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Almost every English-language page about Japanese schooling in Chicago gets one thing wrong, and it is the thing that matters most. "Chicago Futabakai Japanese School" is not one school — it is two schools sharing one building. Mon...

If you have searched "Japanese school San Francisco" you have probably found the same four or five names and almost no useful detail — no prices, no class times, and nothing at all about whether your child would actually be accepte...

If you have searched "Japanese school Dubai" you almost certainly searched "Japanese school Dubai fees" straight afterwards — and found nothing straight. Here is the short answer up front. Dubai has one Japanese school: the Japanes...

If you are in Los Angeles and have typed "Japanese Saturday school" into your phone, there is really only one answer at scale — and then a set of smaller ones most search results never mention. Asahi Gakuen is the Japanese Saturday...

If you are raising a Japanese-Australian child in Perth, you have probably typed "Japanese Saturday school Perth" into your phone and been slightly confused by the results. The names sound almost identical — weekend school, languag...

If you are raising a Japanese-Canadian child in the Greater Toronto Area, you have probably typed "Japanese school Toronto" into a search bar and come away a little confused. The names look almost identical — hoshuko, Japanese lang...

Search for a Japanese school in Vancouver and you'll get a handful of names that look almost identical — but they do very different jobs. The short answer: a community heritage school like the Vancouver Japanese Language School kee...

If you're searching for a Japanese Saturday school in Seattle, you'll notice the options have very similar names but do very different jobs. Here's the short answer up front: a weekend hoshuko (like the Seattle Japanese School in Bellevu...

If you are raising a child in the Netherlands and want to keep their Japanese alive, the first hurdle is not choosing a school — it is realising that the options have confusingly similar names but do completely different jobs. Sear...

JSKL, the KL Japanese Saturday School and after-school language centres compared for 2026 - who each is for, fees, and an online option just 1 hour from Japan.

MISJ hoshuko, the Victorian School of Languages and VCE Japanese, community classes and fees - every Melbourne option compared, plus an online school that fits the timezone.

"We're thinking about Preply for our child's Japanese — is it the right fit?" If that's you, here's an honest comparison. Preply and TOMODACHI JAPAN are both "online Japanese," but their goals are almost opposite. This guide compares the...

"I want my child to learn Japanese online — but which one? italki, Preply, Outschool, Duolingo…" There are more options than you'd think, and most are built for adults, with very little written from a kid's point of view. This guide comp...