Kogakkan University

Kogakkan University (皇學館大学) is a private university at Ise, Mie, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1882, and it was chartered as a university in 1940.

Kogakkan University is one of only two universities in Japan to offer a Shinto studies program, whose graduates earn the qualifications needed to become a kannushi (Shinto priest). The other university to offer such a program is Kokugakuin University in Tokyo.

Departments

 * Literature
 * Shinto
 * Japanese Literature
 * Japanese History
 * Communication
 * Education
 * Education
 * Contemporary Japanese society
 * Contemporary Japanese society

Graduate programs

 * Literature
 * Shinto specialization
 * Japanese Literature specialization
 * Japanese History specialization
 * Education
 * Education specialization

Special Programs

 * Shinto Studies Graduate Program

Faculty and staff

 * Yamada Yoshio, linguist
 * Shigeru Yoshida, former Prime Minister of Japan
 * Shuichi Toyama, archaeologist and historian
 * Hideki Togi, composer and actor
 * Hiroya Ino, politician and MP

Alumni

 * Hirokazu Shiba, politician and MP
 * Ochiai Naobumi, poet and literary scholar
 * Mika Ōkura, female baseball player
 * Eiraku San'yūtei, rakugo performer, student of San'yūtei Enraku V