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FAQs Scholarship How should I apply for Kyushu University Scholarship? How can I receive Kyushu University Scholarship? Fees and Costs How should I pay my participation fees? How much is the estimated cost to participate in ATW? ATW Transcript How can I receive an official transcript for the courses I took on ATW? Accommodation When and how can I receive my host family's information? When and how can I receive accommodation choice information and how can I apply? When and how should we move to my host family's house? Pick-up at the airport Is any airport transportation available? Currency Exchange, Traveler's Checks and ATM Can I exchange currency or cash traveler's checks in Japan? Can I withdraw cash from my home bank account in Japan? Making a telephon call Can I buy a mobile phone in Japan? How can I make phone calls from a dormitory or host family's house? Audio Device and Internet Should I need to bring an audio device for language learning? Internet access Transportation in Fukuoka and Japan Transportation networks in Fukuoka city Shinkansen (bullet trains) information Tourism Guide to Japan and Fukuoka   How should I apply for Kyushu University Scholarship? ATW dose not accept scholarship applications. ATW scholarship recipients will be select by the ATW steering committee based on their assessment of each applicant's academic records, essay, reference letter, and English ability (for non-native English speakers). For further information, please contact the ATW Office. How can I receive Kyushu University Scholarship? If you were selected as a scholarship recipient, you will be able to receive a Kyushu University scholarship of 160,000 yen for 2016. The scholarship fund covers a part of your ATW participation fees and you will be asked to pay the remainder.  The sum of your participation fees will be informed you by means of a bill statement after accommodation is fixed. How should I pay my participation fees? ATW asks you to pay program fees in cash directly to the ATW office in the first week of the program. You have one week for exchanging currency or cashing traveler's checks to make enough cash yen after arriving in Japan. It is also possible to pay by international remittance, but you must meet every charge associated with the international remittance. Please refer to the Payment of the fees. How much is the estimated cost to participate in ATW? Estimating costs for participating in ATW 91,800JPY for tuition fee 150,000JPY-240,000JPY for accommodation fee 10,000-30,000JPY for commuting expenses (by public transportation) 3,000JPY for a Japanese language text book 24,500JPY for lunch and dinner at a university cafeteria (700yen x 35days) 28,000JPY for three optional study trips These costs are merely indicative. Personal expenses and expensese for a round-trip airline ticket are not included in the costs mentioned above. If you live in a furnished apartment, breakfast and dinner cost should be added to this estimating costs. How can I receive an official transcript for the courses I took on ATW? ATW will send you two copies of an official transcript (in sealed envelope respectively) along with a certificate of program completion by regular mail by the end of September. They will be send to your contact address entered in your ATW application form. If you need to be sent to another address, you should consult the ATW Office before September. When and how can I receive my host family's information? ATW needs some time to select a host family to each of ATW students, and expects to finish all arrangement at the end of May or early in June. We will forward the host family's information to you as soon as finishing. When and how can I receive accommodation information and how can I apply? Accommodation information and application forms will be sent to the students who are admitted to ATW. When and how should we move to my host family's house? If your accommodation arrangement is a combination of dorm/apt and 3 weeks in home stay, you will move to your host family's house on Saturday of the fourth week at ATW. We ask your host family to come to your dorm/apt by car and bring you and your baggage home with them. Is any airport transportation available? ATW will offer you a free transportation from Fukuoka Airport to your accommodation. When you arrive at Fukuoka, ATW Office staff and some peer tutors will come to the airport to pick you up. If your peer tutor can not come to pick up, you can meet him/her at the first day of ATW. Can I exchange currency or cash traveler's checks in Japan? Yes, you can. If you arrive at the Fukuoka International Airport, you can exchange currency or cash traveler's cheque at the airport. However, if you arrive at the Fukuoka Domestic Airport after 3:00pm via Narita, Kansai or Nagoya, currency exchange is not available at the domestic airport. ATW recommends you to change money at Narita or Kansai before leaving for Fukuoka. Currency exchange and cashing traveler's checks are available at major post offices located in the city and Japanese bank offices. Post offices are open until 5pm while banks are until 3pm on weekdays. That means post offices are more convenient for you. International cash card ATM (PLUS, Cirrus, VISA, AMEX, Maestro, MasterCard, UnionPay, JCB) are available in Seven-Eleven convenience stores located in the town. However, some card companies set upper limit of withdrawal per one transaction. Please check with your card company beforehand. Japanese postal service URL: http://www.yu-cho.japanpost.jp/e_index.htm Seven Bank URL: http://www.sevenbank.co.jp/intlcard/index2.html Can I buy a mobile phone in Japan? Foreign nationals with a short-term stay cannot buy a mobile phone or prepaid mobile phone. If you need, you should buy a mobile in your home country and bring it with you. Please note that Japanese mobile telephone system is unique and you should check if a phone works in Japan before purchasing. How can I make phone calls from a dormitory or my host family's house? If you use a telephone equipped in your room in a dorm, you will be charged when you moving out. Both for making a call from a dorm and your host family's house, we recommend you to buy an international call card at Narita, Kansai or Fukuoka Airport, or at convenience stores located in the city. When you make a phone call from your dorm by means of an international call card, you will dial the number written on the card. Calling charge rate is lower than for normal international call. If you want to buy a call card at the airport on arrival, please ask ATW staff or peer tutors there. Should I need to bring an audio device for language learning? ATW Japanese teachers suggested that you need any audio device, such as ipot, CD player, and so on, when you study Japanese language. Please bring one with you. Internet access. You can access the Wireless LAN in and around the International Student Center and Central Library on campus with your own computer which is equipped with any wireless LAN device. You can get your ID to access the wireless LAN at the orientation. Internet access is also available in a dormitory and hotel. Again, you need to bring your own computer to access the internet. Transportation networks in Fukuoka city Transportation system in Fukuoka city is compact and convenient. The following transportation networks are developed in the city, Urban Subway, Nishitetsu Bus, Nishitetsu Omuta Train and JR (Japan Railway) Train. Kyushu University's nearest station is Hakozaki-Kyudaimae Station on Urban Subway line, Kyudai-Kitamon or Kyudai-mae on Nishitetsu bus network, Hakozaki Station on JR Train line. The downtown and the transportation hub in the city is Tenjin. Hakata station is the hub station of JR train and Shinkansen in Kyushu Island. Click here for City transportation network chart. (This chart doesn't include Nishitetsu bus network) Shinkansen (Bullet Train) information You can refer to the timetable and general information of Shinkansen. http://train.sppd.ne.jp/train/sche/index_e.php http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2018.html Tourism Guide to Japan and Fukuoka http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2161.html