POINTS
Learning Points
01
The travel industry is going digital in a big way; you will gain an understanding of IT and marketing, as well as a wealth of knowledge and skills related to travel.
IT Passport (National Qualification)
National Interpreter Guide (National Qualification)
Travel Service Supervisor (National Qualification)
Chief itinerary manager (tour conductor)
World Heritage Certificate, etc.
02
Experience translating the products of affiliated travel agencies and providing tourist information to visitors. Through training in cooperation with companies, students learn practical operations in the tourism industry. Students hone their communication skills in practical situations and communicate the attractiveness of local tourism.
Training sites: Tobu Top Tours, Meitetsu Kanko Service, Travel Journal, etc.
03
The timetable is customized by selecting subjects that match each student's interests and career aspirations. Business negotiation skills and sign language for hospitality with expertise, as well as SNS research and digital expression techniques to broaden the scope of your career in the travel industry. The online international exchange program that connects you with people from all over the world while you are in Japan is also an attractive feature of the program.
TOPICS
Course Topics
From tour planning and proposals to travel administration and travel counter operations, as well as interpreter guides.
In cooperation with companies, students learn "real" travel-related practical work.
Travel Industry Research
Students will learn in detail about the fundamentals of the travel industry: business models, products, and types of work. The course will predict the future outlook of the tourism industry in light of overall trends and consider what needs to be done to create a new tourism industry.
Practical tourism training program abroad (on request)
?Local guide training (Brunei)
As a guide for a local travel agency, he experienced picking up and dropping off tourists and giving sightseeing tours in English.
?Overseas tour operator training (Honolulu, Taiwan, etc.)
Experience everything from checking in at airport counters and hotels to guiding customers at tourist attractions. You can acquire the necessary qualifications to become a tour conductor abroad.
PICK UP CLASSES
Class Introduction
Preparation for the World Heritage Examination
All students are required to take the World Heritage Certificate Level 2 in July of their second year.
Local Tourism Resources
The first semester will focus on tourism resources in Japan, and the second semester will focus on tourism resources overseas. This course is designed to reevaluate regional attractions from new perspectives and help branding for regional revitalization.
Interpreter Guide Exercise
The objective is to be able to guide visitors to major tourist attractions in English and to acquire the necessary knowledge and vocabulary, both in English and Japanese. The program will be approached through both classroom lectures and hands-on training.
Click here for Travel Course Curriculum
Recommended for those whose parents are foreign nationals, those who have been abroad for a long time, and international students. Click here for more information about Japanese Language Support Course
Sample timetable (1st semester of 1st year)
MESSAGE
Faculty/Student Messages
YAYOI SAKAZAKI
Yayoi Sakazaki
Graduate School, Chulalongkorn University
Completed MA in Cultural Management
He has been stationed at Sankei Travel Bangkok,
Comprehensive Travel Service Supervisor (National Qualification)
Through realistic business training, students acquire solid practical and responsive skills.
In the travel course, students learn foreign languages and multiculturalism as well as acquire basic knowledge of the travel industry. In addition, the tourism industry, which is affected by economic fluctuations and international affairs, requires personnel who are strong in the face of adversity. In this course, students will acquire English language skills that are useful as interpreter guides and overseas tour guides, a "hospitality mindset" that considers the customer, and the ability to respond to situations with "creativity and planning skills" to come up with attractive tours from scratch.
ASUMI HARA
Asuka Hara
International Tourism 1st year
Tokyo Junshin Girls' High School, Tokyo, Japan
B.A. in Interaction and Culture, College of Tourism, Rikkyo University
TOEIC? 800 points, World Heritage Certificate Level 2
I quit my job and enrolled in the program because I wanted to work in tourism.
The biggest difference from universities is the "closeness to teachers.
I graduated from Rikkyo University with a degree in tourism and worked for a cell phone sales company for four years. However, my desire to work in tourism-related fields grew stronger, and I decided to resign from my job and study again at Kanda Institute of Languages. The biggest difference from the university is the closeness to the teachers. The teachers at Kanda Institute of Languages are always easy to talk to, and I can easily ask questions even outside of class. In contrast, the course is more practical and hands-on, with a lot of fieldwork and exercises. You will acquire knowledge and skills directly related to tourism work while having fun. The English classes, which emphasize output, are also very different from those at universities, and I improved my TOEIC? by more than 150 points in the first two months after enrollment. I also have good memories of raising my hand and participating in the English presentation contest held on campus at the end of each year. I spent three months from September to December practicing my speech on the theme of "The Japanese landscape I want to leave for the future," rewriting the draft many times. I would like to increase my qualifications in my second year, and in the future, I would like to work as a travel planner.
CAREER
Qualifications and Main Career Paths
Aimed Qualifications
TOEIC? 600 or higher, Practical English Proficiency Test level 2 or higher, National Certified Interpreter Guide, National Certified Domestic Travel Service Supervisor, National Certified Comprehensive Travel Service Supervisor, National Certified Domestic Itinerary Supervisor (Domestic Tour Conductor), Comprehensive Itinerary Supervisor (Overseas Tour Conductor), Test of English for Tourism Level 2 or higher, Domestic Travel Geography Examination Level 3 or higher, World Travel Geography Examination Level 3 or higher, World Heritage Certificate Level 2 or higher, Chinese Language Proficiency Test Level 4 or higher, Korean Language Proficiency Test (TOPIK) Level 1 or higher, Business Proficiency Test Jobpass Level 2 or higher, IT Passport, Microsoft Office Specialist
Main career paths
finding employment
APEX VIETNAM TRAVEL CORPORATION, Freme Travel Services, IACE Travel, JR East View Tourism & Sales, JTB, The Okura Tokyo, HIS, Enoshima Electric Railway, Kinki Nippon Tourist, Club Tourism, Keio Kanko, Keisei Travel Service, Keihin Electric Express Railway, Metropolitan Intercity Railway (Tsukuba Express), Skymark, Tokai Railway Company (JR Tokai), Tokyo Metro, Tobu Top Tours, Nippon Travel Agency, Nokyo Kanko, Hatobus, Hoshino Resort, Mirial Resort Hotels
university (college) transfer
Atomi Gakuen Women's University, J.F. Oberlin University, Otsuma Women's University, Kanto Gakuin University, Kyoto Tachibana University, Kyorin University, Komazawa University, Komazawa Women's University, Josai International University, Information Management Innovation Professional University, Surugadai University, Taisho University, Toyo Gakuen University, Nihon University, Hannan University, Bunkyo University, Rissho University, Ryukoku University
MESSAGE
Messages from Graduates
We want to delight our customers with travel plans conceived from scratch.
The travel practice I learned at Kanda Institute of Languages has helped me a lot.
A school excursion in junior high school led him to yearn to become a tour conductor. After graduating from high school, I took an entrance exam for a university where I could study tourism, but it did not go well, so I decided to enroll in Kanda Institute of Languages with the goal of transferring to a university two years later. My most memorable experience while in school was my graduation project, "Overseas Graduation Trip Planning. Our team planned a "film tour" to visit movie locations in England. It was really fun to come up with a tour from scratch, and it inspired me to pursue this career. Thanks to the generous support I received, I was able to achieve my goal of transferring to a third-year program. I was able to broaden my horizons by being exposed to a wide range of studies at university, especially in the field of tourism. Currently, I am mainly in charge of planning and proposing company trips to corporations. My job is to listen to the requests of our clients and create travel plans that meet those requests from scratch. Although there are many hardships involved, I feel a great sense of fulfillment when a client is satisfied with the tour I have created. Kanda Institute of Languages offers a wide variety of training programs to learn practical travel skills, such as "bus tour operator training. JTB has a corporate culture that allows us to take on new challenges, so I would like to try my hand at planning e-sports-themed tours and supporting tournament operations in the future. The interesting thing about the tourism industry is that we can provide various values to our customers depending on our ideas. The industry is very exciting as a reaction to the slump during the Corona disaster. Please feel free to jump in.
JTB Business Solutions Division
Shion Suzuki
Department of International Tourism, March 2021 graduation
Kanto Daiichi High School, Tokyo
Transferred to J. F. Oberlin University, School of Business Management, 3rd year, graduated March 2023
