TJKC is located in Machida, one of Tokyo's western suburbs. This growing municipality of 300,000 has a bustling core city (also called Machida) not far away with some fantastic restaurants and coffee shops, as well as electronic stores and an international museum of graphic arts. Our campus is located on the east bank of the Sakai River in Minami (South) Machida, a rapidly growing area that combines remnant farmlands with upscale shopping and suburban living. Within walking distance of the TJKC campus are: Minami Machida train station; Grandberry Mall, a new Western-style outdoor shopping mall with a post office, a 10-theater Cineplex, ATM machines, bakeries, coffee shops, a convenience store, beauty salons, a supermarket, rock climbing facility, and a wide variety of American and European outlet shops and restaurants; Carrefour, a French discount supermarket; a department store complex with a Warner Brothers Cinema complex and Sports Authority; and Tsuruma Park, a favorite site for viewing cherry blossoms or skateboarding.

Whether you want to enjoy the hustle and bustle of the city or quietly contemplate cultural or natural sights, Japan has an excellent network of trains and buses that makes traveling easy. Shibuya, a center of Tokyo's youth culture, and the modern city of Yokohama are short 40-minute train rides from Minami Machida Station. The old capital of Kamakura, the mountain resort of Hakone, the Tanzawa mountain range and Tokyo Disneyland are easy day trips from Minami Machida Station. For overnight trips, Mount Fuji, Nikko and the hot springs of Izu are favorite destinations.

Here is a list of some useful links for international students attending TJKC:

Maps

Access to TJKC: from TJKC's Japanese Homepage.
http://www.tjk.ac.jp/08access/index.html

Tokyo Subway Route Map: (in English)
http://www.tokyometro.jp/rosen/rosenzu/pdf/rosen_eng.pdf

JR East Rail Map: (in English)
http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/info/map_a4ol.pdf

Train Schedules: (in English) A very useful site to figure out how to get just about anywhere in Japan by train:
http://www.jorudan.co.jp/english/norikae/e-norikeyin.html

Shopping and Movies

Grandberry Mall: (in Japanese) Closest to TJKC, with an outlet mall, restaurants, movie complex and more!
http://www.grandberrymall.com/

Aeonmall: (in Japanese) A large American-style indoor complex, close to Tsuruma Station on the Odakyu-Enoshima Line, about 4 stops from Minami-Machida.
http://www.aeonmall-yamato.com/index.jsp

Tsukimino Saty: (in Japanese) About a 20-minute walk from TJKC, includes a 9-screen cinema complex.
http://www.mycal.co.jp/saty/shop2/tsuki/access.html

Restaurants:

Useful search engines to find restaurants of all type include:

Yahoo Gourmet (in Japanese): allows you to search by nearest train station:
http://gourmet.yahoo.co.jp/restaurant/

Gourmet Pia (in Japanese): allows searches by area and food preferences:
http://g.pia.co.jp/

The Tokyo Food Page (in English): allows you to search for restaurants by cuisine, location or name:
http://www.bento.com

Entertainment and City Guides:

The following provide general information regarding the cities of Machida, Tokyo and Yokohama:

Machida:

Machida City's official English website:
http://www.city.machida.tokyo.jp/living_guide/

A guide to businesses, shops, etc., in Machida (in Japanese):
http://www.machida-town.com/

Tokyo:

Tokyo Journal: a popular English-language entertainment and information magazine:
http://www.tokyo.to/

Pia: a Japanese language guide to music, movies, restaurants and more!
http://www.pia.co.jp/

Tokyo Walker: similar to Pia in content.
http://www.walkerplus.com/tokyo/

Yokohama:

Yokohama Walker: The Yokohama-Kawasaki version of Tokyo Walker.
http://www.walkerplus.com/yokohama/

Yokohama City's official English website:
http://www.city.yokohama.jp/en/