Mejiro
Mejiro
Station is
a train station located in the Mejiro
area of Toshima Ward of Tokyo. It
is served by the JR East Yamanote
Line.
Mejiro
Station, which is situated between
the busy Ikebukuro Station and the
quiet Takadanobaba Station, is one
of the smaller stations of the Yamanote
Line. It consists of a single island
platform and has only one exit.
Its ticket gate emerges into Mejiro
Dori. There are several small shops
within the station including a bakery
and a café. Upon exiting
the station, one can see the towering
Sunshine 60 Building in the distance.
To the right of the station is the
Gakushuin University campus, and
on the left is a busy shopping street
with a wide variety of shops and
restaurants. A little further down
is a wealthy residential area with
luxury apartment buildings and designer
houses.
Gakushuin
University
Gakushuin
University is an elite university
of Tokyo with a highly qualified
academic teaching staff considered
to be at par with the staff of Tokyo
University. The university was established
in 1847 in Kyoto during the Meiji
era to educate the children of the
Japanese nobility. The intention
was to teach manners and morals
to the children of the Imperial
Court along with the regular academics.
In 1877, the Tokyo campus of Gakushuin,
then only a school, was inaugurated
by Emperor Meiji in Kanda on a land
donated by the Imperial Family.
The institute remained a private
school purely for the nobility until
1884, when it became a government
school and opened its doors to all
citizens. In 1893, a higher education
section was opened and by 1905 courses
in politics, literature, and law
were being offered. The institute
was moved to its present location
at Mejiro in 1908.
After
the Asia-Pacific War in 1947, the
Imperial Family relinquished its
hold on Gakushuin and it became
a private institute to which anyone
who passed its entrance test could
enter. During the educational reforms
of 1949, Gakushuin was established
as a full fledged university.
Today
Gakushuin is a prestigious university
with over 9000 students. It offers
undergraduate courses through its
fourteen departments of four faculties
– Faculty of Law (Departments of
Law, and Political Studies); Faculty
of Economics (Departments of Economics,
and Management); Faculty of Letters
(Departments of Philosophy, History,
Japanese Language and Literature,
English and American Literature,
German Studies, French Studies,
and Psychology); and Faculty of
Science (Departments of Physics,
Chemistry, and Mathematics). The
university also offers graduate
courses through its six graduate
schools – Graduate Schools of Law,
Political Studies, Economics, Management,
Humanities (Philosophy, History,
Japanese Language and Literature,
English and American Literature,
German Studies, French Studies,
and Psychology), and Science. Students
may also pursue research studies
at Gakushuin through its various
centers and institutes – Center
for Sports and Health Sciences,
Computer Center, Foreign Language
Center, Teaching and Research Center,
Research Institute for Oriental
Cultures, Research Institute for
Economics and Management, Research
Institute for Humanities, Research
Institute for Bio-molecular Science.
Other than these, there are two
centers offering Teacher's Training
Course and Curators' Course.
Gakushuin
University is located right next
to Mejiro Station.
Japan
Women's University
Japan
Women's University, the oldest and
largest of the private women's universities
in Japan, is located a short walk
from Mejiro Station. Established
in 1901 by the education reformist
Jinzo Naruse, Japan Women's University
has around 6000 students studying
in its Faculties of Home Economics
(with 5 departments - Child
Studies; Food and Nutrition; Living
Arts; Social Welfare; and Sciences
For Home Economics ),
Humanities (4 departments – Japanese;
English; Education; and History
),
Integrated Arts and Social Sciences
(5 departments - Studies
on Contemporary Society; Social
Welfare; Education; Psychology;
and Humanities and Cultures ),
and Science (2 departments - Mathematical
and Physical Sciences; Chemical
and Biological Sciences ).
Master's and doctoral degrees are
offered through its Graduate Schools
of Home Economics ( Child
Study; Food Science Major; Nutrition;
Housing; and Clothing), Humanities
(Japanese; English; and History),
Integrated
Arts and Social Sciences (Social
Welfare; and Psychology), and
Science (Mathematical and Physical
Sciences; Chemical and Biological
Sciences). In addition to these,
JWU offers correspondence courses
through its Faculty of Home Economics;
has affiliated senior and junior
high schools; an elementary school;
a kindergarten; and the J.W.U. Research
Institute.
Japan
Women's University has two campuses
– one in Nishi Ikuta in Tama, Kawasaki
City; and the other in Mejiro, Tokyo.
The Mejiro Campus
is home to
the Faculties of Humanities, Home
Economics, and Science; the affiliated
Homei Elementary School and Homei
Kindergarten; and the J.W.U. Research
Institute.
