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JaLS GROUP is located in the heart of major cities in Japan. We offer short-term intensive Japanese language programs which not only provide opportunities to speak Japanese in class, but in the real world with local Japanese people as well. Classes start every Monday offering opportunities for you to start at just about any time of year. Students may also join for terms as short as one week, offering great flexibility and the opportunity to choose a course that best fits your needs and budget. Classes are small with a maximum of 8 students, making it easy for each student to use Japanese in the classroom and receive individualized attention for our experienced, licensed, and professional instructors. Students can also feel comfortable to speak, ask questions, and become part of a global, accepting, and family-like community. We host a number of activities and cultural lessons throughout the week to ensure that each of our students has a truly immersive, fun, and memorable experience. We hope to have you join us in the very near future.

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Learning Fast While Feeling at Home and Making Good Friends ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿป

April 02, 2026by: Marlene Huber - Germany

Program: Japanese Language Study in Tokyo JaLS Shibuya Campus

5

Best language school so far! Iโ€™ve never learned this much in such a short time compared to other language schools. The classes can be a bit challenging at the beginning because they are very fast-paced, but itโ€™s amazing to see how quickly you improve from day to day. Everyone is incredibly helpfulโ€”especially the school manager and staff, who always lend a hand and truly care about all the students. What I loved most is the opportunity to meet people from all over the world in the large lobby, whether for lunch or studying together. My classmates became friends, but I also connected with people from other classesโ€”so youโ€™re never alone ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿป The school offers great social activities (e.g. visiting famous places or conversation practice), and we often spent time together after class as well. On top of that, the facilities are very modern, creating a calm and inspiring environment for learning a new language. When the weather was good, Fuji-San welcomed us for morning classes. The view is amazing because the school is on the 23rd floor. Since I had just arrived in Tokyo, I found the location of the school perfect for exploring beautiful parks, cafรฉs, shrines, and more. I definitely want to come back soon! It truly felt like a family. Thank you so much for making me more comfortable talking in Japanese and my pleasant stay.

์žŠ์ง€ ๋ชปํ•  ๊ฒฝํ—˜

March 25, 2026by: IJI SEO - South Korea

Program: Short-term Japanese Courses & Cultural Activities in Nagoya

5

์—ฌ๊ธฐ ์‚ฌ๋žŒ๋“ค ๋‹ค ์ข‹์€ ์‚ฌ๋žŒ๋“ค์ด์—ˆ์Šต๋‹ˆ๋‹ค. ์ œ๊ฐ€ ์šด์ด ์ข‹์•„์„œ ์ข‹์€ ํ•™์ƒ์„ ๋งŒ๋‚œ ๊ฒƒ๋„ ์žˆ์ง€๋งŒ, ์Šคํƒญ๋“ค๋„ ๋‹ค ์นœ์ ˆํ•˜๊ณ  ์ข‹์•„์„œ ๋„ˆ๋ฌด ์ฆ๊ฒ๊ฒŒ ๋ณด๋ƒˆ์–ด์š”. ์ €๋Š” ์ผ์ฃผ์ผ๋งŒ ์‹ ์ฒญํ–ˆ๋Š”๋ฐ ๊ทธ ์‹œ๊ฐ„๋“ค์ด ๋„ˆ๋ฌด ์งง์•„์„œ ์•„์‰ฝ์Šต๋‹ˆ๋‹ค. ๋‚˜์ค‘์— ๊ธฐํšŒ๊ฐ€ ์žˆ๋‹ค๋ฉด ๋‹ค์‹œ ์˜ค๊ณ  ์‹ถ์–ด์š”. ๊ทธ๋•Œ๋Š” ์ข€ ๋” ๊ธธ๊ฒŒ์š”. ์ œ๊ฐ€ ์žˆ์—ˆ๋˜ ์žฅ์†Œ๋Š” 5์›”๋ถ€ํ„ฐ ๋‹ค๋ฅธ ์žฅ์†Œ๋กœ ์˜ฎ๊ธด๋‹ค๊ณ  ํ•˜๋Š”๋ฐ ์ถ”์–ต์˜ ์žฅ์†Œ๊ฐ€ ์˜ฎ๊ฒจ์ ธ์„œ ์•„์‰ฝ์Šต๋‹ˆ๋‹ค. ๋‹ค์Œ์—๋Š” ๋‹ค๋ฅธ ์žฅ์†Œ์—์„œ ์ถ”์–ต์„ ๋‚จ๊ธฐ๊ณ  ์‹ถ์–ด์š”.

Amazing Japanese experience

March 20, 2026by: Robert Soliva - Spain

Program: Short-term Japanese Courses & Cultural Activities in Nagoya

5

Muy recomendable!! La gente del staff es super maja, las actividades que proponen son super entretenidas y te permiten conocer Japรณn de verdad. Ademรกs, en las clases aprendes mucho no solo el japonรฉs โ€œescritoโ€ sino especialmente el hablado. La gente es increible, si tienes dudas, ven aqui!!! 10/10 y si tengo oportunidad volverรฉ

Amazing experience

March 20, 2026by: Roberto Monzo Castellets - Spain

Program: Japanese Language Study in Tokyo JaLS Shibuya Campus

5

I have been studying japanese through JaLs and at the sametime I have been living in a homestay with an amazing family. Mr and Mrs Nozawa ใปใ‚“ใจใ†ใซใ‚ใ‚ŠใŒใจใ†ใ”ใ–ใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ My course was 1 week intensive lesson with classes of 7 people and private lessons as well as activities.

Living in Japan

March 18, 2026by: Carlos Ivรกn Garcรญa Ramรญrez - Mexico

Program: Short-term Japanese Courses & Cultural Activities in Kyoto

5

It was my first time coming to Japan, and also my first time in Asia. I was extremely nervous because I didnโ€™t know how to speak Japanese, aside from saying โ€˜thank youโ€™ and โ€˜hello.โ€™ Despite not speaking the language, everyone was always very kind and respectful to me. I met a lot of amazing people, who I now consider my friends. I have enjoyed every single day Iโ€™ve been here, and I would love to come back as soon as possible.

์žŠ์ง€ ๋ชปํ•  ๊ฒฝํ—˜์„ ๋งŒ๋“ค๊ณ  ๊ฐ‘๋‹ˆ๋‹ค >.<

February 13, 2026by: soli han - South Korea

Program: Short-term Japanese Courses & Cultural Activities in Nagoya

5

ํ•œ๊ตญ์ธ ์—ฌ๋Ÿฌ๋ถ„~ ๋‹ค๋“ค ์•„์‹œ์ฃ ? ๊ณฝํŠœ๋ธŒ๋‹˜ ์˜์ƒ์—์„œ ์œ ๋ช…ํ•ด์ง„ JALS! ์ด์ œ๋ถ€ํ„ฐ ๋‚˜๊ณ ์•ผ ์ž˜์ฆˆ์˜ ์žฅ์ ์„ ์ญ‰ ์Š์–ด๋ณผ๊ฒŒ์š”~! ์ผ๋‹จ ๊ฐ€์žฅ ์ค‘์š”ํ•œ ๊ฑฐ, ์„ ์ƒ๋‹˜๋“ค์ด ๋‹ค๋“ค ์—„์ฒญ ์—ด์ •์ ์œผ๋กœ ์ˆ˜์—…์„ ํ•ด์ฃผ์‹ญ๋‹ˆ๋‹ค!! ์‹œํ—˜์— ํ•„์š”ํ•œ ๊ฒƒ๋ถ€ํ„ฐ ์‹ค์ œ๋กœ ์“ฐ์ด๋Š” ํšŒํ™”๊นŒ์ง€ ๋‹ค ์•Œ๋ ค์ฃผ์„ธ์š”. ์ˆ˜์—… ๋๋‚˜๊ณ  ์ €ํฌ ์ˆ™์ œํ•˜๋Š” ๋™์•ˆ ์ƒ˜๋“ค์€ ์˜†์—์„œ ๋‹ค์Œ ์ˆ˜์—… ์ค€๋น„ํ•˜๋А๋ผ ๋ฐ”์˜์‹ญ๋‹ˆ๋‹คใ…  ์—ด์ • ๋„˜์น˜์‹ฌ..! ๋˜ ๋‹ค์–‘ํ•œ ๊ตญ๊ฐ€์˜ ์‚ฌ๋žŒ์ด ๋งŽ์ด ๋ชจ์—ฌ์žˆ์–ด์„œ ์ผ๋ณธ์–ด ๊ณต๋ถ€ ๋ฟ๋งŒ ์•„๋‹ˆ๋ผ ์—ฌ๋Ÿฌ ๋ฌธํ™”๋ฅผ ๊ต๋ฅ˜ํ•  ์ˆ˜ ์žˆ์Šต๋‹ˆ๋‹น(๊ฐœ์ธ์ ์œผ๋กœ ํ•œ๊ตญ์ธ๋“ค์ด ๋งŽ์ด ์—†์–ด์„œ ๋„ˆ๋ฌด ์ข‹์•˜์–ด์šฉ, ๊ฐ•์ œ๋กœ ํ•œ ๋‹ฌ ๋™์•ˆ ์ผ๋ณธ์–ด๋ž‘ ์˜์–ด๋งŒ ์ผ๋„ค์—ฌ) ๋˜ ์„ ์ƒ๋‹˜๋ฟ๋งŒ ์•„๋‹ˆ๋ผ ์—ฌ๋Ÿฌ ์นœ์ ˆํ•˜์‹  ์Šคํƒญ๋ถ„๋“ค์ด ์ผ๋ณธ์—์„œ ์ž˜ ์ ์‘ํ•  ์ˆ˜ ์žˆ๋„๋ก 24์‹œ๊ฐ„ ๋ชจ๋“  ๊ฑธ ๋‹ค ๋„์™€์ฃผ์…”์„œ ์•„๋ฌด๋Ÿฐ ์–ด๋ ค์›€ ์—†์ด ์ž˜ ์ ์‘ํ•  ์ˆ˜ ์žˆ๊ตฌ์š”, ์—ฌ๋Ÿฌ ๋ฌธํ™”์ฒดํ—˜์ด ์ค€๋น„๋˜์–ด์žˆ์–ด์„œ ์ผ๋ณธ ๋ฌธํ™”๋ฅผ ์‰ฝ๊ฒŒ ์ ‘ํ•  ์ˆ˜ ์žˆ์–ด์š”! ๋˜ ์ €๋…์‹œ๊ฐ„์— ์˜์–ด๊ณต๋ถ€ํ•˜๋Ÿฌ ์˜ค๋Š” ์ผ๋ณธ์ธ๋“ค์ด๋ž‘ ์‰ฝ๊ฒŒ ์นœ๊ตฌ๋„ ๋  ์ˆ˜ ์žˆ๊ณ ,, ์—„์ฒญ ์ด์˜๊ฒŒ ๊พธ๋ฉฐ์ง„ ๋ผ์šด์ง€๊ฐ€ ๋งค์ผ ์—ด๋ ค์žˆ์–ด์„œ ์ˆ˜์—… ๋๋‚œ ํ›„์— ๊ณต๋ถ€, ์ผ ๋“ฑ์„ ํ•  ์ˆ˜ ์žˆ๋‹ค๋Š” ์žฅ์ !! ๋ฌด์—‡๋ณด๋‹ค,, ์‚ฌ์นด์— ์ค‘์•™์— ์žˆ์–ด์„œ ์ˆ˜์—… ๋๋‚˜๊ณ  ๋งค์ผ ์นœํ•ด์ง„ ๋ฐ˜ ์นœ๊ตฌ๋“ค์ด๋ž‘ ๋†€๋Ÿฌ๋‹ค๋‹ˆ๋‹ค๊ฐ€ ํƒ•์ง„์žผ ^^ ์ด๋Ÿฐ์ €๋Ÿฐ ์žฅ์ ์ด ๋งŽ์€ ๋‚˜๊ณ ์•ผ ์ž˜์ฆˆ๋กœ ๋†€๋Ÿฌ์˜ค์„ธ์—ฌ!! ํ‰์ƒ ์žŠ์ง€ ๋ชปํ•  ์ถ”์–ต, ๋งŽ์€ ์นœ๊ตฌ๋“ค ๋งŒ๋“ค๊ณ  ๊ฐ‘๋‹ˆ๋‹ค์•„- ๊ณง ์—„์ฒญ ์ข‹์€ ๊ฑด๋ฌผ๋กœ ์ด์‚ฌ๊ฐˆ ์ˆ˜๋„ ์žˆ๋‹ค๋Š” ์†Œ์‹์„ ๋์œผ๋กœ ์ด๋งŒ ์ค„์ผ๊ฒŒ์šฉ ~~

Excelente experiencia aprendiendo japonรฉs en Fukuoka

January 23, 2026by: Pablo Nicolas Blencio Barabino - Spain

Program: Short-term Japanese Courses & Cultural Activities in Fukuoka

5

Tuve una experiencia excelente en Fukuoka JALS, donde estudiรฉ japonรฉs durante una semana. Los profesores fueron increรญbles: siempre muy amables, con explicaciones claras y mucha paciencia. No tenรญan ningรบn problema en repetir o explicar de otra manera cuando era necesario, lo que hace que el aprendizaje sea mucho mรกs cรณmodo y efectivo. Las aulas son pequeรฑas (en mi caso, รฉramos solo 6 alumnos), lo cual permite participar activamente, hablar mucho y poner en prรกctica el japonรฉs aprendido en clase. Las clases se imparten completamente en japonรฉs, pero incluso si tu nivel es bajo no hay ningรบn problema: los profesores saben hacerse entender perfectamente y adaptarse a cada alumno. Las clases son muy dinรกmicas y amenas, pasan volando. Ademรกs, la zona de coworking es muy รบtil para completar las tareas despuรฉs de clase o repasar con tranquilidad. La ubicaciรณn es inmejorable: estรก en la estaciรณn de Hakata, el centro neurรกlgico de Fukuoka, desde donde puedes llegar fรกcilmente a cualquier parte de la ciudad. El personal en general es muy atento y las actividades que organizan despuรฉs de clases estรกn muy bien pensadas y son divertidas. Recomiendo Fukuoka JALS al 100% para cualquiera que quiera aprender japonรฉs en un ambiente profesional, cercano y motivador.

Great time at JaLs!

January 22, 2026by: Simeon Dong - United States

Program: Short-term Japanese Courses & Cultural Activities in Nagoya

5

I had a great time at JaLs! The teachers were super nice and always answered any questions I had. I especially liked how the class was centered around speaking because it translated to real life experiences in Japan. I felt that the pacing of the class was just right.

ๅๅคๅฑ‹ใฎๅ‹‰ๅผทใƒžใƒฉใ‚ฝใƒณ

December 20, 2025by: Ilario Mantarelli - Switzerland

Program: Short-term Japanese Courses & Cultural Activities in Nagoya

4

Jalsๅๅคๅฑ‹ใฏๆœฌๅฝ“ใซใ„ใ„ๅ ดๆ‰€ใงใ™ ใ€ๅ…ˆ็”ŸใŸใกใฏใ™ใ”ใ่ฆชๅˆ‡ใ ใ—ๅญฆใถใฏใŸใฎใ—ใ‹ใฃใŸใงใ™ใ€‚ๆ–‡ๅŒ–ใƒ—ใƒญใ‚ฐใƒฉใƒ ใฏๆฏŽ้€ฑใŸใใ•ใ‚“ใ‚ใ‚Šใพใ™ใฎใงๆฏŽๆ—ฅๆ–ฐใ—ใ„็ตŒ้จ“ใŒใงใใพใ™ใ€‚ๅƒ•ใฏๅ‰ฃ้“ใ‚„ๆ—ฅๆœฌ่ˆž่ธŠใชใฉใ‚’ไฝ“้จ“ใ—ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใฉใ‚Œใ‚‚ๅˆใ‚ใฆใฎ็ตŒ้จ“ใงๆ—ฅๆœฌไบบใ‚„ๅญใฉใ‚‚ใŸใกใจใซไบคๆตใ‚‚ใ‚ใ‚Šใ€ใ™ใ”ใๆฅฝใ—ใ‹ใฃใŸใงใ™ใ€‚ใƒ—ใƒฉใ‚คใƒดใ‚งใƒผใƒˆใƒฌใƒƒใ‚นใƒณใฏใ™ใ”ใใ„ใ„ใจๆ€ใ„ใพใ™ใ€่‡ชๅˆ†ใฎๅญฆใณใŸใ„ไบ‹ใ‚’ๆ•™ใˆใใ‚Œใพใ™ใ€‚ๆŽˆๆฅญไธญใฏใ„ใคใ‚‚ใ„ใ„้›ฐๅ›ฒๆฐ—ใงไธๅฏงใซๆ•™ใˆใฆใใ‚Œใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ๆ–‡ๆณ•ใชใฉใ‚‚ใฃใจๅญฆในใพใ™ใ€‚

Amazing time at Tokyo JALS (:

October 31, 2025by: Michael Saalfeld - Germany

Program: Japanese Language Study in Tokyo JaLS Shibuya Campus

5

I studied here for 4 weeks, and I can honestly say that Tokyo JALS is an amazing place to learn Japanese, and to experience Tokyo at its best! I started out as a complete beginner, and I had a great time! The organizers and the teachers are very friendly, funny, caring and responsible. Also, the school is just plain beautiful! It is located in the 23rd floor of a modern skyscraper in the center of Shibuya. The view is amazing! And the warm and stylish amenities make you feel really comfortable while studying. Thanks to the flexible model of the school, students from all age groups, all countries, and all walks of life studied with me. As the school provides a lot of afternoon activities, I got to meet my fellow students a lot, which was very enriching to me. Through these afternoon activities, I also got to see a lot of cool and interesting places in Tokyo I would have otherwise missed. I'm super thankful and happy that I got to study here (:

My best experience

October 03, 2025by: Eyal Golden - Israel

Program: Short-term Japanese Courses & Cultural Activities in Nagoya

5

It was amazing, the teachers are great And you immerse yourself in Japanese so you can learn so much in such a long time the stuff are so kind and theyโ€™re always thinking how they can help you the class level is accurate and you get all the help you need

Highly recommended.

August 31, 2025by: Name Surname - United States

Program: Short-term Japanese Course & Cultural Activity in Hokkaido

4

A very productive and fun way to spend time in Japan. Every teacher I've met had been very professional and passionate, making the most out of the curriculum. Every week is packed with different events and activities, especially Summer/Winter/Autumn/Spring Courses, and pretty much every one of them is worth doing. The location and school facilities are very convenient. Staff is amazing too. Nothing negative to say, really. Highly recomemnded.

Un sueรฑo hecho realidad.

August 08, 2025by: Wendy Janeth Jimรฉnez Aguilar - Mexico

Program: Short-term Japanese Courses & Cultural Activities in Nagoya

5

Desde que llegue todos fueron super amables y alegres, todos los dias te reciben con una sonrisa. Las clases fueron super buenas, eran divertidas y entretanidas, todos los dias se aprendia algo nuevo. Los maestros super amables, convivir con ellos es genial, nadie te hace mala cara ni te falta al respeto. Enserio que recomendaria esta escuela siempre. Las actividades del curso culturan siempre fueron asombrosas y divertidas, nos llevaron a conocer cosas de Japรณn que no conocia. Enserio cada dรญa y cada hora ahรญ la disfrutaba como no tienen idea, fuรญ la mรกs feliz mientras estuve estudiando ahรญ. Por todo esto y mรกs, gracias JaLS.

Had the time of my life!!!

August 01, 2025by: Ellen Camacho-Walsh - United States

Program: Short-term Japanese Courses & Cultural Activities in Nagoya

5

I had so much fun with the students, teachers, and staff!!! I learned so much and got to experience so many wonderful things!!! 1000% recommend this school!!!!!!! The language learning and cultural experience is top notch!

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August 01, 2025by: Inx Tashfere - United States

Program: Short-term Japanese Courses & Cultural Activities in Fukuoka

5

So far, my time at JaLS has been full of excitement. I have met many wonderful people, and know that many of them will be friends I cherish for many years to come. My journey to Fukuoka is not exactly the standard path, and JaLS has been instrumental in giving me the opportunity to be able to succeed. Without the staff, and fellow students, I would have had a much more difficult time. I look forward to the future, and know JaLS will always have a special place in my memories.

Life-Changing

July 30, 2025by: Julian Huang - Canada

Program: Short-term Japanese Course & Cultural Activity in Hokkaido

5

I was in a bad place mentally before I decided to abruptly get on a plane to Sapporo. JALS was exactly what I needed at the time to once again find direction and meaning in my life. The community and staff are amazing and. It's my second family.

Inspiring Weeks at JaLS

July 27, 2025by: Amela Vukotic - Sweden

Program: Short-term Japanese Courses & Cultural Activities in Fukuoka

5

When I read about JaLSโ€™s summer course in Japanese, I felt that it was perfect for me. During my two weeks in Fukuoka, we had intense days with Japanese lessons in the mornings and fun activities in the afternoons. The level of instruction suited me very well. Considering that I am a beginner, it was sometimes challenging, but the teachers did everything they could to explain things to us in a simple and understandable way. A definite bonus was the group activities โ€” we had a lot of fun and got to experience many traditional Japanese customs. The staff were so engaged and kind, and the students were all really friendly. Iโ€™m leaving Fukuoka with a truly wonderful experience and a lot of inspiration. I sincerely hope Iโ€™ll have the opportunity to do this again in the near future.

Japanese Language-Raul Quispe

July 25, 2025by: RAUL QUISPE - United States

Program: Short-term Japanese Courses & Cultural Activities in Nagoya

5

JALS was a great experience the teachings were great , the teachers were great the staff was great. JALS makes you feel like family . I learned so much from them, Thank you so much ๐Ÿ˜Š . ใ‚ใ‚ŠใŒใจใ”ใ–ใ„ใพใ—ใŸ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต

Jals is my second family now

July 11, 2025by: Erik Petersen - United States

Program: Short-term Japanese Course & Cultural Activity in Hokkaido

5

This was my first time abroad, and it was a very smooth and memorable experience. I was already excited to be in Japan and meet people, but I wasnโ€™t expecting how quickly I made good friends with people from all sorts of different places. The activities were so fun and the lounge became the best place to spend time. Everyone at Jals, students, teachers and staff have all become my second family. I will never forget it.

Very Good Experience

July 11, 2025by: Sebastian Bonomo - Ireland

Program: Short-term Japanese Courses & Cultural Activities in Nagoya

5

Was very fun, teachers and staff and like are very competent and timely, and clearly take pride in their work. Thanks to this, classes are efficient and I learned a lot in just two weeks. The cultural experiences offered are also top notch, and I was able to learn about Nagoya and Japan in general thanks to this.

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Hokkaido Japanese Language School, located in the center of the bustling and modern city of Sapporo, offers students the chance to study Japanese...

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4.77

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ใ€Summer in Hokkaidoใ€‘ Study, Feel Culture, Make Friends

In Summer, Hokkaido is the best location to study Japanese and enjoy activities with Japanese people. Our small number Japanese class help your J...

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4.71

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Short-term Japanese Courses & Cultural Activities in Kyoto

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Short-term Japanese Courses & Cultural Activities in Nagoya

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4.69

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Private Intensive Japanese Lesson in Hokkaido or Kyoto

Our standard course + private lesson is ideal for those wishing to have intensive Japanese study. Sapporo and Kyoto are fantastic cities all year...

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Summer in Kyoto: Study, Feel the Culture, Make Friends

Travel to Kyoto in summerโ€”the best season for exploring Japanโ€™s cultural capital, studying the Japanese language, and immersing yourself in its r...

Interviews

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Chie Hirano

Chie Hirano

Interviewed in 2019

Staff

What inspired you to travel abroad?

I used to work as a university instructor and in that position I read a lot of student essays. Among those essays, I always found the Japanese written by international students to be a little strange. Through proofreading and editing their essay, I personally discovered how deep and beautiful the Japanese language can be. That is what led me to think that I would like to learn more about the particulars of and teach the Japanese language.

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Marion Meester

Marion Meester

Participated in 2018

Alumni

I wanted to gain work experience in Japan.ย 

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Hanifa Hotelwala

Hanifa Hotelwala

Participated in 2018

Alumni

I wanted to learn about a different culture and experience a different form of independence and living on my own.ย 

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Tamaki Arai

Tamaki Arai

Interviewed in 2018

Staff

What inspired you to travel abroad?

What inspired you to work for Hokkaido JaLS?

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Rieko Nakano

Rieko Nakano

Interviewed in 2018

Staff

What inspired you to travel abroad?

What leads many students to JaLS and how do you create a welcome and supportive environment for them?

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Keegan Thomas

Keegan Thomas

Interviewed in 2018

Staff

What inspired you to travel abroad?

What led your path to joining the team at Hokkaido JaLS after being a JaLS student yourself?

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Aki Noguchi

Aki Noguchi

Interviewed in 2018

Staff

What inspired you to travel abroad?

What inspired you to join the team at Hokkaido JaLS?

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Daijiro Fujita

Daijiro Fujita

Interviewed in 2018

Staff

What inspired you to travel abroad?

What led your path to joining the team at Kyoto JaLS?

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Iyo Kushibe

Iyo Kushibe

Interviewed in 2018

Staff

What inspired you to travel abroad?

What inspired you to join the team at Kyoto JaLS?

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Brian Munguia

Brian Munguia

Interviewed in 2018

Staff

What inspired you to travel abroad?

What inspired you to join the JaLS team?

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Richard Portelli

Richard Portelli

Participated in 2015

Alumni

I already live in Sapporo and had been going to another school. However, my previous school was a huge help in teaching me beginner Japanese but I was struggling to connect everything I had learnt, the teachers changed, and it was no longer working for me. I needed to find a school that not only suited my needs but also fitted around my work schedule.

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Peta Waite

Peta Waite

Participated in 2014

Alumni

At the time I studied with Hokkaido Japanese Language School (

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JaLS GROUP

JaLS GROUP

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JaLS GROUP is located in the heart of major cities in Japan. We offer short-term intensive Japanese language programs which not only provide opportunities to speak Japanese in class, but in the real world with local Japanese people as well. Classes start every Monday offering opportunities for you to start at just about any time of year. Students may also join for terms as short as one week, offering great flexibility and the opportunity to choose a course that best fits your needs and budget. Classes are small with a maximum of 8 students, making it easy for each student to use Japanese in the classroom and receive individualized attention for our experienced, licensed, and professional instructors. Students can also feel comfortable to speak, ask questions, and become part of a global, a...

Awards

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ST Star AwardsEaquals AccreditedTop Language School 2016iStudy Global AwardsALTO