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Established in 1977
Intercultural Institute of Japan is one of the oldest remaining Japanese language schools in Tokyo, established in 1977.
In the school you can take short-term courses (from 1 week), long-term courses (from 1 year) as well as online lessons.
Students will be placed in a class the fits their current language ability. From Level 3 and higher, the classes have two different directions: General classes and University- preparatory classes. Depending on your goal you can choose either of them.
Besides different courses Intercultural Institute of Japan can help you find accomodations, help with visa and other goverment bureaucracy issues.
Outside of classes the school also arranges many events and activities for you to participate in. Such as trips, sightseeing and cultural workshops.
Intercultural Institute of Japan offers long-term general Japanese language courses from 1 year up to 2 years.
Start: January, April, July, October.
Eligible students: Completion of 12 years of formal school education or equivalent.
Price long-term courses
1 Year: ¥850,000
1 Year, 3 Months: ¥1,046,300
1 Year, 6 Months: ¥1,433,900
2 Years: ¥1,620,000
Price short-term courses
Group lessons online for 2-4 hours / week.
(Besides support related to your course)
Mail: [email protected]
Phone: +81-3-5816-4861
Address: 2 Chome-20-9 Taito, Taito City, Tokyo 110-0016
Location: Akihabara, Tokyo | Google Maps
Website: incul.com/eng
Disclaimer: It’s been a few years since I attended Intercultural, so things might have changed. But for what I’ve heard it’s still a very good school.
Review: I’ve attended two different language schools in Japan, Intercultural and ALA. Intercultural was hands down the most professional of the two.
The staff was super friendly and helped you with everything from finding accomodation to everyday headaches like filing goverment papers.
The lessons was well structured and the tempo was at a good level.
The only two negatives I can think of is:
Having to _write_ kanji on the daily tests (like, aint nobody got time for writing. When did you last write anything not on a phone/computer) which makes studying unnessesary time consuming.
The second thing is not necessarily a negative, but worth considering depending on your goals. Intercultural is very focused on grammar and JLPT, which is great for learning the basics and if you want to pass the test or go to university. If your goal is just to get better at speaking, then another school might be better suited for you. Like ALA which has a greater focus on speaking.
Another great bonus things were the many events and trips you get to go on. Very fun and memorable!
Highly recommend!
And again: It was a few years ago, so please read other mor up-to-date reviews as well.