Level Up Your Japanese! Intermediate Discussion Club N3 N2 Conversation 日本語会話
Details
The venue is here↓
https://maps.app.goo.gl/5LuKKDw3USWnmqB28
This event will be conducted in Japanese only.
It is for JLPT N3 or higher..
For Intermediate Japanese Learners!
"Deep Dive into Japan: Past and Present" Discussion Group
【For those at JLPT N3–N2 Level】
🗾 Weekly, In-Person Meetup! Learn All About Japan — In Japanese!
Do you want to understand the news and history so you can have deep conversations with Japanese people?
Are you ready to move beyond daily chat and take your Japanese to the next level?
If so, this study group is perfect for your curious mind!
Close the Textbook and Let's Get Practical! 📚➡️🗣️
"This is not just a place for INPUT (acquiring knowledge)! 🙅♀️ You’ll put all the Japanese you know to use, think critically, and discuss with others to thoroughly train your OUTPUT (practical skills)! 🔥"
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💡 3 Skills You'll Master at This Meetup
- Deep Understanding & Vocabulary: We cover a wide range of topics—Economics, Society, History, and Culture—to teach you the "real-world Japanese" you need for news and serious conversations.
- Logical Output Ability: Through weekly in-person discussions, your ability to organize your thoughts and clearly convey your opinions in natural Japanese will drastically improve.
- Consistent Learning Habit: Meeting in-person every week helps you maintain high motivation and a steady learning routine.
📚 Example Topics (Changing Weekly!)
- Society & Economy: Low birth rate/aging population, Japanese work culture, environmental issues
- History & Culture: The charm of traditional arts, modern youth culture, Japanese religious views
- Lifestyle: The Japanese education system, enjoying the four seasons, hidden spots for tourists
## 【Instructor Profile】
Nice to meet you.
I provide liberal arts education conducted in Japanese, rather than conventional “Japanese language instruction,” for non-native professionals working in Japan.
### My Teaching Philosophy:
Japanese as a Tool for Thinking, Not Merely Something to Be Learned
Many Japanese lessons focus primarily on vocabulary and grammar acquisition. However, what is truly required in business and social life goes beyond that: the ability to understand the deeper structures of Japanese society.
In my lessons, Japanese is used as a tool, through which we explore the following areas in depth:
- Literature: Analyzing original texts to understand the Japanese mindset, values, and sense of aesthetics.
- History: Tracing the historical contexts that have shaped contemporary Japan.
- Politics & Economics: Examining the structures behind the news and analyzing Japan’s distinctive decision-making processes.
### A Key Feature: “Fieldwork” That Engages All Five Senses
Knowledge does not exist only on the desk. My classes place strong emphasis on fieldwork, going beyond textbooks and into real-world settings.
- Historical sites: Visiting locations featured in literary works or places that marked historical turning points, and engaging in discussion while experiencing the atmosphere firsthand.
- Social and economic sites: Exploring locations that reflect political and economic dynamics, transforming abstract knowledge into lived understanding.
These in-person lessons offer a sense of immediacy and intellectual excitement that can only be achieved face to face.
### Many of My Students Are People Who:
- Are comfortable with everyday Japanese but want to engage in in-depth discussions on specialized topics.
- Wish to read classical texts or business documents in the original Japanese and fully grasp their context.
- Want to turn their weekends into a time for intellectually stimulating, adult learning.
Rather than stopping at a surface-level understanding of Japanese society, why not explore its essence together?
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More information is on Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/lisa3939_in_tokyo/?locale=ja_JP
【Day＆Time】
Friday from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
【Venue】
ドトールコーヒーショップ 秋葉原和泉橋店
〒101-0033 東京都千代田区神田岩本町１ 山上ビル
Tokyo, Chiyoda, Kandaiwamotochou, 1 山上ビル
https://maps.app.goo.gl/5LuKKDw3USWnmqB28
The venue will change depending on the day.
【Participation fee】
1000 yen（Cash only）
【Prohibited activity】
●Participation for the purpose of picking up women
●Solicitation for MLM(network businesses) or religion
●Abusive or rude behavior toward other participants
If you have any questions about the event, please contact the organizer, Lisa.
**【About me】**
●Hometown: Shinjuku( Yakuza Town!)
●Languages: Japanese(Native), English
●Languages I have studied so far: French, German, Spanish, Latin(I like Ancient Rome), Ancient Greek(I like philosophy)
●Occupation: Tutor, law translator, Creation of educational videos, Japanese language teacher
●My dream: Making a pub for language learning
●Things I like: reading, languages, cats, animals, anime, manga, news. history, politics, economy, philosophy, sweets, chocolate, bread, pizza, pasta, hamburger, sushi, coffee, tea, badminton, volleyball, soccer, walking, cycling, basketball, karaoke, Rilakkuma, Hello kitty, pokemon, Hatsune Miku(my profile pic), stationery, pink goods
●Music: Michael Jackson(He is a legend), Yoasobi, LiSA(it's not me), Akina Nakamori, Seiko Matsuda, Mrs. GREEN APPLE, Offcial Hige Dandism, Babymetal(I ❤ SU-METAL), Happy End, Kenshi Yonedu, Kenji Sawada, Hikaru Utada, TM Network, Linkin Park, Mariah Carey, Wham!, Green day, The Clash, Rihanna, Usher, anime songs, Rock music, R&B, Punk Rock
●Favorite anime: Detective conan(I've been watching it for more than 25 years), HxH, Gundam, Level E, Fullmetal alchemist, Rurouni Kenshin, pokemon(I miss Satoshi :( ) , Attack on titan, Jojo, Gambling apocalypse kaiji, Parasyte, Berserk, Demon slayer, Evangelion, Black Lagoon, One Piece, A certain scientific railgun, A certain magical index, toradora!, Banana fish, Spy family(Anya is cute!), Jujutsu Kaisen(Gojo-sensei is cool!), sports anime
●Movie: Seven, Wall Street, Akira, Ghost in the shell, movies of Christopher Nolan, movies of Satoshi Kon, Murder in the first, Ghibli, Pixar
●Drama: Friends, Prison Break(Season 1 only), How I met your mother, Law & Order(my major is law), Dexter, Game of thrones,
●Actor: Al Pacino, Michael Douglas, Orlando Bloom(was the sexiest in the world)
●Books: Soseki Natsume, Yukio Mishima, Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Osamu Dazai, Junichiro Tanizaki, Ogai Mori, Kenji Miyazawa, Ranpo Edogawa, Toson Fujimura, Yasunari Kawabata, Atsushi Nakajima, Keigo Higashino, The Tale of Genji, The Tale of the Heike, Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, Jane Austen, George Orwell, Aldous Leonard Huxley, Oscar Wilde, Somerset Maugham, Edger Allan Poe, John Steinbeck, Salinger, Hemingway, Victor Hugo, Molière, Stendhal, Albert Camus, Gustave Flaubert, Alexandre Dumas, Maupassant, Aleksandr Pushkin, Nikolai Gogol, Lev Tolstoy, Dostevsky, Turgenev, Chekhov, Romance of the three kingdoms, Lu Xun, Water Margin
●Things I wanna try: Learning Swedish, Learning Arabic, Learning Hindi, climbing Mt. Koya, snowboarding, rock climbing, hang rider, watching old movies(Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, Akira Kurosawa, Yasujiro Ozu,etc), Watching football games, watching Star Wars movies(Which one should I watch?), cooking, travel to Saga(Does everybody know?)