Education at Edo's First University As you follow the road along the Kanda River, a short distance from Matsudaira-dono's residence, the man-made waterway enters a narrow canyon between two hills. This valley was dug when Tokugawa Iemitsu ordered the Kanda Josui (Kanda water supply) to be built, in 1638. Before that, the whole area was one large, rolling plateau. Today, however, the river cuts through a deep valley in the neighborhood known as Ochanomizu, separating two …showed first 75 words of 1684 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1684 total…The Japanese alphabet has thousands of characters, which were borrowed from the Chinese alphabet (most Japanese characters are almost identical to Chinese characters). It takes many years to learn all of the characters, so students have to study very hard just in order to read and write. Education has always been highly respected in Japanese society, and one of the greatest compliments goy can give to a person is to call them sensei , or "teacher" )