Life on Campus

CICASP is a department of the Primate Research Institute of Kyoto University, which is based in the historic city of Inuyama in Aichi prefecture, famous for it’s small but beautiful castle and open air museums "Meiji Mura" and "Little World". It has a population of roughly 75,000 people.

The city is a 30-minute train ride from Nagoya, the 3rd largest incorporated city in Japan, and so provides a pleasant mix between country and urban life.
In this section we’ve compiled useful information regarding the campus and surroundings to assist in making life at CICASP as interesting and stress free as possible. For a more detailed guide to Inuyama and Nagoya themselves,
please follow the links below:

 

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Inuyama Aichi Japan

Nagoya

Downtown Nagoya

Nagoya is the third largest city in Japan, and is an easy half hour train ride from Inuyama on the meitetsu line. Attractions include the...

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Osu Shopping Arcade

Osu Shopping Arcade

East of the Osu Kannon Temple is a shopping district selling pop-culture merchandise, Japanese souvenirs, and a range of other goods. A giant maneki-neko (beckoning or lucky cat) sits above...

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Osu Kannon Temple

Osu Kannon Temple

The Osu Kannon Temple is in Central Nagoya, close to the station of the same name on the Tsurumai subway line. The current building complex is a 20th Century reconstruction. The orignal Temple was...

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Chimpanzees

Chimpanzees

The Primate Research Institute is famous for the Chimpanzee residents, including Ai and her son Ayumu. They are studied by Professor Matsuzawa and others at the <a href="...

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