Guide to successful study-abroad in Japan, Tokyo Galaxy Japanese Language School Curriculums

If you wish to learn academics or particular technics, and furthermore work in Japan, you must have a good command of Japanese. Tokyo Galaxy Japanese Language School is suitable for those who want to achieve their goals. Thus, Tokyo Galaxy Japanese Language School offers the best and efficient studying environment for students with qualified teachers in each field such as Business Japanese, technical college admission, university admission, graduate school admission and more.
In Tokyo Galaxy Japanese Language School’s Basic and the first half of the Intermediate level, students learn the basic of conversational Japanese as well as fundamental reading and writing ability.

Once students reach the Second Half of Intermediate level, they can focus on Japanese language study by enrolling Special Preparatory Class, Graduate Prep Program or Business Japanese Class and taking Optional Subjects on 3rd and 4th period based on their goal or interest. What teachers emphasize the most to students is that time of studying abroad in Japan is limited. And that’s the reason why teachers are constantly working on improving teaching method, so students can spend their time more efficiently. If you are considering investing time and money to study in Japan for your future, why not start at Tokyo Galaxy Language School with good teachers who assist you to achieve your goal? Prepare to take off just like Tokyo Galaxy’s alumni did. Make your dream come true in Tokyo Galaxy Japanese Language School.

Ramen hotspot in Ginza Tokyo

March 2, 2017 tokyogalaxy

Ramen hotspot in Ginza Tokyo for Tokyo Galaxy students

MugitoOlive, Ramen hotspot in Ginza Tokyo for Tokyo Galaxy students

For students who are studying in Tokyo Galaxy Japanese Language School, we would like to recommend the best ramen shop in Ginza.
MugitoOlive, situated in Ginja 6 chome, has earned fame for its soup made from quality hard clams that were delivered directly from Mie prefecture. Also its café-like interior makes easier for woman to visit alone.

This ramen shop became even more popular in Tokyo after being listed in Michelin Tokyo 2015 and 2016.
MugitoOlive was selected as Bib Gourmand. Bib Gourmand signalizes a restaurant where can enjoy exceptional good food under 5,000 Japanese Yen (Tokyo standard).
MugitoOlive staff recommended chicken soba (800 Japanese Yen, photo above) and clam soba (980 Japanese Yen, photo below).

As you may have guessed from the name of the restaurant, the noodle is made from buckwheat flour. MugitoOlive serves unique and tasty bowl of ramen that includes rich soup, Chinese yam fried in olive oil, soft chashu, and buckwheat noodle.

Enjoy ramen at the bar counter where feels cozy and homely.
MugitoOlive is close to Higashi Ginza Station and Ginza Station, so why not stop by after class or on weekend? It’s the place where you can eat and take a good rest.
We took a photo of part time job advertisement thinking of our students who want work to pay living expenses.

MugitoOlive
Tel. 03-3571-2123
Address. 東京都中央区銀座6-12-12 銀座ステラビル 1F
Operation. Mon ~Fri 11:30 ~ 22:00, Saturday and holiday 11:30 ~ 21:00
Close: Sunday

Japanese Culture

New Torigin, Ginza Tokyo hotspot that only locals know

February 28, 2017 tokyogalaxy

New Torigin, Ginza Tokyo

We are going to introduce a good yakitori place in Ginza where you can visit with your friends on weekend.

The place is really close from Ginza Station and located behind the drugstore ‘Matsumoto Kiyoshi’. You should better turn on the Google Map as it’s in the back alleys of Ginza. And one thing! Beside New Torigin, there is a restaurant with similar name called ‘Torigin Honten’. It’s not the same restaurant that we are going to introduce today, so don’t get mixed up and head straight to New Torigin.

We visited at around 2 PM on Sunday but there was still a long queue outside the restaurant. It’s definitely a popular place among local Japanese people. We took photos while waiting for our turn. New Torigin is famous spot in Tokyo for its kamameshi(rice cooked in a pot) and yakitori. You can smell Yakitori smoke once you enter the restaurant. You can also enjoy the traditional izakaya atmosphere.

We would say New Torigin is a hotspot in Ginza Tokyo where only locals know. The restaurant is situated in the back alleys where can easily be missed, but it’s packed with middle-aged Japanese people who have sophisticated palate. What also makes New Torigin a hotspot is a reasonable price!!
We first ordered a salad. Salad dressing in Japan is usually good, and a salad dressing that New Torigin used was also very tasty.
New Torigin’s yakitori is different from other yakitori. Yakitori in general is salty, but New Torigin’s yakitori is more simple yet has a savory taste.

It is rice cooked in a pot with chicken. The name of the food is ‘tori kamameshi’. Beside is ‘takenoko kamameshi’ which includes bamboo shoots. It’s not easy to find a restaurant where you can try Japanese traditional kamameshi, so try it in New Torigin.
New Torigin, serving variety of healthy and tasty food, is also listed in one of the oldest restaurants in Tokyo. We would highly recommend to people who like traditional Japanese atmosphere. The interior looks as if it transformed a residential house into a restaurant. Visit New Torigin with loved ones when you want to experience traditional Japanese atmosphere with good food.

New Torigin(ニュー鳥ぎん) Map
access. 1 minute from Ginza Station B5 exit by walk, 5 minutes from Yurakucho Station by walk
03-3571-3334
Address: 〒104-0061 東京都中央区銀座5-5-11
Close. Monday
Business Hour. Tue ~ Fri: 16:30 ~ 22:00/ Weekend and Holiday: 11:30 ~ 21:30

About TGL, Optional Subjects curriculum

Best Japanese Language Curriculum

February 10, 2017 tokyogalaxy

Curriculum that can make your study in Japan as fruitful as possible

Guide to Optional Subjects curriculum at Tokyo Galaxy Japanese Language School
We will introduce you Optional Subjects curriculum of Tokyo Galaxy Japanese Language School for students who would like to learn Japanese in Japan to achieve specific goal for their future.

Tokyo Galaxy Japanese Language School Class is held 5 days a week with 4 class hours per day. For basic and intermediate first half level, 4 class hours are formed with vocabulary, grammar, oral communication, listening and reading comprehension and more. But for intermediate second half to advanced level, the 1st and 2nd period of your academic day are focused on the required study, and the 3rd and 4th period is open to the study of subjects of your choice.

For each term(3 months),students can choose one subject a day, up to 5 subjects a week. Tokyo Galaxy Japanese Language School has offered Optional Subjects curriculum since late 1990s. There are about 100 optional subjects, and we take survey of our students to find out which of the optional subjects are of the most interest to our students. Then we select 40 to 50 subjects with the highest number of requests. There are many fun and interesting subjects to study. These are the example.

[Conversation] Proper usage of Keigo, Advanced Daily Japanese Conversation, Useful Daily Conversation, Intermediate Daily Japanese Conversation, Perfecting Japanese Pronunciation, Business Japanese and more
[JLPT Test] Preparation for JLPT N1 Grammar, Preparation for JLPT N1 Listening Comprehension, Preparation for JLPT N1, Preparation for JLPT N2 Grammar and Vocabulary and more
[College/graduate school Admission] Preparing for EJU, Studying Previous College Entrance Exams, Thesis Basics, Thesis Writing, Preparation for TOEIC, Writing Research Proposals

[Culture] Japanese Culture, Japanese History, Japanese Anime, Learning Japanese through Manga, Learning Japanese through Cooking, Learning Japanese through variety quiz program, Japanese for Tourism
[Literature] Reading books written by popular author-Reading Higashino Geigo’s Short Novel, Reading Murakami Haruki’s Novel, Getting to know Japanese Literature

[Current Affair]Study Japanese through news, Debate and Free Conversation, Reading Newspapers
Optional Subjects curriculum can lead students to focus on the subject that interest them and help them achieve better results and overcome their difficulties. Around JLPT season, many test preparation courses are opened, so students can fully be prepared for the test. Please utilize Tokyo Galaxy Japanese Language School’s Optional Subjects curriculum to the best advantage in reaching goals.
Teachers of Tokyo Galaxy are constantly working on creating new classes so students can enjoy studying Japanese.

Please pay attention to Optional Subjects curriculum of Tokyo Galaxy Japanese Language School if you want to have excellent Japanese Language education in Japan.

Japanese Culture

Tokyo hot spot, healthy Japanese home-style cooking

February 7, 2017 tokyogalaxy

Great place to taste healthy Japanese home-style cooking in Tokyo

We will introduce a good restaurant in Tokyo recommended by many local Japanese people.
This restaurant is close to Tokyo Hibiya Station. It is ‘Café Yutori no Kukan’ where is situated on the second floor of the shopping mall ‘Hibiya Chanter’.

The restaurant is run by Kurihara Harumi, a celebrity cookery writer in Japan, and here you can enjoy Kurihara Harumi’s recipe.

The food at the restaurant is very nicely presented and the taste is simple using healthy ingredient. If you want to eat decent Japanese home-style cooking, try Yutori no Kukan.
There are many places to go for a stroll around the restaurant such as Hibiya Park, Marunouchi, Yurakucho and more.

Yutori no Kukan is one of the restaurants in Tokyo that Tokyo Galaxy highly recommend when student’s family come to Japan for a visit. The food is great and the tableware is also lovely.

The restaurant is established together with a shop that sells kitchenware, so note that you can purchase the same bowl or plate that was served at the table.

Ramen hotspot in Ginza Tokyo for Tokyo Galaxy students

New Torigin, Ginza Tokyo

Curriculum that can make your study in Japan as fruitful as possible

Great place to taste healthy Japanese home-style cooking in Tokyo

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