All dates and activities are tentative and subject to change.
Fall 2026
| Month | Date | Event | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
August |
| 31 (M) |
| Students depart USA |
September | 1 (T) | Students arrive at orientation hotel | ||
2-4 (W-F) | Orientation | |||
4 (F) | Welcome Party at orientation hotel | |||
Move to housing | ||||
7 (M) | Elective classes start | |||
Bicycle & self-defense/safety workshop | ||||
7-9 (M-W) | Japanese review days | |||
10 (TH) | Japanese Placement Test | |||
11 (F) | Japanese Oral Exam | |||
Disaster Prevention Center | ||||
14 (M) | Respect for the Aged Day, Class Day | |||
Japanese classes start | ||||
End of drop/add period | ||||
24 (T) | Autumn Equinox Day, Class Day | |||
October | 30-2 (W-F) | Fall Field Trip | ||
12 (M) | Health and Sports Day, No Classes | |||
November | 3 (T) | Culture Day | ||
2-6 (M-F) | Fall Break | |||
9-13 (M-F) | Spring Registration | |||
23 (M) | Labor Thanksgiving Day | |||
26-28 (W-F) | Doshisha Eve Festival, Class Days | |||
29 (S) | Doshisha Eve Day | |||
December | 9-11 (W-F) | Elective class finals | ||
11 (F) | Last day of classes | |||
14-15 (M-T) | Japanese final exams | |||
15 (T) | End of semester get together | |||
16 (W) | Winter break starts | |||
20 (S) | Program ends for Fall-only students. Fall-only students leave housing. | |||
Spring 2027
| Month | Date | Event | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4 (M) | Spring-only students depart USA | ||
| 5 (T) | Spring-only students arrive at orientation hotel | |||
| 6 (W) | General Orientation | |||
| Full-year and Spring-only students meet (required) | ||||
| Lunch and campus tour | ||||
| Spring-only students: Disaster Prevention Center | ||||
| 7 (TH) | Spring-only students: Housing orientation & Resident Registration | |||
| 8 (F) | Spring-only students: Japanese orientation & placement test | |||
| New Year’s Party at orientation hotel | ||||
| Spring-only students: Move to housing | ||||
| 11 (M) | Coming of Age Day | |||
| Elective classes start | ||||
| Japanese Oral Exam (Spring-only students), Japanese classes (Full-year students) | ||||
| Spring-only students: Bicycle & self-defense/safety workshop | ||||
| 12 (T) | Japanese classes start | |||
| 18 (M) | End of drop/add period for elective classes | |||
| 19 (T) | End of drop/add period for Japanese classes | |||
| February | 11 (TH) | National Foundation Day, No Classes | ||
| 12 (F) | No Classes | |||
| 23 (T) | Emperor’s Birthday, Class day | |||
| March | 3-5 (W-F) | Spring-only students: Program Field Trip | ||
| Full-year students: Hitoritabi | ||||
| 12 (F) | Hitoritabi presentations | |||
| 22 (M) | Vernal Equinox Day, No Classes | |||
| April | 12-13 (M-T) | Elective class finals | ||
| 13 (T) | Last day of classes | |||
| 14-15 (W-TH) | Japanese final exams | |||
| 15 (TH) | End of semester get together | |||
| 16 (F) | Closing Ceremony | |||
| 17-19 (ST-M) | Free days | |||
| 20 (T) | Program ends. Leave housing. |