The schedule for January '07 is shown below:

3rd, Wednesday: Orientation on campus.

4th, Thursday: Orientation on campus.

5th, Friday: Leave Tampa for Tokyo.

6th, Saturday: Arrive in Tokyo.

7th, Sunday: Imperial Palace; Metropolitan Building

Observatory; Shinjuku area.

8th, Monday: Coming of Age Day (Seijin Nohi) at Meiji Shrine;

Harajuku area; Shibuya station.

9th, Tuesday: Japanese language classes begin at the Edo

Cultural center and continue every morning; Akihabara & Tokyo Anime Center.

10th, Wednesday: Tokyo Anime Center (post-recording

experience); Fukagawa Edo Museum.

11th, Thursday: Ueno; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum;

Ueno Zoo or Tokyo National Museum.

12th, Friday: Sumo wrestling at Kokugikan stadium; Edosawa

restaurant for chanko nabe (sumo) dinner.

13th, Saturday: Day trip to Kamakura; Daibutsu (Great Buddha

of Kamakura); temple and shrine visits.

14th, Sunday: Festivals; Kanchu Suiyoku (midwinter bathing

ritual) at Teppozu Inari Shrine or Daikoku Matsuri (burning of the Old New Year's decorations) at Kanda Myojin Shrine.

15th, Monday: Setagaya Boro Ichi (flea market)

16th, Tuesday: Walking Tours.

17th, Wednesday: Ghibli Museum; Kichijoji or Shinjuku.

18th, Thursday: Asakusa Temple and Mooja Okuri ceremony;

Kappabashi (Kitchen Town).

19th, Friday: Edo-furin glass blowing.

20th-21st, Saturday & Sunday: Trip to Nikko. Stay at a

minshiku; visit Nikko World Heritage sites, including Toshogu Shrine, Rinnoji, and Futarasan Shrine.

22nd, Monday: Walking Tour II; Zen meditation.

23rd, Tuesday: Ginza and Kabuki for exploration and two

plays: Shunkyo Kagami Jishi (Young Yayoi and the Spirit of the Lion) and Kirare Otomi (Scarface Otomi).

24th, Wednesday: Museum visits.

25th, Thursday: Tea ceremony, Tokyo Tower.

26th, Friday: Tsukiji fish market, free time, farewell dinner.

27th, Saturday: Leave Tokyo and arrive in Tampa.

30th, Tuesday: Spring 2007 Term begins.