Can anyone please recommend a good college to major in Japanese?
The University of Michigan is known to have the best Japanese Language program, perhaps even the oldest. The US Army set it up at the start of WWII when Japanese/English translators were virtually non-existent in the US(aside from those nisei and sansei Japanese, of course, who unfortunately were mistrusted and locked in camps). I’m not doubting your sincerity or your intellect, but do understand that many people find Japanese a particularly difficult language to learn, and college language courses are notoriously difficult. U of M is a good school and a big one, so you’ll have lots of options should you choose to change majors. This would be for only one year. The University of Washington has quite a good Japanese program, though still lacking the prestige of U of M. I’m guessing you are not from Michigan or Washington State, but if you establish residency (e.g. get a phone and pay the bills, get a drivers lisence, apartment, etc.) you will qualify for the significantly less expensive
