Course Dates and Holidays

I received an email today containing the course and holiday dates. They are as follows:

2 September	Arrive
5 - 9 September	Orientation Week
12 September - 16 December	Lectures Mon-Fri
17 December - 9 January	Winter Vacation
10 January - 17 March	Lectures Mon-Fri
18 March - 5 April	Spring Vacation
6 - 8 April	Kyoto/Nara Trip
10 April - 28 April	Lectures Mon-Fri
29 April - 7 May	Golden Week Vacation
8 May - 12 July	Lectures Mon-Fri
13 July	Closing Ceremony

Also, we are required to do a couple of afternoons teaching at the Linden Hall Elementary School. This is composed of 45 minutes teaching English to the kids, and the rest of the time playing in the gym, or outside with them. I think I'd prefer the teaching, to be honest. This is paid, though, at　￥2500, which is about £12.50.

I'm quite looking forward to the Kyoto trip, just because it's a certainty, and hopefully will require minimal planning. Kyoto was the old Japanese capital (now Tokyo) from 794 until 1868, and is the country's seventh largest city.

All-in-all, I make it 182 days of teaching. Sounds intense, but I'm really looking forward to being able to read, speak, and understand Japanese.