What is Showa Women's University?
'''Showa Women's University''' is a private [[university]] for women in Sangenjaya, Setagaya Ward in [[Tokyo]], Japan. SWU was founded in 1920 and re-established in 1949. The [[university]] shares a campus with a [[graduate school]], a [[high school]], a [[junior high school]], an [[elementary school]] and a nursery school. Showa's founder, Enkichi Hitomi, was influenced by the educational ideas of Lev Tolstoy. ==History== Showa Women’s University as we know it today is a women’s private university. It was opened in 1920 and was named ‘Japan Women’s Institute’. The ‘Institute’ as it was known at that time, was founded by Mr. Hitomi Enkichi, whose educational ideas were influenced by the infamous Lev Tolstoy. The institute was in the Bunkyo Ward of Tokyo. In 1922, the school changed its name from ‘Japan Women’s Institute’ to ‘Japan Women’s College’. They had moved location from Bunkyo Ward in [[Tokyo]] to its present location in Taishido, Setagaya Ward, in [[Tokyo]]. In 1949, the [[College]] had changed its name one final time from ‘Japan Women’s College’ to ‘Showa Women’s University’ as they are known today. Showa Women’s University has been offering excellent educational opportunities from [[Kindergarten]] to Graduate School. ==Departments== ===Undergraduate School=== ====Faculty of Humanities & Culture==== Department of [[Japanese language|Japanese Language]] & [[Literature]] The 3 fields of Japanese studies include [[Japan]]ese [[Literature]], Japanese Language and Teaching Japanese as a Foreign [[Language]]. Department of English Language and Communication Students have the opportunity to work on their [[English language|English]] skills by studying abroad at Showa Boston Institute of Language and Culture in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]]. Department of History & Culture Students study and compare [[history]] and [[culture]] between Japan and the rest of the world. Department of International studies Students learn and study [[global]] issues while attaining fluency in both [[English language|English]] an