Japanese teacher Haruna

Haruna

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Teaches
Japanese
Native
Speaks
English
French
Korean
Portuguese
Japanese Made Easy for Beginners & Travelers🇯🇵✈️ Fun, Friendly Lessons with Bilingual Tutor💛
From JapanLiving in Other, Japan (17:32 UTC+09:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Nov 3, 2025
InterestsFoodTravelMusicFilms & TV SeriesEnvironment & Nature
I've taught over 700 online lessons to students aged 7+ Beginners are very welcome!😊 I live in Shonan, Kanagawa with 2 cats🐈🐈 I’ve spent about a year and a half in Melbourne and Brisbane! I know how hard it is to speak a new language. I felt the same when I started learning English. I was afraid of making mistakes, but patient teachers helped me find my voice again. Now I’d love to help you do the same. Let’s take the first step together! 🌟 【Things I Love】 🌿Nature & Travel✈️ Japan or abroad, sea or mountains—I love it all! Climbed Mt. Fuji, walked part of the Nakasendo Trail, and Snorkeling in Okinawa!! This year, I’m planning to visit Korea, Thailand, Bali, and hopefully Europe too! 📺Movies, Series, and Anime I love Ghibli movies, J-dramas, K-dramas, and anime💛 Let’s talk about our favorite shows and movies together! 🎶Music: I used to sing in gospel and show choirs! 🍪 Baking: Every year I celebrate birthdays with handmade cakes 👶🏻 Kids: I truly love spending time with children 【The lessons I offer】 ・Japanese conversation🗣️✨ ・Japanese for beginners🌸 ・Japanese for travel✈️ ・Japanese for kids🌈
My teaching material
  • PDF file
  • Text Documents
  • Presentation slides/PPT
  • Audio files
  • Image files
  • Video files
  • Flashcards
  • Articles and news
  • Quizzes
  • Test templates and examples
  • Homework Assignments
5.0
Rating
29
Students
278
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate

Japanese Lessons

Trial Lesson
10 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
Discover Japan, Speak Nihongo✈️—Japanese for travelers
A1 -  B1

Conversation

80 lessons completed
USD 13.00+
Package with 10% off
Start from Hiragana!🌸 — Japanese for Beginners
A1 -  B1

Language Essentials

19 lessons completed
USD 13.00+
Package with 10% off
Small Talk, Big Progress🌱 — Japanese Conversation Practice
B1 -  C2

Conversation

21 lessons completed
USD 11.50+
Package with 7% off
Play, Learn, Speak Nihongo🌈 — Japanese for Kids
A1 -  C2

Kids

148 lessons completed
USD 13.00+
Package with 10% off

Availability

34 Reviews

Student Isabel
Isabel
10 Japanese lessons
Teacher’s pick
We greatly enjoy our lessons with Haruna. She is very friendly and patient. We have learned a lot of useful phrases for our upcoming trip. Haruna also provides interesting insights into life in Japan and background information on culture. Thank you for all the fun classes, Haruna. We cannot wait to put our knowledge into practice.
Apr 26, 2026
Student イジー
イジー
14 Japanese lessons
Teacher’s pick
I had a very fun, laidback, and enjoyable conversation with Haruna-san. We had discussed many interesting topics throughout our lesson and was very supportive. I really appreciate the different suggestions on sentences I create, it truly helped sharpen my conversational skills. She also creates a helpful word document so I can review later on what we had discussed. I wholeheartedly recommend taking Haruna-san's lessons, she's patient, supportive, and encouraging with helping others reach their language learning goals. ありがとうございます。がんばりましょう! !
Nov 12, 2025
Student Isabel
Isabel
10 Japanese lessons
Thank you for another fun class.
Apr 12, 2026
Student Jackson
Jackson
16 Japanese lessons
Teacher’s pick
I worked with Haruna for 3 months to prepare for a trip to Japan, and the experience was excellent. She is patient, relatable, and consistently takes the time to fully explain essential phrases with clear, practical examples. Her lessons and materials were tailored to real travel situations, which made everything useful and easy to retain. Each session felt purposeful and engaging, and I always felt like I had learned something I could actually use. I learned a great deal in a short time and built real confidence in my ability to communicate.
Mar 25, 2026
Student イジー
イジー
14 Japanese lessons
Thank you for another fun lesson Haruna-san! I had a great time chatting with you about various interesting topics, thanks for sharing about your fun past stories. I felt really confident about my listening skills this lesson thanks to your help. I look forward to chatting with ya on the next lesson!
Apr 23, 2026
Student イジー
イジー
14 Japanese lessons
10回目のレッスン、おめでとうございます!この節目を先生と一緒に迎えられてとても嬉しいです。これからも楽しいレッスンをたくさん受けられるのを楽しみにしています。先生がご覧になったミュージカルのお話もとても面白かったですし、神話の登場人物の背景について分かりやすく説明してくださってありがとうございました。まめにもよろしくお伝えください。それから、次回は紫のライトを用意しておきますね😊 I look forward to the next lesson!
Mar 22, 2026