I was an exchange student in Kwansei Gakuin University in Nishinomiya a couple years ago, and now I'm applying to Japan again. I have cut the options to either Akita University or Ryukoku University in Kyoto.
After doing some research I am not sure yet which one I would like to apply more, I was studying relatively close to Kyoto already (about an hour with a train), but I still kinda feel good about the bigger city, where I actually visited only couple of times.
On the other hand I'm having a mixed feeling about the Akita city since it seems so rural and northern. I'm from Scandinavia so I'm familiar with snowy winters, but I'm not sure do I want to experience the Japanese winter that much.
That being said I would appreciate if you have your own experiences from either of those cities. I'm sure that I will love living a few months in Japan either way is it in Kyoto or in Akita.
I don't care about the Universities that much since I'm somewhat lazy student and I don't think that I really see the difference. However I appreciate if you have something to say about the actually Universities too.
by Sad-Security