Private Japanese Lessons × Asao Language School

Hi everyone,

How are you?

This's Masa. How's everything going?

I've got a couple of updates to share with you today :)

1.
Thank you so much for joining us for the September event, a day trip to Enoshima. We hope you enjoyed it! As always, a big thank you goes to Yurika san and Stefanie san from World Unite https://www.world-unite.de/en.html, who organised the event for us.

We will be sharing the clips of the day later on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/asaolanguage If you have a chance, please have a look!

For the October event, we are having a picnic in Yoyogi park plus a visit to the NHK Museum. As always, everyone is very welcome to join us. Looking forward to seeing you then :)

2.
My Tiktok project is still going on. https://www.tiktok.com/@asaolanguageschool that I have a live stream everyday. We have been going through the grammar points from the following JLPT N4 Grammar and Reading Comprehension book.

https://amzn.to/3ZIq5Jt

It is great that the number of interactions has been increasing during the stream :) Your questions and requests, whether they are related or unrelated to the topic of the day, as well as general comments are always welcome. I focus on N4 grammars but you can ask me anything at all regardless of the levels. Please feel free to join us!

3.
Regarding our lessons in person, as you know that we have stopped using our old classrooms in Shin-Yurigaoka and Shinjuku. This was because we wanted to improve our general service quality. The idea is to see if we can offer better accessibility to the lesson location with a more flexible lesson schedule. For that, instead of having fixed locations, we could travel to the locations of your choice. So far, we have been using rental classrooms which are absolutely everywhere in the Tokyo region and it is working very well :)  

In our community, there are lots of quality teachers who are available at different times and on days in a variety of locations. If you would like to try our in person lesson at your preferred location, all you need to do is to let us know the name of the train station and we will arrange the rest for you. (If it is in Shin-Yurigaoka and Shinjuku, we will be happy to cover the rental fees.) Those classrooms can be found on the following websites.

https://www.instabase.jp/

https://www.spacee.jp/

https://www.spacemarket.com/

We have been establishing corporate arrangements with those platforms, aiming to bring the prices down :)

4.
The Photo is from Taito Shimizu sensei, one of our Top Teachers and here is his introduction :)

https://www.instagram.com/p/C1YBNcByxTv/

Taito sensei, who is originally from downtown Tokyo, is a full time Japanese teacher as well as a writer. His previous work as a writer includes writing news articles for a local newspaper in Hokkaido for 5 years. Through which, he established a strong relationship with the indigenous Ainu community as well. In the past 9 years, he has been working as a full time Japanese teacher with us as well as a freelance writer for industry magazines, newspapers, museums, public offices, government projects and so on. He also helps the Ainu community to promote their culture on the mainland. He is available for lessons both online and in person. He specialises in various types of lessons ranging from General Japanese, Academic Japanese, Business Japanese to Exam Preparation. If you are interested in trying his lesson, please feel free to let us know at asaolanguage@gmail.com

That's it for today!

See you all in October :)

引き続き宜しくお願い致します。

Masa

Private Japanese Lessons on Discord:
https://discord.gg/t6NkjmqUE7

Private Japanese Lessons on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/japaneselessons

Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/asao_language_school

Hi everyone,

How are you?

This is Masa. How's everything going?

I cannot believe that almost a month has already passed since my last post...

I hope you enjoyed your summer vacation and managed to get back into the routine without hiccups :)

Today, I would like to share with you the following information :)

1.
How did your JLPT July exam go in the end? I'm sure you learned a lot in preparation regardless of the actual result.


If you are taking the next one in December, the application deadline is 17:00 on Thursday 12 September, so don't miss it please.

2.
Our Mock JLPT Online system has been updated. One of the main improvements is that after taking the exam, now you can have a list of 50 reviewing questions based on your performance.

If you are interested to find out more, please contact Yuka sensei at yuka.asaolanguage@gmail.com or send her a dm on Discord please.

3.
Just in case there are those who are on Japan's Specified Skilled Worker Program needing to prepare for JFT-Basic, we are now offering Mock JFT-Basic Online.

Again, if you are interested, please let Yuka sensei or me at asaolanguage@gmail.com know please.

4.
For this month' event, we are going to have a day trip to Enoshima, from 11:00 to 16:00 on Sunday 22 September :) It is going to be another fun time together so if you are interested, please join us!

5.
World Unite, the company that now we collaborate with for monthly events, are asking us if we can provide group lessons at their classroom in Kiba. Here are the details.

Level:
Beginners - Elementary

Topic:
Speaking and Listening
Role-plays
Conversational / Practical Japanese
Basic Grammars

Location:
World Unite Japan in Kiba
(15 minutes from Tokyo Metro Kiba station)

Course duration:
From Monday 07 October until Friday 01 November
(Booking accepted from 1 week)

Lesson duration:
45 minutes per lesson

Time table:
From Monday to Friday
09:00 - 09:45
09:55 - 10:40
10:50 - 11:35
11:45 - 12:30

Their classrooms are located on the ground floor and their shared accommodation is on the 3rd floor. If you are interested in staying there. You can do so too :)
I have been there myself and looked around their facility. It is basic but with all the mod cons. If you want to find out more, please let me know.

6.
My TikTok project has been making progress as well. We are currently working on a JLPT N4 grammar book called にほんごチャレンジ.
We go through the book unit by unit. If you are interested, here is the link to the book and my live streaming account on TikTok.

https://www.amazon.co.jp/s?k=4872177568&i=stripbooks&camp=247&creative=1211&linkCode=ur2&linkId=b98babb10887664d2118bd133cc7af1d&tag=asao09b-22

https://www.tiktok.com/@asaolanguageschool

6.
The Photo is from Haruka Ikuta sensei and here is her introduction :)

https://www.instagram.com/p/CpLFNOiSzzo/?img_index=1

She has learnt the theory fully and has actively been teaching with us both in and out of our Discord community. She is passionate about language acquisition and intercultural communication. If you come across her name, please say hello to her :)

That's it for today!

引き続き宜しくお願い致します。

Masa

Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/japaneselessons

Discord:
https://discord.gg/t6NkjmqUE7

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/asaolanguage

Hi everyone,

How are you?
This is Masa.
How's your summer holiday going?

Thank you so much for joining us for our August event, a trip to the city of Kawagoe yesterday! Hope you all enjoyed it :)

As always, we had a great trip with fantastic company, though the weather condition was quite challenging. The outside temperature actually went up to 39 degrees in Saitama!

The clips of the day will be posted later on our official Facebook page :)
https://www.facebook.com/asaolanguage

And, here is the itinerary we had.

11:00 AM – Meet at the station, introduce each other and divided into 2 groups (one with me and the other with Aiko sensei)
12:00 AM – Visit Kumano Shrine https://www.kawagoekumano.jp
12:30 PM – Explore the main street and have lunch at Fukuya https://tabelog.com/en/saitama/A1103/A110303/11010480/
3:00 PM – Visit Hikawa Shrine https://www.kawagoehikawa.jp
4:30 PM – Visit Dagashi Yokochou https://koedo.or.jp/spot_003/
5:00 PM – Rice cracker workshop https://www.juunintoiro.com/
6:00 PM – Finish the event on the main street

If you have already visited all the main touristy spots in Tokyo, a day trip to Kawagoe can be a great alternative choice. There are lots of restaurants, bars, cafes and souvenir shops on and off the main street. But, they are full of visitors. To avoid queuing, having lunch away from the main street is recommended :)

Also, there are lots of vending machines around but you will find no convenience stores once you leave the train station so please be careful. You want to make sure to stay hydrated. I enjoyed a couple of craft beers on the street and ended up having a cramp because of dehydration. Please be easy on them. There is also a spot where you can sit and rest. It is open to the public so please use the space wisely and do not end up like me! https://www.city.kawagoe.saitama.jp/welcome/kankobenrijoho/kanko32021.html

If you are planning to visit Kawagoe yourself and have questions, please let me know. I will be delighted to help :)

Stay tuned for the September event!

See you then!

Masa

︎Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/asaolanguage

Discord:
https://discord.gg/t6NkjmqUE7

YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@asaolanguage

Hi everyone,
How are you?
This is Masa.
How's studying going?
Are you getting ready for fun in summer?

I've got a couple of updates to share with you today :)

1.
Our next monthly event is coming up on Sunday 11 August.
We will be having a tour in Kawagoe https://koedo.or.jp/
Yuka sensei will shortly be making an announcement on this :)
It will be from 11:00 to 15:00. You will be joining a group of learners and teachers and together visiting the local shrines, craft shops, eating and drinking on the main street :)
Let's have fun together!

2.
Recently, we have been in touch with World Unite https://www.world-unite.de/en.html for the event organisation. They are a Germany based company that offer everybody working holiday and volunteering experience in Japan.

My friend Ryo Takasugi san from https://www.takasugi-atelier.com/ and I are now talking to them to see if we can together establish opportunities for our community members to have short term paid work experience (accommodation provided) in Mie Prefecture.

You can work in tea production, craft beer brewery, souvenir retailers, culinary, catering, design, accommodation and hospitality and so on that Ryo san runs.

If there is a type of work experience you are interested to have, please do let me know at asaolanguage@gmail.com, we will love to look into your idea :)

3.
I have started to talk about (Grammatical) Aspect of Japanese language on TikTok.
https://www.tiktok.com/@asaolanguageschool

It is one of the key ideas to understand in order to structure the sentences that express exactly what you mean. It relates to the fases of an action, state and event and how they extend over time.
In Japanese, there are 6 of them and I am going through them one by one :)

1. 直前 - Prospective
2. 開始 - Inceptive
3. 継続 - Continuous
4. 進行 - Progressive and Habitual
5. 終了 - Terminative
6. 結果 - Perfect

It is food for thought. When you have time, please discuss them with your teacher in the lessons.

4.
The Photo is from Takashi Oonishi sensei and here is his introduction :)

https://www.instagram.com/p/ClGyJSOSsea/?next=%2F&img_index=1

He has actively been teaching with us both in and out of our Discord community. He used to work in Journalism for a long time so he is familiar with a variety of topics and can discuss them with you in depth. He is also an expert in Academic Writing and Business Japanese, as well as JLPT Preparation and Conversation Lessons. If you come across his name in Second Craic, please say hello to him!

That's it for today :)

(Our sincere apologies for the trouble happened recently in our JLPT Mock Exam system. The defaults have been fixed now and the system is back normal.)

引き続き宜しくお願い致します。

Masa

Discord:
https://discord.gg/t6NkjmqUE7

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/asaolanguage

Hi everyone,

How are you?
This is Masa.
How's everything going?

Our July event took place last Sunday.
We had a tough but fun walk through the city of Yokohama :)

The weather was really really intense that day but with a great company led by the staff of World Unite we managed to cover the whole journey on foot. A big thank you goes to everybody who participated.

For those who missed it, here is the itinerary of the day. 

11:00 Meet up at America Yama Park (Small Garden)
11:10 Ice Break
11:45 Visit Yokohama Kuan Ti Miao (Kanteibyo) - Emperor Guan's Shrine in Yokohama Chinatown
12:00 - 13:30 Have lunch in China Town
14:30 - 15:30 Visit Cup Noodles Museum Yokohama
15:30 - 16:30 Visit Yokohama Cosmo World
16:30 ‐ 18:30 Have drinks and relax

To see the clips of the day and to know about our future events, please follow our official Facebook page that is usually the most updated :)

https://www.facebook.com/asaolanguage

For August, we are probably going to visit Kawagoe on Sunday 11 August. If you are interested in joining us, please let us know!

My TikTok project is making progress. Since the beginning of July, I have been live streaming everyday, going though JLPT N4 and N3 quizzes. If you are a TikTok user, please drop by at https://www.tiktok.com/@asaolanguageschool
Your questions, requests, comments and suggestions are always welcome and I will be delighted to respond to them all.

Looking forward to seeing you in person in the next event or on TikTok!

Stay tuned!

Masa

Discord:
https://discord.gg/t6NkjmqUE7

Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/japaneselessons