Sendai Language School

Sendai Language School offers Japanese preparatory education for international students planning to enter a university, graduate school or vocational college in Japan. Its Japanese department is based in Ichibancho in Aoba-ku. The regular course has four entry points during the year, with a different length of study attached to each.

Choosing the right intake

The April intake is a two-year course. July entrants study for twenty-one months, October entrants for eighteen months, and January entrants for fifteen months. The different lengths give learners a way to plan backwards from the spring start of a subsequent academic programme. An applicant who wants more time to develop academic Japanese can compare the longer April course with the shorter routes. The school publishes separate application windows for each intake.

The study day in Ichibancho

Each class is assigned either the morning or afternoon timetable. Both are divided into four forty-five-minute periods, with a break between the second and third periods. The Japanese department is on the eighth floor at 1-14-32 Ichibancho. Aoba-dori Ichibancho Station on the subway’s Tozai Line is about five minutes away on foot. The station and floor number are useful when comparing accommodation and planning a first journey to school.