Blue House Okinawa

Learn Japanese with Japanese friends - Online!

Japanese Language Exchange Club - Online
Presented By
Blue House Okinawa Japanese School

*Please confirm your email address with an confirmation email that will be sent after the registration.

How It Works

Who We Are

Pricing

Interested in our in-person Japanese classes?
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In-Person Lessons

Are you in Okinawa?

And have you wondered...

*Where to get good rice

*How to cook local vegetables

*Where to find the Demon Slayer's figurine

*What's the fun thing to do on weekends

on Okinawa?

Then ask local Japanese!

They have your answers 🙂

Japanese Language Exchange Club - Online

Presented By
Blue House Okinawa Japanese School

It's free!
Join us today 🙂

We're a learning community of Japanese and English language exchange for Japanese people who's learning English and English speakers who's learning Japanese.

Ask local Japanese about Japanese language, culture, events, food and anything!

In return, help local Japanese learn English.

*Please confirm your email address with an confirmation email that will be sent after the registration.

How It Works?

Ask Questions

Ask local Japanese about Japanese language, culture, events, food, cooking, manga, anime, video games, pretty much anything!

Help Local Japanese

Teach local Japanese English and help them learn. We learn together and grow together 🙂

Make Friends

Keep communicating and helping Japanese people learning English and eventually you'll become friends with them 🙂

Zoom Language Exchange

Run a Zoom Language Exchange with your Japanese friends and learn more about Japan.

Meet up

Meet up with you local Japanese friends and study together, teach each other and help each other.

Do you study Japanese?
And do you feel like:

*Why can't I speak Japanese yet?

*I feel nervous when I speak in Japanese.

*I already know basic Japanese but I need to practice speaking Japanese more.

*I need Japanese friends to practice my speaking with.

*I want to learn practical Japanese!

Then join our Japanese Language Exchange Club - Online!

Japanese Language Exchange Club Online!

For Japanese people who's learning English and
English speakers who's learning Japanese.

Practical Japanese

Learn practical Japanese from native Japanese speakers.

Good Habit

Make a habit of using Japanese everyday with native Japanese speakers.

Make Friends

Make friends with local Japanese and learn Japanese everyday.

Speaking Practice

Get off the textbook and start using it! That's the best way to learning any new languages!

Blue House Okinawa Japanese Language Exchange Club - Online!

*Please confirm your email address with an confirmation email that will be sent after the registration.

Who We Are

We're are a language learning community
for Japanese people who's learning English and
English speakers who's learning Japanese.

Blue House Okinawa Japanese /English Language School

What Students Say

From our students learning Japanese at our school.

Pricing

Club Member

Free

Ask local Japanese questions.
Learn Japanese with local Japanese.
Practice Japanese with native Japanese speakers.
Make Japanese friends.
5 posts for a week.
Join groups
Send private messages.

Paid Member

1,000 Yen/Month

All the free member's features.
Find more committed people to do language exchange.
Paid members list to find your study buddies
Send friend requests.
Unlimited posts
Ask instructors questions.

Premium Member

6,600 Yen/Month

How to Start

And confirm your email address with a confirmation email that will be sent after the registration.

1. Registration

Read through a tutorials and understand how Blue House Okinawa Japanese Language Exchange Club works.

2. Tutorial

Set up your account, your profile page and your biography.

3. Account Setup

Now you're in! Go ahead and introduce yourself.

Remember to offer help first, before you ask for help. Practice Japanese "give-first" culture 😉

4. Welcome!

Have you felt like...

Why Can't I Speak Japanese Yet?

One of the most common challenges reported to us is how much difficulty Japanese learners have in interacting in their target language.

For example, despite perhaps years of dedicated study in Japanese, many learners feel paralyzed and defeated in interactions with native Japanese speakers.

This challenge is largely due to the fact that language-learning is multifaceted.

Proficiency requires separate yet overlapping skills, such as reading, listening, writing, cultural awareness, speaking, pronunciation, etc.

Schools often emphasize grammar, reading and writing over other aspects.

Thus, learners become discouraged and feel as if they don’t know anything after years of study, when in fact they just haven’t had sufficient practice in a particular skill to make them a balanced learner.

At Blue House Okinawa, club members are given the opportunity to develop all areas of language to build towards proficiency.

We provide practical listening and speaking practice with both peer learners and native speakers.

Our goal is to build club members’ confidence and put their learning to use quickly and often.

Or do you feel like...

I'm nervous about speaking in Japanese....

We’ve seen learners struggling in Japanese conversation, as sometimes they’re unsure of how to say specific words or phrases.

This is a regular concern that is easy to overcome once you become a Club member of Blue House Okinawa.

You can prepare for conversational success by communicating in Japanese with native speakers in our club.

These tools are most valuable because you learn

1. It is ok to make mistakes and

2. How to correct those mistakes.

You will soon find you know more than you think you do!

The more you try and do, the better you will become.

Remember that for Japanese people, English is just as hard for them, as Japanese is for you.

They appreciate your attempts to converse in their language and will try to find a way to communicate with you.

Just keep trying and you’ll do great!

Those are the reason why we offer

More Speaking Practice

As we also have Japanese club members who learn English, we’re so fortunate to have this wonderful program, Zoom Language Exchange as a part of our curriculum.

In the Zoom Language Exchange, you can practice Japanese speaking with native Japanese speakers, the real Japanese people.

Here’s where the give-and-take of learning happens!

It’s student-driven and set up as a mutually-beneficial learning program.

In the Zoom Language Exchange, don’t wait for perfection to speak Japanese — start with what you can, even if it turns into charades, and let your native speaking peers guide you to accuracy!

Ask questions, share cultural insights, and provide feedback to each other while building your Japanese speaking confidence.

This Language Exchange program will let you be able to learn Japanese in a practical way and practice what you have learned right away.

You will meet some of our Japanese club members and make real connections with them to learn the Japanese culture and deepen your intercultural understanding.

It’s a fantastic way to bridge the gap between textbook learning and communicating in the real world!

Beyond Language-Learning

We pride ourselves in our focus on building the ability to learn and succeed beyond learning language.

We seek to nurture independent, lifelong learning.

Our goal is to get comfortable operating in Japanese in everyday, practical interactions.

Much of successful language learning is going beyond your comfort zone and just going for it!

As many native English speakers are coming from cultures that greatly contrast that of Japan’s, Blue House Okinawa Club provides ample opportunity to learn about the values, history, and influences in Japanese society.