Introduction of Club Activities
DESA: Many International Exchanges
Yuko Sawada (Faculty of Law, 3rd Year)
DESA is an official
international exchange club
at Doshisha University. We
perform exchanges with
international students from
Stanford, Tübingen University,
AKP, and many others.
Not only do we conduct
Japanese classes and campus
tours requested by Doshisha
University, but we also plan
out sightseeing trips to
Kiyomizu temple, Arashiyama,
Ryo¯an-ji, and Kinkakuji.
We also exchange with the
international clubs of Keio
University and Dokkyo
University. During spring or
summer break, we invite the
international students of Keio
University to Kyoto and give
them a tour of the city.
Therefore, we have been
able to exchange with
international students from
various countries. The picture
below is from when we went
to go see the cherry blossoms
at Gosho with the students
of Tu¨bingen University last
spring. We enjoyed some
sukeroku sushi while gazing
at the weeping cherry tree.
Even though there were only
3 DESA members against 30
international students, we
clicked right away since they
were very outgoing by
approaching us in Japanese.
Approximately 4 months
later, the students of
Tu¨bingen University returned
home. We were invited to
their farewell party and it
was amazing how much their
Japanese skills had improved
in such a short period of
time.
It still surprises me how
fluent they were in Japanese.
We are a student
Sawada, far right, front row
