Japanese Blog

In Japan, streets are not named but have numbers - with the exception of the main roads. Thus, finding your way around the cities can be challenging.

We are continuing our Essential Japanese series with directions in Japanese. Very similar to English, Japanese language has interrogative words and they’re easy to remember. Even with a limited vocabulary, you have different ways to ask “Where is” in Japanese. Let’s learn this short key-sentence and asking the location of things will be very easy! […]

The new Designated Activities visa allows foreign students actively seeking employment after graduation to stay in Japan.

Asking for directions in Japanese is very easy and a good way to meet the locals. Follow our handy vocabulary guide to learning how to ask if a place is nearby.

When speaking about family in Japanese, you will not use the same words whether your speaking about your loved ones or about another person's family members.

If you want to know more about the person you're with, it's time to learn how to ask a question in Japanese.

Diana fell in love with the culture and language of Japan while visiting over ten years ago. She recently decided to continue her studies by taking the Coto Intensive Japanese Language Course.

This is an older post – to see our upcoming monthly events – click here Monthly Events at Coto Book our events online or contact us at [email protected]. Lunch Tour Thursday, August 3 Kagurazaka is an enchanting neighborhood located 5 minutes walking from the Coto Japanese Academy, where you can find many shops, fancy cafés, […]

We continue our Student Testimonial series with Lucy who came to Japan on a working holiday visa to learn the language and travel around the country.

Learn how to easily and quickly introduce yourself in Japanese in this handy article.

This is an older post – to see our upcoming monthly events – click here Monthly Events at Coto We’re very excited to introduce two new social events in July! Bring along your friends and family to join the fun! 1: Sake Tasting Tour Have you been to Shinbashi district? Best known as the ‘Salaryman […]

A great way to make a new friend is to share about your interests and things you enjoy. Being able to say ” I like” in Japanese will get you started and warm-up your encounters! (私は)音楽が好きです。((I) like music.) Once again, it will sounds more natural for Japanese to omit the first-person pronoun and topic marker, […]