I’m a native Japanese speaker, born and raised in Japan. I’ve been tutoring Japanese for more than 10 years. Nowadays, students in public elementary schools take English classes, but when I was a student, I had my first English class in junior high school (middle school). I was very excited to learn this new subject, but I didn’t do very well at first. However, I really liked the way my high school English teacher taught the class. I was his student throughout high school, and later I even majored in English at a college in Japan and at a university in America.

I understand the struggles you may have learning Japanese because I also experienced similar challenges when I was learning English. Teaching is my passion, and that’s why I want to help students stay motivated and study Japanese efficiently. I am also interested in different cultures, people, and customs. I hope we can share the differences between yours and mine in class, too.