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I was born and raised in Japan. I now live in the Netherlands.

I was the company owner of a language school in Shinjuku, Tokyo for 8 years. We were specialized in teaching Japanese from beginner to business levels for European and Asian expats living in the Tokyo area. I also taught Japanese as a head teacher in addition to training other Japanese teachers. I also have work experiences in hotel / travel, media / TV, and business consulting industries.

It is always interesting for me to teach people with different work experiences and back grounds : ) Because I believe that teaching language always opens my new world!

Don’t worry, if you don’t speak a word of Japanese. Everyone has to start from somewhere… In fact, I am learning Dutch now!

Let’s enjoy learning Japanese language and culture with me!

Here are some examples of my course plans and teaching experiences,

【Beginner / Pre-Intermediate Japanese】

You learn really slowly from Hiragana and Katakana to basic Kanji and focuses on daily conversations.

You will learn...

●Introducing yourself both polite and casual ways for the first meetings.

●Talking about you: your hobby, work, interests, county, and family.

●Learning different way of greetings depending on situations.

●Asking about other people and keeping smooth conversations.

●Intonation and pronunciation practices.

●Japanese body languages and mannerisms.

※For Intermediate / Advanced level students, I use not only textbooks but also news articles

from news papers or magazine and current topics from TV program to have discussions.

【JLPT Exam Preparation】

I have taught all levels from N5 to N1. I also have teaching materials for all the levels.

I am qualified to teach all levels of JLPT exams.

【Travel / Survival Japanese】

Useful for people who is planning to visit to Japan for pleasure & fun or business.

You will learn...

●Getting on the various transportation and checking in the hotel.

●Going for shopping and ordering in the restaurant.

●Asking for directions on the streets and the stations.

●What to do in 'Onsen' (hot spring) place?　

●Money and numbers.

●Manners and customs.

●Geography of Japan.

【Business Japanese】

Introducing you to learn how to deal with Japanese people in the real business situations.

You will learn...

●Visiting another company for the first time.

●Way of exchanging business cards.

●Introducing yourself and being introduced to others.

●'do' and 'don't' in Japanese business meeting.

●Giving compliments and expressing gratitude.

●At the business dinner.

●Telephone conversations.

●I like using various worksheets as my teaching materials. But if students want to use textbooks, I use Japanese for Busy People, Minna no Nihongo, Genki and others.

●I also create course plans for students according to their needs. For example, travelling, business meeting /mannerism, and focused on conversations lessons.

●I have some experience in developing online teaching methods and designing new curriculum for Japanese languages lessons.