Kobe College of Liberal Arts


Kobe College of Liberal Arts was a private junior college in Akashi, Hyogo, Japan.

History

The college was founded in 1967 as Akashi Women's Junior College with the Department of Clothing Science. It became coeducational in 1969 and was renamed Akashi Junior College . In 1970 it added the departments of Design and Liberal Arts. After the Michiyo Okabe nude murder case,
it was renamed Kobe College of Liberal Arts in 1990.
In 2008 the college was merged into Kobe University of Fashion and Design and renamed Kobe College of Fashion and Design.