I already had more than 50 lessons with Kaoru and I take so much out of each lesson. Kaoru is positive, optimistic, patient and motivating. Kaoru always responds to my wishes and implements them so quickly in our lesson that I am surprised every time. So I was able to prepare perfectly for my Japan trip, for an event, for concerts etc. and thanks to her I also passed my JLPT exam last year, where she continues to help me with grammar for the next exam. In class, Kaoru encourages you to speak Japanese too, and gives you enough time to think and also helps you along. I am not afraid that I might say something wrong or make mistakes. Like, you only learn from mistakes, right ;-) Learning Japanese on my own is not easy, but with her help it is much more fun and within a year I have learned so many new things that I would not have learned from a textbook or anywhere else. I can recommend Kaoru to anyone who is tired of boring textbooks and who needs some support in their self-study.

Those lessons help me so much with self-study. They are super fun, interactive, informative and fit my needs perfectly. Every week I look forward to the lessons and they always leave me feeling like my time was well invested! I learn a lot - each lesson has enough structure to prevent me from feeling lost but enough flexibility to keep it entertaining and interactive. They are just perfect for me. Thank you so much, Kaoru-sensei! ^^

I reached my 10th lesson with Yamamoto-sensei! I didn’t even realize until she pointed it out, which showed how much she really cares about my Japanese goals and she loves to see others progress and continue to want to learn!! Each lesson has allowed me to gradually start speaking Japanese more due to Yamamoto-sensei’s teaching style, which is based on structured lessons teaching different concepts that allows me to gradually start speaking and learning more Japanese. I can’t wait to take more lessons! ❤️❤️❤️

This is the 2nd lesson I've had. I've had about 9 italki teachers, both professional and community tutor, and no one has been bad but I can confidently say that Kaoru pays the most attention to detail by far of anyone I've talked to. She'll make specialized lessons based on your interests and will actually type out what you say so that you have a record of your mistakes and how to correct them, along with any new words or sentence suggestions.

Today was my 9th lesson with Kaoru-san and I have already noticed improvement in how quickly I can translate my thoughts into Japanese. Kaoru-san is patient and observant. She knows when to help you along and when to let you figure it out on your own to improve. Her lessons are an excellent variety of listening, reading and speaking and her content is both interesting and easy to follow. If you get nervous easily while speaking like me, Kaoru-san is the perfect teacher for you.

Kaoru-sama explains complex concepts very well and breaks them down in a way anyone can understand. She's also always willing to pause and answer questions in a nuanced manner. It's nice to be able to learn cultural concepts as well as the Japanese language