Japanese school lunches Japanese school lunches have been in focus in recent news and magazine articles. The level of nutrition and the culture of student participation in the serving and cleaning is usually the focal point of the news' stories. And a lot of countries are looking to Japan's example when reforming their own school lunch menus. Kamiyama sensei introduces this topic in this Japanes...

Toys in Japan Japan is well-known as a creative hub for art, fashion and technology and weird things too. So it is not surprising that you can find some imaginative toys in the country. In this weekly blog, for Japanese learners, Ishibashi sensei; one of the teachers at Japonin(JOI) online school, introduces some popular toys that are a little on the weird side... Listen to the video to learn J...

Wasai : The Art of Making Kimono For formal occassions, Japanese people usually wear kimonos. The word Kimono actually just means 'something to wear' but, these garments have become an art form and a form of fashion stretching over a long history and culture. Yanaka sensei is a Japanese teacher at Japonin(JOI) online school, and she explains the tools used in Wasai, the art of kimono-making. Yan...

Japanese counter words When you are learning Japanese for the first time, one of the things that you first stumble upon is the variety of counter words. As you progress to learn more advanced Japanese, these words just seem to increase. The words often change grammatically depending on the numbers proceeding them, and they can alter according to the size or shape of the thing being counted. Lear...

Listen to fluent Japanese Japonin(JOI) Japanese online school publishes this blog written by professional Japanese teachers, every week. You can learn Japanese vocabulary and listen to fluent Japanese by watching the video. The making and reading of the video was also done by Imoto sensei too, so please listen to the way she tells about her experience and practice your Japanese listening. It is...