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2019年9月より台湾大学・化学科3年生　陳宜萱さんが、近畿大学に留学生として勉強に来ていました。化学コースや理工学部の他学科の授業を受講するとともに、日本文化も積極的に学んでいました。2020年7月末に陳宜萱さんを囲み、メンターの松本准教授とともに1年間の留学を振り返る機会をもち、いろいろ感想を伺いました。2020年4月からは新型コロナウイルス感染症の影響で、オンラインでの授業受講となり予想外の体験となりましたが、授業をしっかりと受講して、メリハリのある生活を送っていたとのことでした。今回の留学経験を活かし、益々成長されることを期待いたします。以下は、陳宜萱さんからのメッセージです。

I am an exchange student from Taiwan. I'm interested in Japan because of Manga. I like the unique culture of Japan, and the history that led to it. I came here because I want to know more about life in Japan through actually living here.

I want to first share my experience at Kindai University. I think the teachers' teaching style is similar to that in Taiwan, but there are fewer tests and less homework here. Instead, there are more reports. One thing that surprised me was that all of the text books are in Japanese. In my university, especially in departments related to science, all of the text books are in English.

I met many teachers and students in Kindai who are friendly to foreigners. I really appreciate that. I'm not good at making friends, and I heard that it's hard to make friends with Japanese people, so I was nervous at first. Maybe people in Osaka are different.

Concerning Japanese culture, what impressed me the most was the Matsuri. There are so many festivals in Japan. I had a good time in Ikoma-sai. I never knew that an event in the university can last for five days, including preparation and cleaning. In my university, it's not impossible for all of the students to spend so much time for the school's event. Even in high school, the scale is much smaller. I also went to see other festivals in the shrines such as Jidai matsuri and Setsubun. It's amazing that so many people are willing to spend their spare time to prepare for the events.

I had a great time this year. I hope that I still have the chance to come to Japan again.