It's 2am in Japan right now, but I'm so excited to announce what I have been working on!! This project is so dear to my heart - it's a course that I wish I had when I was studying Japanese. There's too much to say here!! I'll need to talk to you guys in a Q&A, so if you have any questions related to this language school drop a comment down below!
Will this be a temporary thing, or are you planning on continuing it for a long time? Because right now i wouldn't be able to do it but i definitely would in a few years!
It's amazing course that I really wanted to enroll.., hope you'll have 2weeks course in the future. Can't get away from home too long since I'm married... But great to know about your project 😍
Angela, huge congratulations! It takes guts and perseverance to start a new venture and I'm so happy you get to realize it. Best of luck with everything!!
What a great idea Angela! From your videos we know that you have a passion for the Japanese countryside and it’s great to see that you are actively going to share this passion with others and add an educational part to it. I would love to join in the future if I manage to take the time off. I wish you all the best and a lot of success and I hope we will be able to get a taste from it via social media. Have a great one!
Congratulations Angela! This idea is truly amazing! I've always dreamed to have a chance to both study and experience the full Japanese culture (with locals.) I was lucky to travel to Japan couple times and had chance to learn Japanese for 2 years in U.S.; but I was never brave enough to step out of urban/tourist area to experience Japan in whole. Seeing you doing this just encouraged me so much about continuing learning Japanese and pursuing my interests. Unfortunately, I couldn't make it to the first August-September class this year but I'm hyped to see you doing this and huge props to everyone who made this come true. I'll keep my eyes on this project and BEST of luck to you all! 頑張ってください！
I think this is a great idea and wish you all the success in the world. My sons (twins) have watched a lot of your videos when they were planning a trip with friends from the US (we live in Canada). When that trip fell thru because one couldn't make it. They were so excited when they saw you mention about this school that they just had to apply right away. Then they were blown away when they learned that they were accepted and will see you in August. They always wanted to go to Japan and now that will become a reality because of you. Thank you. ありがとうございました
Congrats on bringing this vision to light and finding a way to highlight a gem of visiting Japan, the countryside. Can't wait to see how this first class enjoys the experience!
Wow! Congratulations Angela! So wonderful. I hope to figure out time to come and take your wonderful Japanese course! You give so much to the community and to your viewers. I feel very lucky to have someone who cares so much.
Congratulations and continued success. My son Majored in International Studies and did study abroad in Japan for about a year,also living with host family. 😎🙏✌
Hello! After this first session/event between Aug-Sept, are you planning to do more opportunities like this? Unfortunately, I am unable to partake in this awesome project, but I would love to join in the next upcoming sessions! 🤗
This is so amazing congratulations!!! I studied abroad in Akita and it made me fall in love with japan more than I thought was possible. The beautiful inaka is such an amazing place to live and study and I think it’s so important for people to study Japanese language and culture outside of the big cities. Good luck!!
This is so nice of you! Also a very noble labour by contributing back to the community giving them a purpose in spreading the culture and what they do. Wishing you every success! Xoxo from Mexico ♡♡♡♡
Congratulations! My heart certainly lies with the countryside in Japan. Whenever I travel there it seems my best memories are made in the smaller towns. I love have conversations with the older generation especially who seem very patient with my Japanese level. If any courses ever fall in Australian school holidays - I’d be there!
Congratulations Angela & your friend Sayaka for starting the wonderful Japanese language learning school. Best wishes all the way from California. May your vision bring you & your students endless excitement about learning. Fight on Angela!!!!
This is amazing! My first experience in Japan was also in the inaka, in Saga-ken! In a small town called Shiroishi. It was totally unexpected and I loved it. I was an intermediate student but my host family, most of my classmates and community members did not speak English. It was tough at times but overall a rewarding experience I wish I could do over and over again. It's truly a different journey when you are immersed, pushed out of your comfort zone and forced to just dive into the language. It doesn't matter if you're saying things wrong or making mistakes, you're making memories! Congrats! Would love to maybe experience your course someday :)
Good luck and all the best! Learning a language while immerse in the culture is the best way to learn new things. Looking at the course guideline from the website seems like it’s more to cultural things 😊. Hope it will gain ground on promoting/growing the area too.
We’ll done Angela. Myself, my wife, sister in law and niece visited Akita and other prefectures in Tohoku lost year partially due to seeing your videos. It was an amazing 1,700 km drive through Akita to Yamagata over five weeks. Tohoku is amazing.
Angela you are always making a difference in the world no matter how big or small but always for the better. I always admire you, we need more people like you in today's world.
Congratulations!! I’ve been planing a trip for a language course for a while now and i’m defiantly adding your school on top of my list! I would live to learn and experience the local side of japan💕
Glad to see you so happy with this new project of yours! I always found super interesting the life in the japanese countryside. Congrats for pursuing and achieving your life goals. I wish you the best!
Early this year, I came across this video about an Akita bank program ran in support of re-occupying abandoned homes in Japan. On a separate note, I've been occasionally active on Hellotalk app sharing tips with the Japanese there on learning and using English, from teens into their 40-50s. Aside learning Japanese, their culture and being able to interact with them, one of my goals is to live and work with them, besides creating a creative community based in Japan, if at all possible. This video is such an encouragement to know that the locals there also wish to revitalize the places dear to them anyway that they can, and I'd love to be part of that endeavor any way that I can.
Fantastic work, Best way to learn Japanese, in the countryside where you aren't given the opportunity to escape the challenge of procuring the language. We are like rivers, we tend to take the route of least resistance. I hope people really take this opportunity. 頑張れ〜！
Omg this is so amazing. I wish I could apply, but sadly don’t have the funds to maintain myself for 6 months without working. This is exactly what I wanted when coming to Japan and learn the language! I hope you have great success and make that town even better than it is already. 😊
That's awesome. My dream has been to move to the countryside in Japan so I've loved seeing your videos focusing on those areas. As much as I love Tokyo, my time in Kinosaki was the happiest time of my life. I can't wait to be back, and for longer this time! 4 months wasn't enough!
Congratulations on opening a Japanese language school! Your talents and passions are paying off! Hopefully I can learn Japanese at your school someday!
This is a wonderful idea! My boyfriend told me that the elementary school where he grew up in Osaka also shut down recently due to lack of students, it’s really sad!
This is such an amazing idea and such a fantastic way to bring something new to Japan's countryside! I would love to be a part of this! Unfortunately I wouldnt be able to this year, but if you have something for next year I would really love to do something like this!
I'm really happy to know that you are going to open a Japanese Language School. I've been following your videos for a long time Angela and I can see how passionate you are about the countryside of Japan. :)
This is so awesome! Congratulations for making your dream come to fruition! I'm so jealous of everybody who gets to do this. It looks like it will be well worth it!
Hi Angela, congratulations!!! My family have been watching your posts since more than 2 yrs ago. It has always delighted us to watch your posts. You have been a very effective ambassador for Japan. Blogging seems to be a lot of fun but it's different when you start engaging yourself to change things from the ground. Something there is pulling you back. I think you found yourself where you want to be or at least where to start. Here's to more success in your endeavors and hope that when we visit Japan again, we can also get a chance to visit Akita and your school. 👏👏👏🍷🍷🍷
OMG! WHAT A /GENIUS/ IDEA!!! I WISH I COULD GO THIS INSTANT!!!!!!!!! I'm going to look at the application and talk to my mom tomorrow!! AHHHH THIS IS SUCH A BRILLIANT IDEA FOR A SCHOOL :D Even if I can't end up going this year/term, maybe next one?! I HOPE THIS SCHOOL STAYS OPEN FOREVER!
Congrats on opening your school!! When I studied abroad in Japan, it was through a language and culture program with university. I definitely see that this will have such a positive impact on students learning about Japan!! Way to go :)
I hope this takes off so maybe an early summer session could be added. I'm planning to return to japan after med school and this would be a wonderful way to spend time there.
This is such a great idea and just the thing I am looking to do. I've always wanted to visit the Japanese countryside. Next year I would like to try your new school! I'll see if I can take 4 weeks off from work! - Kubo
Congrats Angela. Hopefully one day in the future I get to attend there to learn the language. I've been praying about learning a language and thanks to you I may have found a spot to learn. I like being in a classroom learning but I'm a hands on person and this could be perfect for me. Thank you
Amazing project! I wish I could afford it now! I’ve studied Japanese in the past and I would love to get back at it. I’m in Australia right now and jobless even though I’m a teacher...it would be a dream to have a language school myself so it is so inspiring to see a fellow teacher doing that! Good luck with everything!
Good luck on your project! My friends and I so amaze with what you do there, so inspiring. What a great progress, restoring a local school and giving life to it. Superb! 👏🏼🥳😄🤓
i love it! i'm tearing up thinking of how great this is to help rebuild and revive the countryside after hearing so much sad news about declining rural populations and abandoned homes. i wish i could take the course :(
If I wasn’t coming to Japan in November of this year I’d so do this. It sounds amazing. Hopefully you have more courses in the future because I’d definitely do this.
Immediately subscribed! You are amazing. I wish I had the chance to do something like this before. I studied in two Japanese language schools for a total of a year and a half but my Japanese is still so bad. That's because living in Osaka, where it's more foreign, I barely had any chances to use Japanese. I love that it's a short course so that for people living in Japan, it will be easier. Definitely will look into it!
Omg, i really hope there are more courses later this year! I'm moving across country in august, but would love to join later this year or even early next year! I hope this is very successful!
Hi, Angela. I hope your new school is a tremendous success. I can't imagine a more perfect situation and what a beautiful locale. Always great to see you and I wish you all the best.
Congratulations, Angela! I have been about 12 times to Japan and Akita is on my to-visit-list. Unfortunately this year is not possible - It could be next year. You are definately right about learning Japanese in the big cities like Tokyo - I usually went to Kanazawa, Ishikawa, to school...
Oh if only I could, this would be exactly what I have been looking for. Unfortunately I would need to save for at least a year to have enough money to pull this off. But I hope you get a full class this year and that someday I can join the program at a later time. What a fantastic idea.
It's 2am in Japan right now, but I'm so excited to announce what I have been working on!! This project is so dear to my heart - it's a course that I wish I had when I was studying Japanese.
There's too much to say here!! I'll need to talk to you guys in a Q&A, so if you have any questions related to this language school drop a comment down below!
This would make me very happy. Getting the time to do it (away from work) would be tough. This is so incredibly awesome, Angela.
Will this be a temporary thing, or are you planning on continuing it for a long time? Because right now i wouldn't be able to do it but i definitely would in a few years!
It's amazing course that I really wanted to enroll.., hope you'll have 2weeks course in the future.
Can't get away from home too long since I'm married... But great to know about your project 😍
Angela, huge congratulations! It takes guts and perseverance to start a new venture and I'm so happy you get to realize it. Best of luck with everything!!
Such an awesome idea, I hope it can grow and expand into other prefectures that need it too!
What a Dream come true, not only for you but future students as well! Brava and congratulations!
Omg that's so amazing! I want to go learn japanese at your school!!!
Same here! Looks so fun. If I were to come japan for like stayin I’d really wanna join there.
What a great idea Angela! From your videos we know that you have a passion for the Japanese countryside and it’s great to see that you are actively going to share this passion with others and add an educational part to it. I would love to join in the future if I manage to take the time off. I wish you all the best and a lot of success and I hope we will be able to get a taste from it via social media. Have a great one!
Congratulations Angela! This idea is truly amazing! I've always dreamed to have a chance to both study and experience the full Japanese culture (with locals.) I was lucky to travel to Japan couple times and had chance to learn Japanese for 2 years in U.S.; but I was never brave enough to step out of urban/tourist area to experience Japan in whole. Seeing you doing this just encouraged me so much about continuing learning Japanese and pursuing my interests. Unfortunately, I couldn't make it to the first August-September class this year but I'm hyped to see you doing this and huge props to everyone who made this come true. I'll keep my eyes on this project and BEST of luck to you all! 頑張ってください！
I think this is a great idea and wish you all the success in the world. My sons (twins) have watched a lot of your videos when they were planning a trip with friends from the US (we live in Canada). When that trip fell thru because one couldn't make it. They were so excited when they saw you mention about this school that they just had to apply right away. Then they were blown away when they learned that they were accepted and will see you in August. They always wanted to go to Japan and now that will become a reality because of you. Thank you. ありがとうございました
Congrats on bringing this vision to light and finding a way to highlight a gem of visiting Japan, the countryside. Can't wait to see how this first class enjoys the experience!
Oh my. I have to come and study!!! Your school sounds like my favorite way to learn.
okay, i am also from new zealand, and i just discovered the take me to japan website *yesterday*, is this meant to be? i think so.
Wow! Congratulations Angela! So wonderful. I hope to figure out time to come and take your wonderful Japanese course! You give so much to the community and to your viewers. I feel very lucky to have someone who cares so much.
Congratulations and continued success. My son Majored in International Studies and did study abroad in Japan for about a year,also living with host family. 😎🙏✌
You'll do great things, Angela. I look forward to watching your success.
Hello! After this first session/event between Aug-Sept, are you planning to do more opportunities like this? Unfortunately, I am unable to partake in this awesome project, but I would love to join in the next upcoming sessions! 🤗
Yeah I wanna know too! There's no way I can do it anytime this year but if there are gonna be more late next year I could go.
What an amazing project, such a warm and family feeling to the course! Definitely going to check it out!😊
This is so amazing congratulations!!! I studied abroad in Akita and it made me fall in love with japan more than I thought was possible. The beautiful inaka is such an amazing place to live and study and I think it’s so important for people to study Japanese language and culture outside of the big cities. Good luck!!
This is so nice of you! Also a very noble labour by contributing back to the community giving them a purpose in spreading the culture and what they do. Wishing you every success! Xoxo from Mexico ♡♡♡♡
Congratulations! My heart certainly lies with the countryside in Japan. Whenever I travel there it seems my best memories are made in the smaller towns. I love have conversations with the older generation especially who seem very patient with my Japanese level. If any courses ever fall in Australian school holidays - I’d be there!
Just getting out of the city is the first step to enjoying life. This is a great idea!
Congratulations Angela & your friend Sayaka for starting the wonderful Japanese language learning school. Best wishes all the way from California. May your vision bring you & your students endless excitement about learning. Fight on Angela!!!!
This is amazing! My first experience in Japan was also in the inaka, in Saga-ken! In a small town called Shiroishi. It was totally unexpected and I loved it. I was an intermediate student but my host family, most of my classmates and community members did not speak English. It was tough at times but overall a rewarding experience I wish I could do over and over again. It's truly a different journey when you are immersed, pushed out of your comfort zone and forced to just dive into the language. It doesn't matter if you're saying things wrong or making mistakes, you're making memories! Congrats! Would love to maybe experience your course someday :)
Congratulations and best wishes on your project Akita Inaka.. Great job Angela..
Good luck and all the best! Learning a language while immerse in the culture is the best way to learn new things. Looking at the course guideline from the website seems like it’s more to cultural things 😊. Hope it will gain ground on promoting/growing the area too.
We’ll done Angela. Myself, my wife, sister in law and niece visited Akita and other prefectures in Tohoku lost year partially due to seeing your videos. It was an amazing 1,700 km drive through Akita to Yamagata over five weeks. Tohoku is amazing.
Congratulations on your new school. It looks like it would be a really fun place to learn.
Angela you are always making a difference in the world no matter how big or small but always for the better. I always admire you, we need more people like you in today's world.
gary Aa 😭😭😭 means a lot to hear that from you Gary! Thank you!
Congratulations!! I’ve been planing a trip for a language course for a while now and i’m defiantly adding your school on top of my list! I would live to learn and experience the local side of japan💕
Glad to see you so happy with this new project of yours! I always found super interesting the life in the japanese countryside. Congrats for pursuing and achieving your life goals. I wish you the best!
おめでとうございます。 So proud of you!! Keep up the great work, love your videos!
This is a brilliant move! Best of luck with this endeavor! 👍
This is absolutely incredible you have done an amazing job
I shall see you pretty soon. I m very excited.
That's awesome! I hope your business prospers and brings life back to that town and possibly other areas in the future.
Early this year, I came across this video about an Akita bank program ran in support of re-occupying abandoned homes in Japan.
On a separate note, I've been occasionally active on Hellotalk app sharing tips with the Japanese there on learning and using English, from teens into their 40-50s.
Aside learning Japanese, their culture and being able to interact with them, one of my goals is to live and work with them, besides creating a creative community based in Japan, if at all possible.
This video is such an encouragement to know that the locals there also wish to revitalize the places dear to them anyway that they can, and I'd love to be part of that endeavor any way that I can.
Fantastic work, Best way to learn Japanese, in the countryside where you aren't given the opportunity to escape the challenge of procuring the language. We are like rivers, we tend to take the route of least resistance. I hope people really take this opportunity. 頑張れ〜！
This is something really novel in Japanese language learning. I wish you great success with it.
I'm in love with the beautiful smile of Sayaka. Saw a glimpse of her in your cool video! :D Keep up your great work! I wish I had time to sign up :'(
Omg this is so amazing. I wish I could apply, but sadly don’t have the funds to maintain myself for 6 months without working. This is exactly what I wanted when coming to Japan and learn the language! I hope you have great success and make that town even better than it is already. 😊
What an amazing milestone! Congrats!
That's awesome. My dream has been to move to the countryside in Japan so I've loved seeing your videos focusing on those areas. As much as I love Tokyo, my time in Kinosaki was the happiest time of my life. I can't wait to be back, and for longer this time! 4 months wasn't enough!
Your course sounds perfect. It's exactly my dream of studying in the Japanese countryside. Love your videos.
One thumbs-up isn't enough for this heart-warming project. Congratulations and best of luck for your success!
van03de thank you so much!!!
I want to take part in this next year. I'm graduating from high school in September and I'm from Jamaica but I live in the Cayman Islands. And I'm 17
Congratulations on opening a Japanese language school! Your talents and passions are paying off! Hopefully I can learn Japanese at your school someday!
Congratulations ❤️🙌 amazing project
This is a wonderful idea! My boyfriend told me that the elementary school where he grew up in Osaka also shut down recently due to lack of students, it’s really sad!
Congratulations! This is really awesome. What a wonderful way to travel, learn, and get to really known Japanese culture!
Congratulations and good luck to your new project. Wish I could go there.😊❤
Great idea! I learnt Japanese the same way! I moved to the countryside some 28 years ago.
Always said this is the type of school we need!
I'm so proud and excited for you! This is amazing!!! 🤩
I'm crying happy tears... so amazing
OMG IM SO PROUD OF YOU ANGE!
This is amazing! Congrats Angela. This is amazing and so cool to see a language being taught like this.
Good luck!
Great job, Angela! It's always nice to give back to the community.
This is such an amazing idea and such a fantastic way to bring something new to Japan's countryside! I would love to be a part of this! Unfortunately I wouldnt be able to this year, but if you have something for next year I would really love to do something like this!
This looks amazing! I would so love to enroll in this 😭 Congrats on starting a school! 😊
This looks so amazing! Congratulations, Angela ☺️☺️ I really want to go to this school!
Totally awesome...what an amazing project! Sounds perfect for you!
That is an amazing project!
I wish I had the money right now to do it! Maybe another year ☺️
I'm really happy to know that you are going to open a Japanese Language School. I've been following your videos for a long time Angela and I can see how passionate you are about the countryside of Japan. :)
This is so awesome! Congratulations for making your dream come to fruition! I'm so jealous of everybody who gets to do this. It looks like it will be well worth it!
Hi Angela, congratulations!!! My family have been watching your posts since more than 2 yrs ago. It has always delighted us to watch your posts. You have been a very effective ambassador for Japan. Blogging seems to be a lot of fun but it's different when you start engaging yourself to change things from the ground. Something there is pulling you back. I think you found yourself where you want to be or at least where to start. Here's to more success in your endeavors and hope that when we visit Japan again, we can also get a chance to visit Akita and your school. 👏👏👏🍷🍷🍷
OMG! WHAT A /GENIUS/ IDEA!!! I WISH I COULD GO THIS INSTANT!!!!!!!!! I'm going to look at the application and talk to my mom tomorrow!! AHHHH THIS IS SUCH A BRILLIANT IDEA FOR A SCHOOL :D Even if I can't end up going this year/term, maybe next one?! I HOPE THIS SCHOOL STAYS OPEN FOREVER!
Congrats on opening your school!! When I studied abroad in Japan, it was through a language and culture program with university. I definitely see that this will have such a positive impact on students learning about Japan!! Way to go :)
I hope this takes off so maybe an early summer session could be added. I'm planning to return to japan after med school and this would be a wonderful way to spend time there.
This is such a great idea and just the thing I am looking to do. I've always wanted to visit the Japanese countryside. Next year I would like to try your new school! I'll see if I can take 4 weeks off from work! - Kubo
This is so awesome... congrats Angela!
Congrats Angela. Hopefully one day in the future I get to attend there to learn the language. I've been praying about learning a language and thanks to you I may have found a spot to learn. I like being in a classroom learning but I'm a hands on person and this could be perfect for me. Thank you
Amazing project! I wish I could afford it now! I’ve studied Japanese in the past and I would love to get back at it. I’m in Australia right now and jobless even though I’m a teacher...it would be a dream to have a language school myself so it is so inspiring to see a fellow teacher doing that! Good luck with everything!
This is so cool. I hope I can study at your school in the next couple of years.
Angela, you're such an inspiration. Amazing, amazing, amazing! Wishing you nothing but the absolute best for the project. 😎👍
What a great idea! I wish you great success.
This is amazing news, congrats and well done!
Wow! So this is what you've been busy with! Language and culture. What a great combination!! 👍
Good luck on your project! My friends and I so amaze with what you do there, so inspiring. What a great progress, restoring a local school and giving life to it. Superb! 👏🏼🥳😄🤓
Whoa! Big congratulations on this amazing project!! You're opening doors for so many people :D
i love it! i'm tearing up thinking of how great this is to help rebuild and revive the countryside after hearing so much sad news about declining rural populations and abandoned homes. i wish i could take the course :(
Good job girl!!! I wish you the best and many blessings your way! ☝️☝️☝️
If I wasn’t coming to Japan in November of this year I’d so do this. It sounds amazing. Hopefully you have more courses in the future because I’d definitely do this.
This sounds so fun I want to apply once I graduate from high school! I'm 15 from the US, sending my love! 🇺🇸🇺🇸
you can join even if you are 15 as long as your parents approve it :)
Congratulations!!! i always enjoy your videos!!!
This sounds so fun. I wish I could apply. Good luck with this project and lots of love. 😘
Congratulations Angela. You’re doing a great thing, keep it up.
Immediately subscribed!
You are amazing. I wish I had the chance to do something like this before.
I studied in two Japanese language schools for a total of a year and a half but my Japanese is still so bad. That's because living in Osaka, where it's more foreign, I barely had any chances to use Japanese.
I love that it's a short course so that for people living in Japan, it will be easier. Definitely will look into it!
Omg, i really hope there are more courses later this year! I'm moving across country in august, but would love to join later this year or even early next year! I hope this is very successful!
This is nice. I hope your school expands and you're able to do 1 or 2 year long programs :)
Amazing project! I wish I had time to join your 4 week class. Working full time in Japan gives you a small window to study, perhaps in another chance!
Soooo awsome Angela!!!! Goosebumbs!!!! We meet soon!
That's so cool! I already went to a Japanese language school in Osaka sadly. Don't think I will go to one again but wish you lots of success!
Hi, Angela. I hope your new school is a tremendous success. I can't imagine a more perfect situation and what a beautiful locale. Always great to see you and I wish you all the best.
That looks like an absolutely amazing experience!
Great idea and project, hope it does well ! Can't do it right now but i'd love to join in a few years
Congratulations, Angela! I have been about 12 times to Japan and Akita is on my to-visit-list. Unfortunately this year is not possible - It could be next year.
You are definately right about learning Japanese in the big cities like Tokyo - I usually went to Kanazawa, Ishikawa, to school...
wow is amazing how you can put all this together! Very well thought and execute!
I hope I’ll finish my studies sooner and get to involved to things i love more such as culture and languages see ya when I’m ready
The first time I'm telling my parents I want to go to school !!
This looks so cool, what an amazing experience for those who get accepted and for you! Best of luck to you!
Oh if only I could, this would be exactly what I have been looking for. Unfortunately I would need to save for at least a year to have enough money to pull this off.
But I hope you get a full class this year and that someday I can join the program at a later time. What a fantastic idea.
That’s awesome, good on you Angela.
That's determination. Giving is same as receiving