Communica Institute

Communica Institute (コミュニカ学院) has offered Japanese language education in Kobe since 5 December 1988, making it one of the city's longest-established private language schools. The school is a joint stock corporation and an 8-minute walk from Sannomiya Station on the JR, Hankyu, and Hanshin lines.

Courses

The flagship offering is the General Japanese Course, available with April, July, October, and January entry, each running up to 2 years (1,568–1,580 class hours) on a student visa. Online Japanese lessons are offered to students worldwide. The school publishes its own reading textbook series, Yomu Chikara (Reading Power), at pre-intermediate through post-intermediate levels.

Location

The campus is in Chuo-ku, Kobe's central district, within easy walking distance of Sannomiya Station—the city's main transport interchange—and close to the harbor waterfront and Kobe's international commercial zone. The reading materials offer a way to see how the school approaches progression. A learner can move from shorter texts at a lower level to more demanding reading as their Japanese develops. Someone coming for a shorter stay can study at the same campus, close to the railway routes that converge at Sannomiya.