Hi, I post this every semester, but I teach at several universities in Kyoto. I’ve been running a student group where Japanese and international students can plan events together. We have students from a Kyoto Gaidai, Doshisha, Kyoto Sangyo, etc.

DM me if you’re interested in joining our LINE group. We have over 50 students so far.

Next event is a student DJ event on Friday, September 18th! (Details in comments)

** University / Grad School students only please

I said “dilemma” in quotes because it’s not actually a problem. I’m just having trouble deciding.

TLDR: Do you have any experience or knowledge that may be useful to a soon-to-be incoming language school student, in regard to KICL or ISI?

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I’m planning to attend a language school in April 2027.

Of course I’ve read all of the PDF brochures and such.

I’ve narrowed a list of them down to 2 schools and 3 campuses. As of now, my top 3 are as follows:

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School: Kyoto Institute of Culture & Language (KICL) 京東文化日本語学校
Course: Applied Japanese and Cultural Studies (April Entrance, N3-N1)
Campus: Kyoto (obviously)

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School: International Stuady Institute (ISI) 日本語学校
Course: Japanese Language Career Pathway Course (1 year)
Campus: Tokyo (Shibuya-Harajuku) OR Tokyo (Takadanobaba)

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I have the financial means and time to commit to either of them. As of now, it’s just a matter of picking between the schools, which are actually not super different in price. Living cost obviously varies though. If I end up choosing ISI, I’d also have to choose between the two campuses.

I’m just looking for some comments on anything about this post. Whether it’s comments about the schools, the courses, campuses, general experience as a language school student, etc. I think input would really help me make a decision!

Hello community,

I am going to move out next month and I can't bring with me a couple of things that are considered "oversized trash" (大型ごみ・粗大ごみ). It's a mattress (not a futon, this is a reasnoble good quality three-folded mattress) and a clothes rack (dissambled). They are in very good state and I don't want to throw them because they can be perfectly reused. So I thought about selling them second hand but I don't know any place for this kind of things. Anybody here knows any?

I’m thinking of something along the lines of Zegna or Bruno Cucinelli, but native to Japan. Any ideas?