I've taken nearly 30 lessons with Akihisa-Sensei now, and we've recently finished the first textbook. I was scared to take Japanese lessons at first because of my busy work schedule and not having a lot of time/energy to study. Akihisa encourages mistakes and happily makes corrections as needed. He provides extremely detailed homework/study sheets after each lessons and can easily switch lesson formats as needed. I would have never had the confidence to continue learning as an adult if it had not been for Akihisa. If you're considering taking Japanese lessons trust me- if you go with Akihisa-sensei your investment will be worth it!

I am finishing my last lesson package with Akihisa-san, and I can safely say he is the best teacher I have ever had at Italki. First of all, the flow of the class is very good, Akihisa-san natrually slows or speeds up the conversation depending how the conversation is going. I also feel confident on taking risks with more difficult sentences, since his in-class feedback is very good, it doesn't stop the flow of the conversation, but helps you understand the point you missed. Also after every class Akihisa-san sends me a very organized and useful feedback with relevant lesson points, like grammar or vocabulary I missed, or that he thinks will help me out. For sure will continue with the classes, since I feel my japanese has improved since I started my lessons.

ありがとうございます。今日も勉強になりました。「つもり」のニュアンスが理解できるようになりました。前回のレッスンはわかったと思っていたんですけど、もう一回説明してもらえてよかったです。 今日のトピックは難しかったですが、役に立つ語彙がたくさんありました。復習します。 前にお伝えした通り、三週間ぐらい休むので、次のレッスンは１０月になります。楽しみにしています。また次回お会いしましょう。 ____ Excellent class! I thought I'd understood a grammar point, but in reality I hadn't fully grasped it. I asked Akihisa-san to explain it to me again and he made it really clear. I know I can safely ask him to explain something several times and he'll make sure I understand it properly. I really like that! Thanks again!

Akihisa先生 is a great teacher that really helps me get better in speaking, grammar, vocabulary and gaining confidence in outputting Japanese. He encourages me to speak a lot by asking good questions and being a patient listener. His explanations are easy to understand and the feedback and homework afterwards is super valuable. It also helps to have some common interests like the NBA and movies :) I highly recommend Akihisa先生 and looking forward to many more lessons!

I've been doing casual lessons with Akihisa sensei and he's been very helpful. I've studied on my own and know a lot of vocab and grammar in theory, but I never speak, so I mostly just wanted a place to practice speaking on any topic, which we've been doing and he's helped correct a lot of mistakes I've made, and I'm getting better at speaking. But he also helps guide and suggests practicing certain things, and he has slides to cover some topics, and he answers my random questions about Japanese. Akihisa sensei also writes up summaries after the lesson and sends it over with helpful vocab I missed or one or two topics I should practice more, which is great. ありがとうございます！

ありがとうございました。今日もとても勉強になりました。 僕にとって、字幕なしの動画はかなり難しいですね。でも、晃久さんのおかげで、少し理解できるようになりました。いい動画だと思います。音楽の解説も日本語のコンテンツも完璧です。 次のレッスンを楽しみにしています。それでは、また！ ___ Excellent lesson! I get to study grammar and also talk about my favorite subjects. In this lesson, I brought up a video I couldn't understand (there were no subtitles either), and Akihisa-san helped me make sense of a lot of the passages. Akihisa-san is great at explaining nuances through examples - I wouldn't have caught many of them without him. Thanks a lot!