A Japanese Cultural Tradition – Kouhaku Uta Gassen

One place to find good songs to learn Japanese is the cultural phenomenon of Kouhaku Uta Gassen. It is held every year on December 31st to celebrate New Year’s Eve and features the top songs from Japan from the year.

Toranomon Language School was featured in the Tokyo American Club magazine

TLS is geared towards getting its students to learn quickly and deeply through rich, content-based lessons and actively using language. So while it offers intensive Japa­nese Language Proficiency Test, Business Japa­nese Test, International English Language Testing System and Test of English as a Foreign Language shortcut exam courses, which are effi­cient and effective, the school is well known for motivational commu­ni­cation courses, events and workshops.

Can I Self-Study Japanese?

Most people who move to Japan are interested in learning Japanese, but many may be hesitant to fork out a lot of money for lessons. The question is – can you study and learn Japanese all on your own?

Learn Japanese – Understand the Japanese Language with these Tips and Apps

Learning Japanese is on the to-do list of many Japan lovers. But what’s the best way to start? And how much should you know? For comparison: a Japanese elementary school student learns 80 kanji characters in the first year, by the end of elementary school he has mastered about 1000 kanji, by the end of […]