Nara Women's University ( Nara joshi daigaku) , is one of two national women's universities in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

, located in Nara

Nara, Nara

is the capital city of Nara Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. The city occupies the northern part of Nara Prefecture, directly bordering Kyoto Prefecture...

. The other one is the Ochanomizu University

Ochanomizu University

is one of only two national women's universities in Japan. The other one is the Nara Women's University.-History:Ochanomizu University was founded in 1875 as a teacher training institute for women located in Tokyo's Ochanomizu neighborhood. On September 1, 1923, the campus was destroyed in the...

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Overview

Nara Women's University was originally created in 1908 with the aim of training women teachers for ordinary schools, later to be reorganized and renamed with its current name in 1949. Until 1949 we had only two women's imperial quasi-universities in Japan, the Ochanomizu University

Ochanomizu University

is one of only two national women's universities in Japan. The other one is the Nara Women's University.-History:Ochanomizu University was founded in 1875 as a teacher training institute for women located in Tokyo's Ochanomizu neighborhood. On September 1, 1923, the campus was destroyed in the...

 and Nara Women's University.

Nara Women's University was formerly called " .

Faculties

As of 2007, the university has three faculties, which are:

• the Faculty of Letters
• the Faculty of Science
• the Faculty of Human Life and Environment

Buildings

The following buildings on the university's campus are designated Important Cultural Properties

Important Cultural Properties of Japan

The term is often shortened into just are items officially already classified as Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan by the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs and judged to be of particular importance to the Japanese people....

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• the Memorial Hall (formerly the main hall)
• the Main Gate