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Annual Schedule

The official events at our school are generally as follows.

04

APR

  • Spring Entrance Ceremony
  • New Student Orientation
  • Spring Semester Begins

05

MAY

  • April Term Student Health Checkup
  • Freshman Field Trip
  • EJU Preparation Classes Begin

06

JUN

  • Field Trip (Kabuki and Noh Performance Appreciation)
  • School Midterm Exams (June)
  • EJU (Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students) Mock Test
  • Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students (EJU) (Session 1)
  • Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) Mock Exam
  • Class Reorganization

07

JUL

  • Summer Session Begins
  • Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) (Session 1)
  • School Career Guidance Session
  • Tanabata decorations

08

AUG

  • Summer Break

09

SEP

  • School-wide Regular Test (September)
  • Class Reorganization
  • Japanese Language Proficiency Scholarship Award Ceremony

10

OCT

  • Fall Entrance Ceremony
  • New Student Orientation
  • Fall Semester Commences
  • October Term Student Health Checkup
  • Freshman Field Trip
  • EJU (Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students) Mock Test
  • Academic Support Scholarship Award Ceremony

11

NOV

  • Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students (EJU) (Session 2)
  • Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) Mock Exam

12

DEC

  • Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) (Session 2)
  • School-wide Regular Test (December)
  • Class Reorganization

01

JAN

  • Winter Semester Begins
  • New Year Haiku Contest
  • Production of the Graduation Commemorative Anthology

02

FEB

  • School Japanese Speech Contest
  • Japanese Language Proficiency Scholarship Award Ceremony
  • Tokyo International University Kasumi Scholarship Award Ceremony

03

MAR

  • Graduation Exam
  • Graduation Presentation
  • Graduation Ceremony
  • School-wide Regular Exams (March / Current Students Only)
  • Current Student Class Reorganization

Events

Discover Japan Enjoy with Friends

Tokyo International University Japanese Language School offers numerous activities throughout the year to help students gain a deeper understanding of Japan by experiencing various aspects of Japanese culture. Students appreciate these activities as a way to learn about Japanese culture and enjoy themselves during breaks from their studies.

Spring Semester (April–June)

  • Kawagoe Walking Tour
  • Extracurricular Club Experience
  • Club Activities Begin for the First Semester

Summer Semester (July–September)

  • Hokkaido Homestay

Fall Semester (October–December)

  • Kawagoe Walking Tour
  • Participation in Tokyo International University Festival
  • International Student Japanese Speech Contest Participation
    (Tokyo International University Festival)
  • Extracurricular Club Experience
  • Club Activities Begin in the Second Semester

Winter Semester (January–March)

  • Watching the Grand Sumo Tournament
  • Graduation Tea Party

Club Activities

Experience Japanese culture

In addition to our regular classes, our school offers extracurricular activities designed to help international students learn about traditional Japanese culture and customs from a variety of perspectives. We know you likely have many different impressions of Japan, but we encourage you to experience it firsthand, gain a deeper understanding, and make new discoveries.

Flower Arrangement

This is a traditional Japanese culture with a long history. Experience its elegance and express your refined sensibilities. Feel not only the etiquette but also the spirit of harmony.

In 1975, she began studying ikebana under the Sogetsu School. Since then, she has fully harnessed the power of plant materials within diverse contemporary spaces, continually creating new works through a sense of living in the present moment. Guided by the joy of creation, the inspiration evoked by her work, and the pleasure of teaching, she actively works as an ikebana artist and spatial producer.


Instructor, Flower Arrangement Club Mr. Hiroshi Iwata
Sogetsu-ryu Sculptural Artist / Director, First-Class Master Instructor, Sogetsu Instructors Federation

The Way of Tea

Treasure your encounters with others and give your best to each person.
Why not try brewing tea with that same spirit?

Believing in this one thing—brewing delicious tea—I have dedicated myself to the way of tea. Sit seiza in a Japanese-style room and enjoy matcha and sweets. Why not experience this special moment?


Tea Ceremony Club Instructor Ms. Yoko Ikezoe

Calligraphy

The appeal of calligraphy lies not only in writing beautiful characters, but also in providing a quiet moment to sit at your desk and focus amidst busy days.

Expressing words that evoke the seasons of Japan with a brush, creating works in kanji and kana.


Teacher Keiko Miyaji

Kimono dressing

Japanese kimonos are characterized by the beauty of their patterns. Through kimonos, one can learn the beauty of an elegant and refined spirit.

After working at a kimono dressing academy for 23 years, I obtained my kimono dressing instructor certification. As part of my activities to share Japanese culture, I teach kimono dressing at various schools while also volunteering at welfare facilities for yukata experiences and dressing adults in furisode kimonos for coming-of-age ceremonies.

Instructor at the Kimono Dressing Club
Ms. Keiko Nozawa
Director of the General Incorporated Foundation for the Preservation of Traditional Culture and the NPO Japan Cultural Support and Promotion Association

Interaction with Japanese Students

Our school regularly holds exchange meetings with Japanese students as valuable opportunities to promote cultural understanding and personal growth. These interactions are highly beneficial for international students to practically enhance their Japanese language skills and deepen their adaptation to Japanese society.

Benefits of Interaction

  1. Improvement of Japanese Language Proficiency

    You can learn practical Japanese through daily life and cultural activities.

  2. Deepening Cross-Cultural Understanding

    You can encounter new values and deepen your understanding of Japanese culture and customs.

  3. Personal growth

    Cross-cultural exchange is a valuable experience that fosters self-understanding and the ability to coexist with diverse people.

  4. Connections to the Future

    You can build relationships that will help you in your future career development, including life in Japan, finding employment, and pursuing further education.

Exchange with Japanese students from Tokyo International University, our partner institution

  • Regularly held free-talk sessions based on various themes at our main campus or TIU Ikebukuro Campus
  • Exchange through Participation in Tokyo International University's International Festival
  • Exchange during the visit to Tokyo International University's Kawagoe Campus as part of the new students' off-campus learning program

Exchanges with Waseda University students from nearby campuses

  • Participated in a Japanese language class hosted by Waseda University

Exchanges with nearby elementary schools

  • Cross-cultural experiences through traditional Japanese games played with local elementary school students