Hamamatsu Japan Language College

Hamamatsu Japan Language College teaches academic Japanese on a campus it shares with vocational colleges in central Hamamatsu.

Studying Japanese in Hamamatsu

Its campus stands at 3-10-8 Chuo, Chuo-ku, Hamamatsu-shi, an eight-minute walk from JR Hamamatsu Station.

The college offers two authorized courses, both aimed at preparation for higher education: a two-year college preparatory course of 1,600 class hours with April admission, and a one-year-six-month college preparatory course of 1,200 class hours with October admission. Admission requires completion of twelve years of formal school education or its equivalent, and selection is based on document evaluation, an interview and a test.

Teaching is tied closely to the vocational colleges sharing the campus. The close tie-up also lets students attend classes of the group colleges and join their extracurricular activities.

The college describes inviting specialist instructors to help students prepare subjects that form part of university entrance examinations. A learner considering technical or vocational study can also use the shared campus to explore what lessons in the next stage of education look like. The programme lengths correspond to separate starting points, so timing an arrival in Hamamatsu around the intended April or October intake is part of choosing between the two routes.