To get at least 3 years‘ training in Japanese language is required by EALAC department for those who involves in a Ph.D program. Japanese language is regarded as a crucial tool for our future study into Chinese literature and history since Japanese scholars continuously make great contributions to this field.
Personally, I am interested in modern Japanese culture from popular thoughts, print culture to arts and designs, not to mention the exquisite local food, for which I once dreamed about walking into all the Japanese styled little restaurant in Tokyo! I am also curious about where the root of a real Japan lies. On a wabi and Sabi aesthetics? On a fear for insularity? Or, on a relatively strict social order?.. I hope, after 2 or 3 years' work, I can make trips to Japan to find some possible answer and of course to indulge myself with all the cute and creative products made in Japan.