Kirk here with some information on opportunities to study Japanese in Kumamoto City. Today, I received the following information in an email from the Kumamoto International Foundation:
—- start quote —– 【The study of Japanese】 Kumamoto International Foundation has restarted Japanese learning. For more information, please access our website or inquire of the foundation. https://www.kumamoto-if.or.jp/list00066.html —- end quote —-
“Restarted” refers to the temporary closing of such classes (in January?) due to high infection rates in Kumamoto. So, things are back on track now.
The link in the message from the foundation is to a Japanese language page. That’s OK if you’ve already gotten your foot in the door, so to speak, with the Japanese language but I thought I should provide some information in English for people who are just getting started. The image you see was converted from a pdf that I found here:
https://www.kumamoto-if.or.jp/kiji003234/index.html
Also, the foundation has a やさしいにほんご (easy Japanese) Facebook page where they share information about Kumamoto and about opportunities to study Japanese, etc. That page can be found here: