Cultural Anthropological and Ethnological Studies in Japan

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The following is a list of Departments and Research Institutes in Japan where one may study cultural anthropology and/or ethnology at the postgraduate level or above. We have tried our best but the list is still not complete yet.

Hokkaido-Tohoku Area Kanto Area Chubu Area Kinki Area Chugoku-Shikoku-Kyushu-Okinawa Area

Hokkaido-Tohoku Area

• Hokkaido University
  Department of History and Cultural Anthropology
  Department of Northern Culture Studies
  Nishi 7-chome, Kita 10-jo, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0810
  http://www.hokudai.ac.jp/letters/english/index_e.html
  

• Tohoku University
  Program in Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Arts and Letters
  Kawaguchi Aoba-ku, Sendai City, Miyagi, 980-8576
  http://www.sal.tohoku.ac.jp/anthropology/(Available in Japanese)
  

• Tohoku University
  Devision of Social Anthropology, Graduate School of Environmental Studies
  http://www.cneas.tohoku.ac.jp/jap/organization/dse/index.htm (Available in Japanese)
  Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan
  

• Yamagata University
  Graduate School of Social and Cultural Studies
  1-4-12 Kojirakawa-machi, Yamagata, 990-8560
  

Kanto Area

• Utsunomiya University
  The Graduate School of International Studies
  350 Mine-machi, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, 321-8505
  http://www.fis.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp/fis/index.htm

• University of Tsukuba
  Institute of History and Anthropology
  Tennodai, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki, 305-8571
  http://www.histanth.tsukuba.ac.jp/minzoku/index.html (Available in Japanese)
  

• Saitama University
  Department of Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Liberal Arts
  255 Shimo-Okubo, Urawa City, Saitama, 338-0825
  http://www.kyy.saitama-u.ac.jp/~ccc/index.html (Available in Japanese)
  

• Chiba University
  Department of Cultural Anthropology, Graduate School of Humanities
  1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba-City, Chiba, 263-0022
  http://vega.l.chiba-u.ac.jp/(temporarily unavailable)
  

• National Museum of Japanese History
  117 Jonai-cho, Sakura City, Chiba, 285-8502
  http://www.rekihaku.ac.jp/index_ne.html
  

• Japan Women's University
  1-1-1 Nishi-Ikuta, Tama-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa, 214-8565
  http://www.ikuta.jwu.ac.jp/cs/ (Available in Japanese)
  

• Hitotsubashi University
  Department of Social Anthropology
  Graduate School of Social Sciences
  2-1 Naka, Kunitachi City, Tokyo, 186-8061
  http://anthropology.soc.hit-u.ac.jp/ (Available in Japanese)
  

• Keio University
  Dept. of Ethnology & Archaeology, Faculty of Letters
  2-15-45 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0073 Japan
  fax: +81-3-3798-7480
  description: MA & PhD courses. Integration of History and Archaeology, Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology. Biological Anthropology is compulsory.
  

• Ochanomizu University
  Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences
  2-1-1 Ohtsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 112-8610 Japan
  http://www.ocha.ac.jp/index-e.html
  Description: Ochanomizu University is a prominent Japanese institution for women's higher education with 130 years of history and tradition. We offer both master's and doctoral programs in cultural anthropology with special emphasis on gender studies. Master's program is offered at the Department of Gender and Development Studies, Division of Gender and Social Sciences. Doctoral program is offered at the Department of Gender Studies, Division of Interdisciplinary Gender Studies. For details, please feel free to contact Professor Satoshi Tanahashi(Tanahashi.satoshi@ocha.ac.jp).
  

• Seijo University
  Graduate School of Literature
  6-1-20, Seijo, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 157-8511 Japan
  http://www.seijo.ac.jp/
  Description: The Graduate School of Literature, Seijo University, offers master's and doctoral programs in Japanese Cultural Studies. For further information, please contact Dr. T. Uesugi (uesugi@seijo.ac.jp).
  

• Sophia University
  Institute of Asian Cultures
  7-1, Kioicho, Chiyodaku, Tokyo 102-8554 Japan
  

• Tokyo Metropolitan University
  Major in Social Anthropology, Graduate School of Humanities
  1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji City, Tokyo, 192-0397
  Email: itomakot@bcomp.metro-u.ac.jp
  http://www.bcomp.metro-u.ac.jp/shajin/ (Available in Japanese)
  

• Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
  Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa
  4-51-21 Nishigahara, Kita-ku, Tokyo 114-0024
  http://www.aa.tufs.ac.jp/index_e.html
  

• Toyo University
  Graduate Program for Sociology
  Department of Sociology
  5-28-20 Hakusan, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8606
  http://www.soc.toyo.ac.jp/index_e.html
  

• The University of Tokyo
  Department of Cultural Anthropology, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
  3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8902
  http://bunjin.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/english/front/frame.html
  

• The University of Tokyo
  Graduate School of Education
  Social Sciences in Education
  Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033
  http://www.p.u-tokyo.ac.jp/postgraduate/feature_e.html
  Description: Sociology, Anthropology, Economics are utilized to study such issues as educational organaizations, the systems of higher education, the social implications of education, and comparative inter-cultural studies on globalizing educational processes.
  

• The University of Tokyo
  Institute of Oriental Culture
  Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
  http://www.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index-e.html
  description: Asian Studies in interdisciplinary (Humanities and Social Sciences) perspective
  

• Tokyo Gakugei University
  Asian Studies Program, International Education Course
  4-1-1, Nukui-kitamachi, Koganei-shi, Tokyo 184-8501, Japan
  

• Chubu University
  Study of International Relations
  Graduate School of Global Humanics
  1200 Matsumoto-machi, Kasugai 487-8501, Japan
  http://www2.chubu.ac.jp/global_humanics/ItnRelations/index.html
  

• Nagoya University
  Department of Anthropology and Ethnology
  Comparative Studies of Humanities and Social Sciences Division
  Graduate School of Letters
  Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
  

• Nanzan University
  Department of Anthropology
  18 Yamazato-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya City, 466-8673
  

• Kyoto University
  Department of International Cultural Studies, Faculty of Integrated Human Studies & Graduate School of Human and Environment Studies
  Yoshida-Nihonmatsu-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501
  email: fukui@gaia.h.kyoto-u.ac.jp
  Staff: FUKUI Katsuyoshi (Professor), SUGAWARA Kazuyoshi (Professor), YAMADA Takako (Associate Professor)
  http://www.h.kyoto-u.ac.jp/english/ic.html
  

• Kyoto University
  Center for African Area Studies
  46 Shimoadachi-cho, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501
  email:ohta@jambo.africa.kyoto-u.ac.jp,shigeta@jambo.africa.kyoto-u.ac.jp, kimura@jambo.africa.kyoto-u.ac.jp
  http://jambo.africa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/index.html
  description: The Center aims to promote basic studies of nature, man, and culture in Africa employing the ecological method in its broad sense. Its staff teach the Course of African Studies, in the Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University. A new plan is prepared to establish an independent Graduate School for Asian and African Studies in April, 1998.
  

• Kyoto University
  Center for Southeast Asian Studies
  46 Shimo-adachicho, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501
  http://www.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/
  

• Kyoto Bunkyo University
  Department of Cultural Anthropology
  80 Senzoku, Makishima-cho, Uji City, Kyoto 611-0041
  

  http://www.kbu.ac.jp/kbu/english/ca.html
  

• International Research Center for Japanese Sutudies (Nichibunken)
  3-2, Oeyamacho, Goryo, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 610-1192
  http://www.nichibun.ac.jp/Welcome_e.html
  

• National Museum of Ethnology
  10-1 Senri Expo Park, Suita, Osaka 565-8511
  fax: 81-6-878-7503
  http://www.minpaku.ac.jp/english/
  

• The Japan Center for Area Studies
  National Museum of Ethnology, Senri Expo Park, Suita, Osaka 565-8511
  email: jcasmail@idc.minpaku.ac.jp
  http://www.minpaku.ac.jp/english/jcas/
  

• Osaka University
  Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Human Sciences
  Suita-shi, Osaka 565-0871
  http://anthropology.hus.osaka-u.ac.jp/ (Available in Japanese)
  

• Kobe University
  Graduate School of Cultural Studies and Human Studies.(master course)
  Graduate School of Culture Studies(doctor course)
  1-2-1Tsurukabuto, Nada, Kobe city, Japan 657-8501
  email: goda@cs.cla.kobe-u.ac.jp
  http://ccs.cla.kobe-u.ac.jp/Sojinka/index-jp.html (Available in Japanese)
  description: Our teaching staffs are 3 professors and 2 associate professors of social anthropology covering southeast asia, oceania and central and south america in master course and one professor in doctor course.
  

• Nara Women's University
  Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences(master course; doctor course)
  Kitauoya-nishimachi, Nara 630-8506
  http://www.nara-wu.ac.jp/
  Staff: SANO Toshiyuki, MATSUOKA Etsuko, TERAOKA Shingo, OGAWA Nobuhiko, UCHIDA Tadayoshi
  

Chugoku-Shikoku-Kyushu-Okinawa Area

• Okayama University
  Faculty of Letters
  3-1-1 Tsushima-Naka, Okayama 700-8530
  

• Hiroshima University
  Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences
  2-1 Kagamiyama 1 chome, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-0046
  

• The University of Tokushima
  Graduate School of Human and Natural Environment Sciences
  1-1 Minamijosanjima-cho, Tokushima-shi, Tokushima 770-0814
  fax: 81-886-56-7298
  http://www.ias.tokushima-u.ac.jp/index-e.html
  

• Fukuoka University
  Graduate School of Humanities, Course of Socio-Cultural studies (MA)
  8-19-1, Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka 814-0180
  http://www.fukuoka-u.ac.jp/english/indexe.htm

• Kyushu University
  Graduate School of Social and Cultural Studies
  4-2-1 Ropponmatsu, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-8560
  http://www.scs.kyushu-u.ac.jp/index.html
  

• Kyushu University
  Graduate School of Human-Environment Studies
  6-19-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka-shi 812-8581
  http://www.arch.kyushu-u.ac.jp/human/index.html
  description: B.A., M.A. and Ph.D courses are available in Cultural Anthropology, Religious Anthropology
  and Educational Anthropology at Graduate School of Human-Environment Studies.
  

• Seinan Gakuin University
  Graduate School of International Cultures
  6-2-92 Nishijin Sawara-ku Fukuoka-shi 814-8511
  http://www.seinan-gu.ac.jp/university/english/
  e-mail: gra@seinan-gu.ac.jp
  

• Kagoshima University Research Center for the Pacific Islands
  1-21-24 Korimoto, Kagoshima, 890-8580
  fax: 81-99-256-9358
  http://cpi.kagoshima-u.ac.jp/index.html
  

• University of the Ryukyus
  Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (MA, Doctor's Program)
  1 Senbaru Nishihara-cho Okinawa 903-0213
  http://www.u-ryukyu.ac.jp/for_examinee/humanties_social/humanties_s_index.html (Available in Japanese)
  

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