Private Japanese Lessons × Asao Language School

Hi everyone :)
How're you?
How's everything going?
This is Masa from Administration.

We've got some information to share with you today.

1.
For our monthly cultural activity this month, we are planning on going on a hike to Mount Ooyama in Isehara! We have tried it a couple times before and it's been great!

https://tanzawa-oyama.jp/climb/route/afuri-oyama/

We can meet at Isehara station, walk up to the start of the hiking route, hike up the mountain, enjoy the view from the top and relax, come back down and walk back to the station. On our way back to the station, we can stop by a sake brewery called Sawanoi where we can have a tour. They also have a garden so we can take a break there before heading home :)

https://www.sawanoi-sake.com/service/baiten/

We are thinking of doing this towards the end of the month. If anybody is interested, please join us :) It's going to be a lot of fun!

2.
Aiko sensei is having her Japanese teacher training in person this month. The venue is in Shinjuku :) Here is the message from her.

5月の研究会は、オンラインではなく、新宿付近の会場にて開催します。

テーマは、「第44回 学習者の日本語を確実に伸ばすための教科書研究」で、5月10日土曜日11:00~12:30に行います。
日本語教育、日本語教師、日本語教授法研究会にご興味があるみなさん、お気軽にご参加ください！

https://shamrocklanguage.com/free/teacher-training

3.
Yuka sensei has made an announcement regarding our Mock JLPT Online. It's an online JLPT practice exam produced by Ask Publishing. All the 5 levels are available and you can take them anytime online. You can use the exam result to analyse where you need to work on, get used to the time management and so on. If you wonder which level to take, it can work as a level check test as well :)

https://www.facebook.com/asaolanguage

4.
My TikTok project is still happening everyday :) We are currently focusing on N3 grammar points based on this book https://amzn.to/4k8z1ie

As always, your questions and requests, on and off the topic of the day, from any level are very much welcomed. Please pop in for fun learning today!

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

5.
To those who are taking online lessons outside our Discord community, please bear in mind that Skype has been integrated into Teams that we have switched from Skype to Teams as our main platform for lessons. 
To continue with your lessons without hiccups, please make sure to log into Teams with the same password, email address and ID that you have used with Skype. Doing so, everything, e.g. your contacts, previous chats and call histories you had on Skype will be transferred into Teams automatically.

6.
Here is one of our Certified Japanese Teachers, Sonoka Hirai sensei's introduction :)

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

She knows how to apply theories into practices. With her friendly and approachable personality, as well as practical teaching experiences that she has gained through our training, she can work with you on the grammar study regardless of your level. She can be a great conversation partner if you prefer working on fluency. You will definitely enjoy her lessons. If you come across her name, please say hello to her :)

That's it for today!

Stay tuned :)

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

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

Hi everyone :)
How are you?
How's April been treating you so far? I guess it's been like a roller coaster ride for most of us, so hang in there...

I again apologise for the absence from the streaming on TikTok. I am now back to the regular routines.

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

Let's get ready for the July exam!

Regarding our monthly cultural / social event this month, we were fully ready to go ahead with the kimono dressing for men and women but unfortunately we will have to postpone it.

The good news is that we now have 2 professional teachers, an assistant, an interpreter and a venue to run it anytime. 

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

Thank you so much for joining us for the ohanami in Ueno Park last Sunday! We hope you all enjoyed it :)
We were very lucky with the weather, weren't we? The photos of the day will go up on our Facebook page later! https://www.facebook.com/asaolanguage

Sakura is in full bloom in Tokyo and, with children being on holiday, popular ohanami spots such as Ueno Park are hosting a big event at the moment, so don't miss it.

The Sakura Festival in Ueno Park goes on until Sunday the 6th :)
https://media.jreast.co.jp/articles/968

As always, big thank you goes to Stefanie and Neo san from World Unite https://www.world-unite.de/en who led us through the day. They are great event organisers.

In April, we are planning to organise a Kimono dressing class on Saturday the 26th at the World Unite's event hall in Kiba. There will be a professional instructor who walks us through how to put on a kimono and a photo shooting. If you are interested, please join us :) It will be 3000 yen (tax included ) per person. For more details, please contact Yuka sensei at yuka.asaolanguage@gmail.com

On TikTok, we are currently working on the use of ように from JLPT N3.
https://www.tiktok.com/@asaolanguageschool/photo/7486780357468032263
The list is still incomplete and to be updated!

Looking forward to welcoming you all!

Stay tuned :)

Masa

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

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

Hi everyone,
This is Masa
How are you?

It is unbelievable that we are already half way through March...
How's everything going?

Just to remind you, our operation runs throughout the year so whenever you would like to start or restart your study, let us know anytime :)

(In Japan, the registration for JLPT July exam begins on the 18th!)

As always, our Private Lessons and Mock Exams are available from 08:00 to 22:00 from Monday to Sunday including public holidays.

Everything related to our community on Discord / Patreon has been and will stay the same as before throughout the year. For inquiries, feel free to contact Yuka sensei anytime at yuka.asaolanguage@gmail.com

(Please note that we have had a slight change with our pricing structure for the lessons that take place outside our community on Discord / Patreon. For inquiries, please contact me at asaolanguage@gmail.com)

My TikTok project is still happening and getting livelier :) We have started to work on JLPT N3 grammar recently, based on the following textbook :)

https://amzn.to/3XX54sJ

We are still on Chapter 4 and you can easily catch up so if you are interested, please join us. I have been trying to have a stream everyday.

During my stream, your questions and requests are always very welcome. They can be related to the topic of the day or completely unrelated. They can come from any level, so, fire away!

The idea of the community we are building on TikTok is that we, with a shared interest, get together, discuss, share knowledge and experience, so, again, you are always welcome to join us :)

I have recently written up a couple of texts to summarise the topics that everybody seems to struggle with, namely, Causative and Compound Adjectives そう vs よう vs みたい vs っぽい vs らしい. If anybody likes to revise them, please have a look at the following links.

https://www.tiktok.com/@asaolanguageschool/photo/7478175214375947541?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7299587871881987585

https://www.tiktok.com/@asaolanguageschool/photo/7481945686125202706?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7299587871881987585

That's it for today.

Our March event is coming up soon as well :)

Looking forward to welcoming you all!

Let's plough on!

Masa

Discord:
https://discord.gg/t6NkjmqUE7

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

Aiko's Blog
https://note.com/fine_gnu509

Hi everyone,

How are you?
How's everything going?

First of all, thank you so much for joining us for our very first event of the year, 2025 Shinnnennkai - Mochi Pounding last Sunday :)
We had fun, didn't we?

Special thank you goes to Ryo san from Takasugi Atelier, https://www.takasugi-atelier.com who supported us getting the food ready throughout the event, Stefanie san from World Unite!, https://www.world-unite.de/en.html who provided us with the venue and Taizou san from Fujita Dougu, https://fujitadougu.com who supplied us the equipment.

We were only able to make it happen because of their support. So, once again, we would like to thank everybody for their support :)

Both the clips of the day and the details of our March event coming up will be shared on our Facebook page in due course.

If you are interested, please follow us on https://www.facebook.com/asaolanguage

Now, we have a couple of items to talk about today.

1.
Did you find out about the December JLPT result?
To those who managed to pass it, Congratulations!
To those who didn't, I'm sorry... Let's get ready for July!
Please make sure to let your teacher know your result and discuss it with him/her.
This is an important process to have, putting your 2025 study plan into perspective :)

2.
We have been contacted by a recruitment company called J-Styles who runs https://worholicareer-recruit.com/

We briefly discussed the idea of having a potential collaboration in the future :) It would be great if we could start offering job opportunities on top of language learning opportunities to our community members :)
According to the CEO, those who wish to apply for the listed jobs need to have the permission to remain and work in the country as well as JLPT N2. We are going to explore the idea a little bit more.

3.
My TikTok project, https://www.tiktok.com/@asaolanguageschool which started on the 1st of February last year, marked 1 year last week :) Thank you all so much for the support! This community welcomes people from different walks of life, but with a shared interest :) I am so glad to see that it has grown to be like that where everybody comes up with questions and requests, interacts and shares knowledge and experience with one another. Without your enthusiasm and love towards learning, I could not possibly last this long...so, thanks a million! I hope what I do here continues to help you all keep going with your study and ultimately serve a purpose of achieving your goals in Japan and back home!

Masa

Discord:
https://discord.gg/t6NkjmqUE7

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

Aiko's Blog
https://note.com/fine_gnu509