Reviews

Take the initiative to make friends with people from different cultures, and you’ll be rewarded with valuable connections and experiences, as well as an opportunity to practice Japanese speaking outside of class.

Building conversations in class with classmates was amazing, and really get you thinking about how to speak. Speaking was my worst skill before coming here, and my confidence has shot up tenfold after.

This program is an amazing opportunity to make life long friends, experience a beautiful place, and greatly boost your Japanese ability.

The teachers speak slowly and clearly with simple terminology to ensure you understand enough to do the learning. This can get difficult at times but it’s easy to ask what something means if you get a little lost or confused. This made my listening skills improve dramatically.

I really enjoyed getting to speak with teachers outside of class during the annual school event. It was a great way to practice my Japanese speaking ability.

I really enjoyed the Sports Day and seeing the sakura at Shinjuku Gyoen. I think they were great opportunities to get closer with my teachers and other students. I also really enjoyed participating in the Hanazono Matsuri.

I really enjoyed 運動会 and the cultural excursions. I felt like they gave a great insight into Japanese culture that I wouldn’t be able to get otherwise.

At first, I was not enthused as team events with people I don’t know can be stressful. However, I am so glad I participated! It ended up being very fun to cheer for my team.

The curriculum can be challenging, but you can do it. Talk to the teachers, make flash cards for kanji and review your quizzes and content as best you can. It’ll pay off.

I found being able to just sit down and chat with the many teachers and other students during break times to be both incredibly interesting and a great chance to work on my own language abilities.