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April 25, 2018

Bento Chat Hour – Speaking Practice Events in May

School News

Looking for a way to practice Speaking Japanese in Tokyo? Bento Chat Hour is perfect for you!

April 24, 2018

Daryl: Improving Business Japanese to communicate with clients

Student Testimonials

In this blog - we ask Daryl, an attorney and intermediate Japanese language learner about his experience with our Business Japanese Course

April 19, 2018

Japanese Baseball Vocabulary & Flashcards

Life in Japan

Going to a Tokyo Giants Baseball Game? This article will teach you Japanese Baseball Vocabulary!

April 18, 2018

The Basics of Japanese Cooking: Sa (さ) – Sa, Shi, Su, Se and So

The Basics of Japanese Cooking Vocabulary What are the Sa, Shi, Su, Se and So’s of Japanese Cooking? 日本語はこちらHi there! Can you believe it’s already May!? Well, anyways, it’s time for yet another edition of the popular (or so I’d like to believe) AIUEO blog! It is now our third run through the cycle! Today’s […]

April 13, 2018

Coto Japanese Academy May Events Calendar 2018

Japanese Culture

This is an older post – to see our upcoming monthly events – click here Monthly Events at Coto Every month we hold cultural and social events for our students and their friends to discover more about Japanese culture, meet new friends and practice Japanese. We are looking forward to seeing you there! Events List […]

April 10, 2018

Tokyo Dome City & Koishikawa Korakuen Garden

Life in Japan Life in Japan

Tokyo Dome City (東京ドームシティ) & Koishikawa Korakuen Garden (小石川後楽園) are two major tourist destinations located a short 15 minute walk from Coto Japanese Academy – they are also accessible via train – 1 stop away on both the JR Chuo line and the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line. The dome from which Tokyo dome city gets […]

April 10, 2018

Ko (こ) ーこんにちは (Konnichiwa) in English

About this week's Author: Mr. Matsumoto, was a junior high school Japanese teacher for 23 years before joining Coto Language Academy. Therefore, he is a Japanese language pro. He currently teaches Coto’s Intensive Courses (intermediate and advanced), Business Courses and the Part Time N1 grammar and reading classes. He is also involved in developing teaching materials at Coto.

April 6, 2018

Arguments & Fights in Japanese! – “Kenka suruhodo naka ga ii” – AIUEO Blog

AIUEO Japanese Learning Blog

The author for this article is Kumi Tanaka-sensei. (About Tanaka Sensei) She is mainly responsible for the Business Japanese course, JLPT N1 classes, and Intensive courses. Tanaka-sensei is quite popular amongst our intermediate and advanced students! Currently, she is enjoying studying the Vietnamese language.

April 5, 2018

Japanese Digital Marketing Vocabulary List & Flashcards

Japanese Study

Are you looking for Japanese Digital Marketing Vocabulary? Do you work in marketing or online content creation in Japan? Maybe you are a designer – or a manager that has to work with a marketing team. Whatever your reason – you may need to know some specific trade jargon in order to conduct business in […]

April 2, 2018

Summer Intensive Course for Volunteer Groups

Course Info

Are you a Missions group that is sending a small group of students to Tokyo for Japanese study? Are you looking for a short term immersion program that will provide a cultural and historical overview of Japan and Japanese people? Coto Japanese Academy is offering a group Immersion program during summer of 2018 that […]

March 29, 2018

How to say Exhausted! In Japanese! Ku (く) – Kuta-Kuta

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This week's author is Kambara Sensei - Ms. Kambara loves to travel and in addition to teaching Japanese at Coto Academy has her own tour company that rents camper vans to Tourists in Japan.https://www.roadtripjapan.com/

March 26, 2018

Tokyo Daijingu: The Shrine of Love in the Heart of Tokyo

Just a 3-minute walk from Coto Academy, Tokyo Daijingu 東京大神宮 ( とうきょう　だいじんぐ ) – located in Iidabashi – is one of the five “Major Shrines” of Tokyo, along with Meiji Jingu, Yasukuni Jinja, Hie Jinja, and Ohkunitama Jinja. Today it is well known throughout Japan as a lucky place to pray for blessings in your […]