I’ve been taking Japanese lessons with Shinya-san for over a year, starting as a beginner and now speaking conversationally. He is a fantastic teacher at any level. Every lesson is well prepared and tailored to what you want to achieve. Now that I can hold conversations, I’m consistently impressed by how he keeps the discussion in Japanese at exactly the right level — natural, engaging, and perfectly paced. Shinya-san is friendly, patient, and makes lessons enjoyable as well as productive. I would strongly recommend him to anyone serious about learning to actually use Japanese.

I have been learning Japanese with Shinya Sensei for exactly two years now and I just want to share a little bit about my experience. Every lesson has been really enjoyable. Shinya Sensei communicates clearly and his manner is friendly and relaxed. I also appreciate that Shinya Sensei uses different kinds of resources and that he will adapt the lesson according to my needs. Sensei also uses a shared Google Doc where he makes notes that I can review. I can also make sentences here and receive feedback. I can honestly say that I don’t find speaking Japanese easy and I am prone to getting nervous and having my mind go blank! However, Shinya Sensei is always patient and he encourages me to keep trying. He is also great at explaining things and he corrects my mistakes in a positive way. If you are looking for a Sensei who is professional, engaging, patient and fun - definitely book with Shinya Sensei. 先生、ありがとうございました。

Shinya-Sensei has been a great help throughout my preparations to my upcoming trip and taught me so many useful things about living in Japan and speaking Japanese. All his lessons until this last one were chock-full of useful tips, rules and practice. Thank you so much Shinya-Sensei! いろいろとありがとうございました！

It is always a great pleasure having classes with Sensei! With your great patience and continuous practice with you in each class, now I could speak more and more Japanese! I hope I could have more time studying continuously and hope by the end of next year I could conduct Japanese conversations very fluently and hope I could also good discussions with my clients in Japanese by then.

I've been taking lessons with Shinya-san for 6 months now, going from absolutely no speaking experience to feeling much more confident and comfortable speaking Japanese. Shinya-san approaches every lesson with energy and an infectious enthusiasm. Even though I was extremely nervous for my first lessons, that feeling quickly faded away and within minutes I was enjoying speaking in Japanese. Shinya-san has a long history of travel, an interest in other languages and cultures, and genuine love for learning about new people. I think anyone will easily find they have an overabundance of topics to enjoy with Shinya! My Japanese still has a long way to go, but I'm looking forward to continuing to practice with Shinya-san. Thank you! 六か月ぐらい、晋也さんのレッスンを受けています。最初は、すごく緊張していたんですけど、今は、晋也さんのおかげで、自信を手に入れたんです！晋也さんはたくさん旅行したことがあるし、他の、言語と文化に興味があるし、会話の中で面白い話題が溢れ出してきます。僕の日本語はまだまだですけど、これからも晋也さんとのレッスンは楽しみにしています！色々と教えてくれて、心の底から、ありがとうございます。

After more than half a year, I have returned to take classes with Shinya-sensei. It is always a pleasure! We talked about my upcoming Japan trip, and I found out that I did not forget as much Japanese as I feared. 今日もありがとうございます。