Toguchi Sensei

I really like how Toguchi sensei constantly pushes the class to speak Japanese through small conversation about our daily life. And while it’s easy to put the same level of expectation on the whole class, I appreciate how she takes into account our comfort and skill level, and pushes each one just a little beyond their comfort zone. She’s really bubbly and shares a lot about japanese culture if something comes up in the class’ conversation, and also takes a lot of interest in the local Singapore things we mention. That makes classes feel like a very warm place, with laughter and learning about each other, on top of the language.
– Foo Peiying

Toguchi Sensei is very friendly and is crystal clear when teaching and explaining things to us during the lesson. She lightens the mood of the class with some jokes making lessons more enjoyable. She also puts enough focus on each and everyone of us, even those joining online, which helps us progress together as a class.
– Hasheer Aslam

Toguchi Sensei is very perceptive and understands the strenghts and weaknesses of her students. She encourages interactions which also brightens the mood during lesson and makes the effort to include everyone whenever a question or new learning discovery is raised.
– Lee Yao Hui

Sensei recaps what was taught the previous lesson at the start of every class. She also works on our area of improvement and constantly monitors your progress. Sensei is also friendly and I feel safe and comfortable in her class.
– Angela

Toguchi-sensei has been my sensei since Intermediate level. I always enjoy her bubbly personality and the energy she brings to her classes. She is also very perceptive and always tries to make sure students in the class follow the conversations.
– Jun Song

S.Suzuki Sensei

Always enthusiastic, makes the learning such a joy and can challenge us without it ever being too much pressure! Both Toguchi Sensei and Suzuki sensei have been fantastic teachers and I’m really excited to keep going with Bunka! Such high quality teachers!
– Joe

Very encouraging and full of praises (which is important because there are times we may not give correct answers even though we have learnt it for one year), proactive in coming up with exercises and activities to let us practice the usage
– Michael Lee

S. Suzuki sensei is energetic, fun and engaging. She uses examples which are very easy to understand. She sometimes draws and act so that we can better relate to the differences in certain functions/words/sentence structure that we learned.
– Desmond Kwang

She is cheerful & encouraging during lessons. It is also beneficial that she understand the local culture, colloquial etc to help us understand certain Jap terms which helps us to understand further.
– Tan Yoke Choo

I have been learning from S.Suzuki Sensei from Beginner 1 until current Intermediate 3 and I have so far enjoyed every single lesson with her. A thoughtful teacher who puts thought, fun and humor into how she clarifies our queries and presents examples to us. Her lessons are engaging and she is very patient with everyone in class, always encouraging us to try.
– Yen Ling Tan

Hatano Sensei

She is very patient with students and make sure we understand every steps in the E1 course. She is funny and keeps the entire 3 hours lively. It was my sincere pleasure to have her as my first Japanese teacher.
– Jihoon

She is very friendly and engaging, which helps me understand the language better. Great teacher.
– Berji

Friendly, clear in her teaching. Explains concepts well and ready to answer our questions
– Ooi Hui Ying Sylvia

Nakajima Sensei

“Nakajima Sensei is humorous and engages the class well with conversational practise. Everyone gets a chance to speak up and no one is left out. I like that we learn how to apply the words and phrases we learnt in the context of realistic real-life settings. Instead of just marking our homework and returning it back to us, our homework is gone through in class and our mistakes can be corrected on the spot with proper explanations. She speaks really quickly and doesn’t really use English to explain, so I had a difficult time at first, but I’ve adjusted and am now really enjoying my lessons 🙂
– Rachel Yohannan

She uses realistic scenarios to provide a better understanding of how we should use Japanese in a conversational manner which I find extremely helpful. She’s also very patient in explaining to us key terms which we’re unsure about and also throws in very interesting facts about Japan which I’ve never known about.
– Nicole Yue

I’ve been taking Nakajima Sensei’s lessons since Elementary 1, and I really love her teaching style. Aside from covering the textbook content, she creates opportunities for us to practice speaking on fun topics, and carefully answers any questions we have. She also shares about Japanese culture and makes an effort to remember small things about us (our favourite food, hobbies etc.).
– Lim Qing

Nakajima Sensei makes class a ton of fun. She speaks fast which helps improve our listening comprehension and is patient with us when it takes some time to understand. She cracks a lot of jokes and always makes us laugh. I always enjoy going to class!
– Jordan Hamada

She answers all our questions with enthusiasm, likes to laugh together with students, and is of course extremely proficient in Japanese . She is also very committed to helping us learn and improve our Japanese.
– Eric quek

Ashida Sensei

Ms Ashida is very sweet, kind, understanding and really really friendly. Super Kawaii! She has gentle vibes which really help me feel confident enough to speak in a language that i am not yet fluent in, though im very concious of my wrong pronounciations etc. her lessons are always very fun and i look forward to them! Also find it very nice of her to share more about herself eg, where she is from and such 😀
– Shafaq Rizwan Khan

Ashida Sensei has been very patient and helpful in my Japanese learning journey. There would be times where she wouldn’t mind repeating an explanation so that we may get a proper understanding of it and she also tries her best to explain the english equivalent of a Japanese phrase or word for our ease of understanding. She would answer emails regarding my quarries if I were to have any. Overall, I enjoyed my lessons with her as she provides a fun and interactive environment despite it being an online class.
– Jauzan Darwisy Bin Adan

Very kind and patient!
– Lin Yi Xuan Jean

She has a lot of patience in giving examples and explaining to our questions. She is also very creative and professional in her teaching.
– Cindy Lau

Takeuchi Sensei

Sensei Miyoko san is a engaging teacher and I like that she explains the origins of certain words. She also shares with us recommendations, history and culture facts of Japan, making her lessons very interesting and I look forward to it every week.
– Rachel Thong

Patience in teaching and making sure we understand. She also does revision for previous Topic to refresh us in the content.
– Yap Chin Hong

Takeuchi Sensei is patient and shares great stories related to class. Love her friendly teaching style and am waiting for her next E3 online class! 🙂
– Teo Danlin

Clear teaching, good pace, fun, very patient and encouraging, obviously care for her students 🙂
– Esther Ng Eet Ming

Detailed and explains well to help us understand the grammer concepts.
– Claris Chong

Isomura Sensei

Isomura Sensei is patient and approachable. She creates a friendly learning environment, making online learning easy and interesting. She also encourages conversation in Japanese and takes time to correct where necessary.
– Jena Tan

Ms Isomura is very patient and is willing to answer all questions and explain things in details.
– Xueqi

Kojima Sensei

Kojima Sensei is very patient and nurturing. She explains things very clearly and takes extra effort to guide us without giving us the right answer right away. I really enjoy E1 & E2 classes with her.
– Melanie Lim

She is very experienced in both English and Japanese. Especially bunpo explanation in English. We are perfectly understand what she taught. I would say she is the best Sensei I ever had. Thank you so much for teaching us.
– Chui Tack Yin

Sensei emphasizes more on communication skill that makes the class becomes interactive.
– Nur Ain Binti Ismail

Friendly and personable. Also patient when answering the class’ doubts.
– Gan Ying Cheng

Suzuki Sensei

Everything! Sensei is patient in teaching and encourages her students. She does her best to liven the class thus her lessons are always interesting. It’s unfortunate that she’s leaving but I hope someday she can teach at Bunka again.
– Chia Kar Ling

Suzuki Sensei Elementary 1 Sunday 0930-1230 : Sensei is patient and very clear in her explanation; she promotes active interaction in class, making the learning atmosphere fun and interesting.
– Yap Sze Hong

“Suzuki Sensei was my Elementary and Intermediate Teacher. She is by far one of the best teachers who actually makes sure everyone understand the grammar point. Lessons were well-prepared and easy to understand. Thanks to Suzuki Sensei, my foundation has gotten better. I really like her teaching method as she uses scenario-based teaching. I’m a big fan of such teaching as I can imagine and understand the situation, and when to use certain grammar point correctly. She is attentive and even takes note of frequently asked questions from students who happened to find certain grammars points are quite similar. ♡♡♡
I didn’t feel like I needed to drag my foot to school. Rather, I kept looking forward for her next lesson instead.”
– Chan Li Yi

Great teacher, materials are well prepared. Contents taught is very clear every lesson, making learning Japanese language easy and fun. Will perform recap of previous lesson to make sure we remember contents from previous lesson before moving on to more difficult contents. Lesson pace is very well maintained, not too fast and not too slow, great for beginners like me. Highly recommended! Banzai!
– januar wijaya

Suzuki sensei is very patient and encouraging. Her always smiling and outgoing personality is a big plus! I will definitely like to sign up to Elementary 2 and hope Suzuki sensei will be teaching the same class.
– Dorrine Kew

Shimada Sensei

Shimada sensei is accommodating of our questions and answers to her best ability using various examples. To add on to the curriculum, she includes other commonly used verbs, nouns, and adjectives to make it more conversational.
– Clarence Tan

Supportive, dedicated teacher who makes learning Japanese interesting! The rounds of conversation and getting students to think on the spot, about how to come up with questions or variations of answers on the fly, are very helpful for revising the application of particles and vocabulary. Thank you Shimada Sensei 🙂
– Yiqing

She explains concepts clearly, precisely, and ensures that everyone understands before moving on. Also, I appreciate that she tries to improve our knowledge retention, by asking us questions and bringing in concepts from previous lessons. Lastly, she is meticulous, evident from her teaching, and the way she grades our homework (e.g. correcting our hiragana/katakana strokes).

I took E1 with Shimada Sensei, and enjoyed myself a lot. I intend to continue taking her classes.
– Jovi

Shimada sensei tries her best to answer our questions and goes at a pace that is just right as I have classmates who attended makeup lessons and mentioned that the other teacher was too fast and ended earlier.
– Esther

She is very approachable, patient and understanding. She teaches at a very good pace and goes through everything to make sure everyone understands. Please open another E2 class under her!
– Nadia