The Real Japan Talk N3 N2 Stop Studyin, Speak Japanese 日本語会話 conversation
Details
This will be happening at the same time as the following group.
https://www.meetup.com/self-study-japanese-learners-study-group/
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.
🇯🇵 Weekly Event! The "Deep Dive into Japan" Conversation Salon for Intermediate Learners 🍵
Are you an intermediate Japanese learner who thinks, "I can speak it, but I want to know MORE about Japan!"?
This event is not just casual chitchat. It's an immersive, in-person learning salon where we take a single, set topic each week and dig deep, using Japanese to explore the "Why?" and "How?" of everything.
While you'll definitely be using your Japanese skills, the real goal of this event is not to speak "perfect Japanese," but to deeply understand Japanese society, culture, and history.
💡 Why This Event is NOT Just Casual Chitchat
Our conversation salon is built on these three core pillars:
- 【Set and Provided Topics Every Time】
- We prepare fascinating deep-dive themes every week, ranging from "Recent Trends" to "Traditional Ways of Thinking." You never have to worry about finding a topic!
- 【"Deep Dive" Dialogue Using Materials】
- We use concrete materials like photos, articles, and data related to the topic. This is not surface-level free talk; it trains you to think logically and express your opinions clearly.
- 【Focusing on "Japan" over "Japanese"】
- We don't spend time correcting minor grammar or pronunciation. Our top priority is deeply understanding Japanese culture, society, and customs—"Japan" itself.
✅ Benefits of Joining
- Satisfy Your Curiosity: You'll have a new "Wow, I didn't know that!" discovery every week.
- Practical Conversation Skills: You'll train to organize your thoughts and communicate them structurally in Japanese.
- Find Your Community: You'll connect with other passionate learners who are serious about understanding Japan.
Ready to level up your Japanese study from "Conversation" to "Exploration"?
## 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?
【Day＆Time】
Friday from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
You can join late.
【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
【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, hamburger, sushi, coffee, tea, badminton, volleyball, soccer, walking, cycling, 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?)