Prepare for Your Trip with Confidence
Learn the useful Japanese, practical expressions, and cultural basics that help you feel more confident during your trip to Japan.
What kind of Japanese do you need for your trip?
Some travelers only need useful phrases. Others want to understand, speak, and feel more confident in Japan. Choose the path that fits your trip.

I just need useful travel phrases
If you want quick help for your trip, start with simple phrases for restaurants, trains, hotels, shopping, and asking for help. PDFs, short videos, and pronunciation practice can help you learn phrases you can use right away in Japan.

I want to understand and speak more
If you want to talk with people, understand signs or simple conversations, and feel more confident during your trip, start building your Japanese from the basics. Japanese From Zero to Hero includes beginner lessons, practical travel Japanese, listening practice, and real-life phrases. You can also prepare through private lessons with Kohei.
Build your foundation with Kohei’s course

Core Patterns
Start from zero and build a strong foundation through clear video lessons in grammar, vocabulary, and basic sentence patterns. As you move through the course, you can expect Japanese to feel more organized and easier to follow, instead of random and overwhelming.

Repeat & Speak
Improve your pronunciation and practice speaking naturally through repeat after me videos, 30+ podcasts, and detailed explanation videos. With steady practice, you can expect to feel more comfortable speaking out loud and expressing yourself in Japanese more naturally.

Check Your Progress
Use homework and review tests every 10 lessons to check your progress and make sure each lesson really stays with you. This helps you build confidence, strengthen weak points, and keep moving forward with a better sense of what you can already do.

Real Japanese in Action
Learn practical Japanese for daily life and travel, while also building your vocabulary with 1,000+ useful words and 200+ helpful phrases. As your input grows, you can expect real Japanese to feel more familiar and much more usable in everyday situations.
After the Course
You will have the basic Japanese skills to enjoy your trip more, communicate in common situations, and take your next step in learning Japanese.  
â‘ Restaurant, Hotel, and Travel Situations
Use simple Japanese in common travel situations like restaurants, hotels, trains, shopping, and asking for help. You will not need perfect Japanese, but you will have useful phrases and basic confidence to make your trip smoother.
â‘¡ Small Talk with Japanese People
Understand and respond to simple conversations with local people, staff, or new friends. You will build basic listening and speaking skills so you can enjoy small moments of communication during your trip.
â‘¢ A Strong Start for Learning Japanese
Build a clear foundation in basic words, sentence patterns, pronunciation, and listening. After the course, you will be more ready to continue learning Japanese seriously, instead of feeling lost about where to start.
If you would like to build a study plan together, combine these steps with private lessons, or keep improving with personal support, you are always welcome to join my private lessons.
Start Your Japanese
Journey Today
Build your Japanese step by step through structured
lessons, speaking practice, and real life expressions.