normal University May 2015

Huaquiao University Oct. 2016

Donghua University Mar. 2017

Nanjing Forestry University Nov. 2017

Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology July 2019

Kingdom of Thailand

King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (*) Jan. 2010

Mahidol University (*) July 2013

Thaksin University (*) Dec. 2014

Prince of Songkla University (*) Oct. 2018

Republic of Indonesia Tadulako University Mar. 2013

Socialist Republic of Viet Nam Hanoi Medical University (*) Nov. 2015

Republic of Korea Hansung University July 2017

Republic of Philippines University of the Philippines Ros Baños July 2017

Republic of Austria University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna Oct. 2009

Federal Republic of Germany University of Regensburg (*) Dec. 2013

The French Republic The University François-Rabelais of Tours Jun. 2016

University Paris-Est Créteil Val de Marne Mar. 2019

Republic of Uganda Makerere University (*) Sep. 2015

Commonwealth of Australia Macquarie University (*) Aug. 2017

The United State of America Portland State University (*) Sept. 2018

As of November 1, 2019

International Exchange

Agreements

Shimogamo Campus Under Kyoto Prefectural Government’s plan to develop the Kitayama area into a zone for cultural activities, the following

facilities were constructed at our University’s Shimogamo Campus.

Kyoto Institute, Library and Archives

This facility was built as the center of cultural study in the Kitayama area of Kyoto, adding the function of studying, supporting and discussing Kyoto’s history and culture to the original function of the previous Kyoto Prefectural Library and Archives. The university library and laboratories of the Faculty of Letters are located in this facility. On the 1st floor, large and small halls, display rooms, and study rooms are located. On the 2nd floor, there are written materials, documents and archives (approximately 940,000), and also approximately 2,000 kinds of academic journals owned by the Kyoto Institute, Library and Archives, KPU and Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine. The laboratories, training rooms, and seminar rooms of the Faculty of Letters are located on the 3rd and 4th floors and provide a lively and active learning space.

University Library In the university library, approximately 220,000 specialized and liberal books are arranged of KPU’s approximately 460,000-item strong collection. In addition to these, approximately 1,500 kinds of academic journals, academic reports, theses for Master's and Doctoral degrees, public relations magazines and books written by teachers at KPU are provided and used by students, teachers and the general public. A service is available for acquiring or borrowing materials or copies of materials that are not kept in KPU from other university libraries, Kyoto prefecture’s public libraries, or the National Diet Library. Reading electronic journals or books is possible in the Internet Corner. Group laboratories or individual research rooms are also available. The university library is located on the 2nd floor and basement floor of the Kyoto Institute, Library and Archives.

Joint Facility for Liberal Arts (Inamori Commemorative Hall)

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In this facility, students of the three universities (KPU, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto Institute of Technology) take liberal arts classes that are jointly run by the three aforementioned universities. There are nine lecture rooms and study rooms for students on the 1st and 2nd floors. There is also a restaurant open to both students and the general public.

Inamori Commemorative Hall Deli Cafe Tamago (on the 1st floor)

Seika Campus

Seika Campus is located in “Keihanna Science City” in Seika-cho, in the south of Kyoto prefecture. The campus incorporates five

laboratories; pomology, vegetable and ornamental horticulture, cell and genome biology, plant resource science, and genetic

engineering. The campus also possesses the affiliated farm and the Incubation Lab, which enables study and research to be carried

out in a comfortable and natural environment. The campus plays a pivotal role as the center of intellectual activities in “Keihanna

Science City”.

Affiliated Farm and Others

The farm affiliated with the Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences (9.7 ha in size) incorporates facilities such as a glass greenhouse with modern equipment and a 3.5-ha planted area consisting of crops, rice paddies, and orchards. Both education and research are performed on this farm. The joint main hall operated by the University Farm and the adjacent Kyoto Prefectural Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Technology Center is equipped with the Lecture & AV Hall which is fitted with a remote lecture system. It is also equipped with seminar rooms, a snack room, lounge, and shower rooms, etc., and so is also used for training and workshop camps.

University Forests

The Ohe forest site, one of the university forests of KPU was established in 1902. At present, we have various forest types spread over six sites throughout Kyoto Prefecture: Japanese cedar and cypress plantations, coppice forests, natural forests with cool-temperate deciduous trees, and bamboo forests. The university forests are used for undergraduate fieldwork and as study sites for students and faculties. We also open fields and facilities of the university forests to people through Field Seminars. In the largest Forest of Ohno (403 ha), located in Miyama-cho, Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture, the school building

can accommodate up to 50 people a night.

Take Kyoto Subway Karasuma Line at JR Kyoto station to Kitayama Station (15 min.), 7 min walk from the Kitayama station brings you to KPU main gate. (Approximately 600m toward south from the station.)

Access to KPU

As the main entrance to Japan, there are two international airports, Narita and Kansai International Airport. You can reach Kyoto through both airports.

From Narita International Airport, you can take Narita Express to Tokyo station and transfer to the JR Tokaido Shinkansen to Kyoto Station. It takes about 2.5 hours from Tokyo station to Kyoto station. From Kansai International airport, you can take JR Haruka Express to Kyoto station. It takes about 75 min from Kansai international airport to Kyoto station.

Contact International Center: kokusai@kpu.ac.jp

Website: www.kpu.ac.jp

(Press “English” at right top corner.)

As the main entrances to Japan, there are two International Airports, Narita International Airport and Kansai International Airport. You can reach through both airports.

Kyoto Botanical Gardens (on the west side of KPU)

Kamo River