Improve your daily spoken Japanese quickly. Achieve maximum progress in a 4-week intensive course. Small, fun classes to encourage Japanese speaking practice as primary activity — with a friendly community learning environment.
Our Japanese language school started as a group of volunteers in 2000 with one goal in mind: to help create cultural and language barrier-free lives for our students in Japan. Since then, we’ve expanded our schools to 3 locations (our Tokyo and YokohamaJapanese school) and launched our own textbook Nihongo Fun and Easy.
We've helped more than 8,000 students achieve their Japanese learning target. Now, we want to see you grow, too. We tailor our lessons depending on your Japanese needs, be it for JLPT, work, or just everyday life. From foundational basic and intermediate (N5-N3) to business Japanese (N2), we match your learning needs comprehensively.
Using a mix of in-house, original materials and textbooks, our Japanese courses put a strong emphasis on your Japanese skills for casual and professional use. Our Japanese teachers will assist you in reaching your goals!
Join any time. Our Japanese lessons start every month, in the morning or afternoon. Private Japanese lessons, intensive courses or JLPT preparation courses are available — all depending on your time, budget and learning preference.
We’re much more than a class — we’re a close-knitted international community of motivated learners with shared objectives. What to expect: low student-to-teacher ratio, community events and online student forums.
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I’ve been to several Japanese language schools in and around Tokyo and Coto is definitely the best for my focus; speaking and reading. I’m very satisfied and would recommend the school to anyone. Good! – friendly teachers in varied age groups – extremely flexible to take classes online or in person and switch on the […]
Caitlin Dixon
The staff and teachers are super nice, friendly, and helpful. I really enjoyed attending classes at the Yokohama location. The textbooks given are easy to understand and help you progress. Teachers remember little details and help you learn vocabulary applicable to your life. The Yokohama lobby has awesome snacks and drinks as a bonus! I […]
Trevor Kiley
As an absolute beginner to the Japanese language, I have enjoyed my experience with Coto thus far. I have taken foreign language courses in the past (though not for Japanese) and this is the first time I have actually enjoyed them. Pros: -Friendly Teachers -Accessible curriculum -Great for beginners -High quality and very professional Cons: […]
Jaris Fenner
I am just about to complete my first class with Coto next week and even though I was not really sure if I made the right decision visiting this school due to my lack of research / price comparison of other available options, I am now convinced that it was a great choice. The rooms […]
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