18 Japanese Language Schools in Tokyo - Ranking 2023

Classes are small and lessons are interactive, so everyone gets to actively participate.

27 September 2022
Course: Standard Japanese - 3 weeks
Student age: 42 years

Small group study and teaching methodology. It's very dynamic

8 February 2020
Course: Standard Japanese - 3 weeks
Student age: 23 years

To have class only on the morning or the afternoon was enjoyable.

11 July 2019
Course: Japanese Language Course Short-Term - 3 weeks
Student age: 20 years

Very well organized, very nice and helpful staff!!!

27 May 2019
Course: Short-Term Course - 6 weeks
Student age: 34 years

It was smaller than I had expected and very high school like. But I had no difficulites to stay and study.

26 May 2019
Course: Japanese Language Course Short-Term - 2 weeks
Student age: 23 years

If you already have an N5 Japanese level or you can read Hiragana and Katakana, I totally recommend JCLI, everything during the class is in Japanese and it makes it more interesting to learn. Also most of the classmates don't speak English, so It becomes an excellent opportunity to really practice and learn Japanese every single day.
Enjoy the reception and assistant office workers who are excellent at helping - even in English and Spanish (which really worked well for me.) All the teachers and classmates are really friendly and even if you cannot talk fluently with everybody, they will still help you a lot; same goes for every place in Japan.

17 December 2018
Course: Short-Term Course - 8 weeks
Student age: 30 years

The teachers were very motivated and friendly. I made a lot of progress in learning the language.
The location of the school right in shinjuku is great, it is pretty amazing that it is in one of the busiest districts of Tokyo but it is very calm in the school area because it is located right next to a shrine.

12 November 2018
Course: Standard Japanese - 5 weeks
Student age: 27 years

Kindness of the staff, very high level teaching, much time dedicated to conversation.
Large number of Europeans makes it possible to abuse the English language inside the school

4 November 2018
Course: Standard Japanese - 2 weeks
Student age: 28 years

The teachers made the lessons pleasant with humor and competence.
Satisfied all round.

30 October 2018
Course: Standard Japanese - 4 weeks
Student age: 24 years

I found the teacher's lessons very helpful
In my opinion, even if this school offers it, it is not necessarily suitable for one-month courses. They simply put the students in the three-month courses and assume all prior knowledge. In addition, the language level assessment is not necessarily carried out correctly. This is not a problem for longer stays, but I, for example, was in an N4 course and did repetitions for the whole month. The school did not respond to my personal request. Only when Tanja, my advisor here, approached the school, did I get a reaction. Even then I was asked why I "involved" Tanja and that "if need be" I could go to a higher level course. So of course I stayed in mine to avoid complications. So all-in-all: great teachers, super nice classmates, but organization, especially in regard to the course time, not particularly good.

30 October 2018
Course: Short-Term Course - 4 weeks
Student age: 20 years

professionalism and preparation of teachers
it is not good as a study holiday, the afternoon lessons make you lose the whole day.

29 August 2018
Course: Japanese Language Course Short-Term - 2 weeks
Student age: 33 years

Good atmosphere
I would say very dissatisfied with the quality of the courses. It was a beginner courses with no real beginners. All had some notions and the courses were mainly based on writing. I paid 3 weeks of classes for nothing since those who were present had either started learning in their country or "redoubled ". Completely ineffective. Great disappointment. I did not expect so much contempt for the student.

27 August 2018
Course: Short-Term Course - 3 weeks
Student age: 15 years

The lessons, the fact that we speak a lot in Japanese during the lessons and the staff

30 July 2018
Course: Standard Japanese - 4 weeks
Student age: 19 years

the people I met and the classes
I like it

16 July 2018
Course: Japanese Language Course Short-Term - 2 weeks
Student age: 26 years

Teachers and organization. The manager at Tokyo school, Demi, answered all my questions the day after the questions were sent. Everything is available, clear and fast. The teachers are all different, with their own approach to teaching.
Many thanks to the school! Maybe I will come again for a couple of weeks. I did not assess the events, because I could not attend any. But it's my fault. The school organized an activity every Friday, for a small fee. Classes are OK. There is air conditioning. The building overlooks an office building and a temple, quite quiet.

9 July 2018
Course: Standard Japanese - 2 weeks
Student age: 24 years

Very friendly teachers and modern didactics! I learned a lot with fun!
The learning pace is fast! You should be prepared for daily cramming, otherwise you might not be able to keep pace!

4 June 2018
Course: Standard Japanese - 6 weeks
Student age: 47 years

location, my classmates
Very poor, outdated methodology, teacher-centred teaching, classes to big (in my group 18 people) not best condition to efficiently learn a foreign language!!!

24 May 2018
Course: Japanese Language Course Short-Term - 4 weeks
Student age: 42 years

The teachers are competent and funny, they communicate the language very well.
You should know in advance what to expect: - Classes always take place in the morning and the afternoon, personal activities can only take place on weekends. - If you have little knowledge of the language, you can only start at certain times. - Shinjuku is a badly signposted metro station, in 6 days I took 6 different routes out of the station. Without the GPS on my iPhone, I would never have found the school.

15 April 2018
Course: Standard Japanese - 2 weeks
Student age: 62 years