Kyushu in World History, or What I did on my Summer Vacation

A presentation by Dr. Hilary Snow, UWM Honors College

Situated at the southwestern edge of the main Japanese archipelago, Kyushu has a rich history shaped by the environment, proximity to the Asian mainland, and distance from the capitals of Kyoto and Tokyo. Join this academic adventure to see how much of Kyushu’s history can be experienced over two and a half weeks. From hiking among 2000-year-old cedar trees along a seventeenth-century logging highway on the off-shore island of Yakushima to visiting a World War Two museum on the edge of a former kamikaze training ground, traveling on Kyushu offers unexpected experiences with Japan’s culture.