learning a language is more than just
language it's about understanding a
different culture lifestyle and how they
see the world but thousands of people
coming to study in Japan in the big
cities I felt like they were missing out
on experiencing a deeper side of Japan
so that's why I've decided to start a
new kind of Japanese language school in
the countryside combining the language
with culture and experience study
Japanese in a renovated old school and
practice what you learn after classes by
interacting with the locals doing the
different activities and events to
understand the culture more and most of
all immerse yourself and become part of
the community
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it's time to not only learn the language
but live it
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many schools in the countryside of Japan
are closing down due to the lack of
students and for the local community
it's hard to see a place where so many
memories were made shut down and become
unused imagine what a locos feel when
the school closed down and now being
back here and seeing it all renovated
and going to be in use again it must be
a great feeling
this school has recently been reopened
and the first floor will be used as a
community space where the locals can
gather together for events and
activities or the rooms on the second
floor as spaces to rent out encouraging
more entrepreneurs and companies to work
in the countryside and I've decided to
come together with my friend to open a
Japanese language school here Sayaka has
a company called take me to Japan and
she has helped many people come to Japan
by finding them the right language
school so with Sega's feedback from
students and knowledge with Japanese
language courses we have decided to come
together to set a new kind of Japanese
language school in the countryside the
countryside was actually where my
interest for Japan started and I
wouldn't be where I am here today if I
didn't experience what I did I grew up
in New Zealand and came to Japan for the
first time when I was 17 to do an
exchange in the Japanese countryside I
actually couldn't speak a word of
Japanese at that time however being in
the countryside really allowed me to
improve my Japanese day-to-day with the
interactions I had the locals and the
community
even though the language side is very
important when you learn Japanese you
can never fully grasp it if you don't
understand and immerse yourself in the
culture and learn how to use it in
real-life situations which is why we
have designed this course to be as
practical as possible learning the
fundamentals in class and then
practicing it after class through
interacting with the locals and their
daily lives
a typical day would be classes from 9:00
until midday and then after classes we
have set up different activities and
events where you can learn more about
the culture lifestyle and the local area
you can join in on helping with the
local festivals and getting to know the
locals we have even talked to the local
town and they are super excited to
welcome you guys and for you to not only
study here but to be part of their
community if you have watched my active
videos you will also know there are
plenty of hidden gems in this area which
you will be able to do as well
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so now I can officially say the
applications for the first cost and now
open kazoku Tomo theory nothing in there
so I just finished editing the video and
I'm so excited
I could finally tell you guys about this
project that I've been working on this
course is something I wish I had when I
was doing Japanese so I'm so glad that I
could turn this vision and make it come
to life but for the first course in
August I will also be there I'll be
joining in the classes activities and I
can't wait to meet you guys
and sorry guys for the lack of videos
recently I'm trying to make these
experiences I do in my videos possible
for my viewers to do in real life
themselves and so I'm doing these
projects if you follow me on Instagram
you should be kind of up to date but
there are a few videos coming up serval
I will see you then bye
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