Yamagata prefecture is located on the Japan sea side of Honshu island.This college is in Shinjo city which is in the Mogami District,in the northern part of Yamagata prefecture. It takes about one and half hours by car from Yamagata city,the capital of Yamagata Prefecture.It is situated at latitude 38 North and longitude 140ß East.The width of Yamagata Prefecture is 97 k‡u from East to West 164 km from North to south.The island area is about 930 km.