@RainbowDiamond
Wow didn’t expect to find someone truth be told 
I guess that reputation was given to Yamanashi without the iCLA, since it hasn’t even started yet properly. I have high hopes for this department and think in a couple of years, once enough people find out about it, it will become one of the more competitive places in Japan for foreign students. It will most likely boost Yamanashi’s reputation significantly, because a college without an English-taught program will not be considered very good.
Anyways, I really dig their curriculum and the people seemed really nice. I interviewed the person responsible for the international affairs, the dean, physics and math prof and music technology prof. They seemed cool unlike many other places I looked into. Plus the colleges where they offer study abroad programs were really good, especially the European ones.
If you do decide to attend, let’s keep in touch Good luck!