Mori no Ike
Mori no Ike (Japanese: 森の池; Lake of the Woods) is the Japanese language program of Concordia Language Villages, with sites located in Dent and Sandstone, Minnesota, U.S.A. Japanese is one of the 16 languages offered by Concordia Language Villages. Mori no Ike is a Japanese immersion summer camp where campers, called "Gakusei" ("student"; 4-week credit program) and "Seito" ("pupil"; 2-week and 1-week non-credit sessions) together with their counselors, called "Sensei" ("teacher") learn Japanese language and culture. Campers and counselors all choose a Japanese name to use during the session, and make a wooden "nafuda" (nametag) to wear at camp. Mori no Ike offers 1-week exploratory, 2-week immersion, and 4-week credit programs. CLV also offers a summer credit abroad program in Japan and a Japanese Village Weekend program for school groups in the fall.
Name
All of the CLV names roughly translate to "Lake of the Woods". In Japanese, the direct translation of "Lake of the Woods" would be Mori no Mizuumi, 森の湖. Ike ("pond") was chosen over mizu-umi only to sound more fluent to both English and Japanese speakers.
History
The first Mori no Ike Japanese program was offered in the summer of 1988.