新宿日本語学校の教職員及び学生の皆様へ 本日の授業は、通常通り行います。 Class will be held as usual.

新宿日本語学校の教職員及び学生の皆さんへ 台風の影響で休講の可能性があります。 明朝6時(午後クラスの学生は10時半)に各自で学生サイト (学生番号@sng.ac.jp, pass: 生年月日yyyymmdd)、ホームページ、Facebookを見てご確認ください。 To all students of SNG, Due to the typhon, school may be close tomorrow, on Monday 10/23. Please check the school Facebook page, website, and student site (login with studentnumber@sng.ac.jp, birthday for login yyyymmdd)from 6am (for morning) and 10:30am (for afternoon).

On July 21st, SNG organized its very first Yukata Day. An unforgettable and eventful day which ended two weeks of related activities. Regular students, as well as staff members and summer course students, were able to enjoy it together. Yukata sales Yukata literally means “bath clothe”. It is a light kimono that Japaneses like to […]

On August 18th, some SNG students got the opportunity to take part in one of the major summer event in Tokyo : Shimokitazawa Awaodori Festival. What’s Awa Odori ? Awa Odori literally means : “Awa dance”. The Awa Odori exists since the XVI Century and it used to be celebrated in Tokushima. It is also […]

On September 3rd, a group of students from SNG took part in the traditional Mikoshi parade in Takadanobaba. What’s a Mikoshi ? Mikoshi (神輿) literally means “Divin Palanquin”. It is often seen as a building standing on wooden pillars. During Shinto processions, people carry the palanquin around the area in the belief that the Kami […]

The Instagram SNG Photo Contest ended on July 21st. Many photos were published by our students and we would like to thank everybody who participated in the contest. It was the first SNG Instagram Photo Contest but more than 100 photos were published. It was a great success ! 3 students were chosen as winners […]

Sanbon-jime is a custom in Japan, a hand clapping that people proceed to celebrate the end of an event as meeting, banquets, wedding, company parties and other business negotiations. There are several way to proceed like itcho-jime (一丁締め) which consist in a single clap or also the ippon-jime (一本締め) which is a triple serie of […]

With daily temperatures reaching 30 degrees or more, summer has made its way to Tokyo. This is the perfect moment for SNG Summer course students and AFS program participants to discover the famous and refreshing Japanese game known as SuikaWari (スイカ割り) – Lit. Watermelon splitting. What’s Suikawari ? As its name suggests, the goal of […]

We just started spring holiday classes. We have just started spring holiday classes. During these classes, we will use the material you studied with and, in a relaxed atmosphere, you will be able to talk with your teachers or friends about many things in Japanese. You can revise for your JLPT classes, ask questions, play […]

This time, the project theme of advanced 3 class was “This is the city we study in”. The concept is to find out interesting places in Takadanobaba and introduce them to family and friends in their home country. Students divided into small groups and did a research on Takadanobaba. They also went out into the […]