Welcome to Working Holiday JAPAN

Welcome to Working Holiday JAPAN official web-site. Have you gotten visa? Have you bought a map of Japan? Have you found a place to stay? This site is for students who are coming to Japan on working holiday. Recent record-high price of Japanese yen must hit young students severely. Here we are going to provide you very useful information, such as language schools with reasonable price, economical and friendly guest house, safe and healthy job. We support young people who are coming to Japan on budget. Let's enjoy with us!
April 2012

Coto Japanese Language Academy

〒102-0072
3rd floor, Iidabashi Building
4-9-4, Iidabashi,Chiyada-ku, Tokyo
TEL: 03-6261-4515 FAX: 03-6261-4530
2 min from Iidabashi station

Yoshida Institue of Japanese Language

〒169-0051
1-23-14 Nishiwaseda Shinjuku-ku Tokyo
TEL : 03-3202-0828 FAX : 03-3202-0306
Waseda station (Tozai line)

Shinjuku Japanese Language Institute

〒169-0075
2-9-7 Takadanobaba Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
TEL : 03-5273-0753 FAX : 03-5273-0018
Takadanobaba station (JR line, Tozai line)

Yohan Japanese Language School

〒169-0075
4-41-1 Takadanobaba Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
TEL : 03-3365-6171 FAX : 03-3365-6170
Takadanobaba station (JR line, Tozai line)

Tokyo Central Japanese Language School

〒151-0051
4-30-3, Sendagaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 110-0016
TEL : 03-5411-3331
Shibuya station (JR line, Ginza line)

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Introduction to Japanese

To learn Japanes language, you must know Japanese alphabet. There are two kinds; Hiragana and Katakana. Also, it is useful to know month, week, family, and directions.

Hiragana

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Week
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
にちようび げつようび かようび すいようび もくようび きんようび どようび
Nichiyoubi Getsuyoubi Kayoubi Suiyoubi Mokuyoubi Kin-youbi Doyoubi
日曜日 月曜日 火曜日 水曜日 木曜日 金曜日 土曜日
Month
January February March April May June
いちがつ にがつ さんがつ しがつ ごがつ ろくがつ
Ichigatsu Nigatsu Sangatsu Shigatsu Gogatsu Rokugatsu
一月 二月 三月 四月 五月 六月
July August September October November December
しちがつ はちがつ くがつ じゅうがつ じゅういちがつ じゅうにがつ
Shichigatsu Hachigatsu Kugatsu Juugatsu Juuichigatsu Juunigatsu
七月 八月 九月 十月 十一月 十二月
Family
Father Mother Son Daughter
ちち はは むすこ むすめ
息子
Older brother Younger brother Older sister Younger sister
あに おとうと あね いもうと
Grandfather Grandmother Grandchild
そふ そぼ まご
祖父 祖母
Relative
Uncle Aunt Cousin
おじ おば いとこ
伯父 叔父 伯母 叔母 従兄弟 従姉妹
Man Woman
おとこ おんな
Direction
Up
(Top)
Down
(Bottom)
Right Left Front Back
うえ した みぎ ひだり まえ うしろ
後ろ
North East West South
きた ひがし にし みなみ
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