Showa Women's University
| 昭和女子大学 | |
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| Motto | "Be a Light to the World" |
|---|---|
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1920 |
| Chancellor | Noriko Hitomi |
| Location | Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan |
| Campus | Urban |
| Member of | Setagaya 6 Universities consortium |
| Website |
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Showa Women's University (昭和女子大学 Shōwa Joshi Daigaku) is a women's private university in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. It also contains a school with all levels from kindergarten to high school.
History
Japan Women's School of Higher Education (日本女子高等学院, Nihon Joshi Kōtō Gakuin), the predecessor of this university, was established by poet Enkichi Hitomi (pseudonym: Tōmei Hitomi), who gathered together his intelligentsia friends that sympathized with the minds of those fashionable idols at the time, notably Leo Tolstoy, Rabindranath Tagore and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Organisation
Graduate Programs
- Letters
- Human Life Sciences
Undergraduate Programs
- Human Life Sciences
- Human and Social Sciences
- Human Life and Environmental Sciences
Others
- Research Institutes
- Center for General Education
- Junior College
Hitomi Memorial Hall
The Hitomi Kinen Kōdō on the university campus is famous for its great acoustics and has been used for many classical concerts with many famous conductors. Since the opening of Suntory Hall at Akasaka in central Tokyo in October 1986, the number of such prominent concerts have decreased, but it is still sometimes used for concerts open to the public.
Building Five
British School in Tokyo Showa Campus is located in Building 5.[1]
References
- ↑ "Facilities and Location." British School in Tokyo. Retrieved on March 8, 2015. "BST Shibuya Campus – (Nursery to Year 3) Address: 1-21-18 Shibuya Shibuya-ku Tokyo 150-0002" (Map) and "BST Showa Campus – (Year 4 to Year 13) Address: Showa Women’s University 5th Bldg. 1-7-57 Taishido Setagaya-ku Tokyo 154-8533"
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Showa Women's University. |
- Showa Women's University - English, Official website
- Showa Boston Institute for Language and Culture (Showa Boston) - Satellite campus, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Coordinates: 35°38′37.4″N 139°40′32.3″E / 35.643722°N 139.675639°E