There will be a bon dance festival at Suwa shrine on Sat., July 21. SNG staff and summer course students are going to join the practice session, so come and practice with us if you’re interested! Date： Sat., July 7 Meeting place： Shinjuku Japanese Language Institute entrance Meeting time： 18:45 Practice time ： 19：00-21：00 Location： Tokadanobaba No.2 Kotobuki Kaikan Application： Please […]
On July 9th, a Japanese speech contest “shabereon ’12” was held in Shinjuku Cultural Center. One of our students, Ms. Akiyo Suzuki (Advanced I / b class) participated in this contest together with 14 students from other language schools, universities and graduate schools. Akiyo’s topic was “the beauty of the Japanese language”. Her speech content […]
Beginner I On June 1, SNG teachers and beginner I students visited a disaster prevention center in Kita-ku, Tokyo. Here, people can learn and experience how to act in times of disasters. First they learned about earthquakes by watching video animation in Japanese. Students then had a fire drill, practiced a fire escape and for […]
We had a tea ceremony lesson in Intermediate I class today. Although it was an informal ceremony, students seemed a little nervous because of the solemn atmosphere. First, our vice principal, Ms. Mori explained how to appreciate and perform tea ceremony. Students were impressed by the formalized manners of Japanese tea ceremony. After watching Ms. […]
The results for last year’s entrance exams for institutes of higher education have been posted. As in 2010, many of our graduates continued on to famous private and public universities and graduate schools in the metropolitan area. Students were accepted to the following schools: Graduate school ・The University of Tokyo ・Tokyo Gaugei University ・Tokyo University […]
We are now accepting applications for 2012 Hokkaido Homestay. There are four different programs to choose from. Escape Tokyo for a refreshing, cool summer experience! ① Toyako summer homestay (Hokkaido) Organized by：Toyako Intercultural Exchange Committee Location：Toyako, Hokkaido Dates：From 8/25 (Sat.) to 9/2 (Sun.) Number of participants: 4 students total. If there are more than 4 […]
We are now recruting participants for the popular Yugawara homestay program. The participation is only 2,000 JPY and it is a great opportunity to learn everyday Japanese! The details are as follows: Location: Yugawara-machi, Kanagawa Dates: From July 30 (Mon) to August 6 (Mon), 2012 Number of participants: 5 students total. If there are […]
Shinjuku Japanese Language Institute organized a 2-day language/culturual course during the Golden Week. 20 students participated and enjoyed learning Kanji in the morning and Japanese cultural activities in the afternoon. As for the cultural events, students experienced tea ceremony on the 3rd and Origami on the 4th. It was a nice opportunity for them to […]
Our school started an special culture course for intermediate students. In this course, students learn not only the language but also the Japanese culture. Since May 5 was Japan’s Children’s Day, students learned how to make origami samurai armors and carp-shaped streamer. It was their first time to try origami, and they were really happy […]
On April 29, SNG staff, students and their family members participated in the hiking event organized by Okutama Festival Committee. They enjoyed the 10 km of forest walk and completed the hiking in 4 hours. It was such wonderful weather and the participants had a lot of fun waking along the old Ome trail.
