Standard Face-to-Face Lessons


Courses

A: Fully Customized Course

Level: all levels

Type: private, group

Opening Hours: 10AM-8PM (please discuss for early mornings and late evenings)

Number of lessons/hours: flexible

Lesson Duration: 60min or 90min or 120min

Lessons per week: flexible

Starting Date: anytime

Textbooks: flexible

Progress report: 2,200 JPY for 1 copy required

Free rescheduling: ✓

Place: at your office or any other public places in Tokyo, Yokohama*

Switch to online: ✓**

 

This is a fully tailor-made course which we design just for you.

・learn grammar properly from the beginning

・read articles, manga and novels together

・Japanese business manners

・Japanese culture, history

・daily conversation

・words, phrases used in your business field

・practice writing an essay

・check intonations and fluency while making a speech

・need help with homework from public schools

・go to the bank together and help use the ATM

・ tea ceremony and calligraphy

・others

Every detail such as curriculum, method, usage and choice of textbooks/materials etc. are decided considering your current level, what you would like to focus on in class and your goal. Please feel free to make a request!

 

*Distant places may be discussed with additional teacher's transportation expense.

**It is free to switch back and forth from face-to-face lessons to online lessons whenever you like. However please note that all the conditions stay as face-to-face lessons while taking online lessons.

B: Intensive Conversational Course for Beginners

Level: zero starter-Basic Ⅰ

Type: private, group

Opening Hours: 10AM-8PM (please discuss for early mornings and late evenings) 

Number of lessons/hours: 12 hours

Lesson Duration: 60min

Lessons per week: flexible

Starting Date: anytime

Textbooks: not required

Progress report: 2,200 JPY for 1 copy required

Free rescheduling: ✓

Place: at your office or any other public places in Tokyo, Yokohama*

Switch to online: ✓**

 

This course will help you learn essential Japanese in commonly used situations starting from simple everyday phrases and vocabularies to basic sentences. It allows you to confidently ask questions and form phrases easily which makes you want to use them immediately after class.

 

Topics covered in this course***:

・meeting people & making friends

・at a restaurant and bars

・cost of things & payment methods

・booking activities & hotel rooms

・public transportation

・travelling by taxi

・asking for & following directions

 

*Distant places may be discussed with additional teacher's transportation expense.

**It is free to switch back and forth from face-to-face lessons to online lessons whenever you like. However please note that all the conditions stay as face-to-face lessons while taking online lessons.

***Topics can be replaced upon your request.

C: JLPT Preparation Course (for JLPT N1, N2, N3)

Level: JLPT N4 level-higher

Type: private, group

Opening Hours: 10AM-8PM (please discuss for early mornings and late evenings) 

Number of lessons/hours: flexible

Lesson Duration: 60min or 90min or 120min

Lessons per week: flexible

Starting Date: anytime

Textbooks: required

Progress report: 2,200 JPY for 1 copy required

Free rescheduling: ✓

Place: at your office or any other public places in Tokyo, Yokohama*

Switch to online: ✓**

 

This course is to develop all the Japanese language skills you need to pass the exam.

Skills required***:

・Grammar

・Vocabulary

・Kanji

・Reading comprehension

・Listening comprehension

It is mainly focused on grammar, vocabularies and kanji are covered at at the same time along with learning new sentence structures. In addition, you will learn strategies to answer questions for reading and listening. Also loads of practices using mock-test quizzes will help you understand the patterns and tendency of questions.

 

*Distant places may be discussed with additional teacher's transportation expense.

**It is free to switch back and forth from face-to-face lessons to online lessons whenever you like. However please note that all the conditions stay as face-to-face lessons while taking online lessons.

***5 skills mentioned above can be chosen upon your request whether to learn in class or self-study at home.


Price

・6,600 JPY per 60 minutes per lesson 

・8,580 JPY per 90 minutes per lesson 

・Minimum purchase 5 lessons

・Includes 10% Japanese consumption tax

  12 Lessons 50 Lessons 100 Lessons

60 min

 79,200 JPY

297,000 JPY

(10 % Off)

561,000 JPY

(15% Off)

90 min

102,960 JPY

386,100 JPY

(10 % Off)

729,300 JPY

(15% Off)

 

Payment Options:

Bank transfer (Japanese banks only)

LINE Pay

PayPay

Wise

PayPal (additional 5% handling fee for less than 12 lessons)

Cash (only for bookings of 12 lessons or more)

 


How to book / Start lesson

STEP 1   INQUIRY

Please send a request from BOOK NOW. You will soon receive an email from CHABASHILA for your next step.

STEP 2   FREE INTRODUCTORY SESSION

20-minute free introductory session with your instructor. This includes a level check and consultation. This step may be skipped if you wish to enrol immediately.

STEP 3   STARTING LESSONS

If you liked it, we would send you an invoice. After we receive the receipt of your payment, you now start your regular lessons with your instructor! 


Terms & Conditions

TUITION FEE

The prices listed above are for one‑on‑one lessons in Japanese yen and include a 10% consumption tax. These rates apply to  lessons held between 10am and 8pm. For early morning sessions before 10am and late evening sessions after 8pm, an additional fee of 1,100 JPY per lesson will be charged. A 60‑minute lesson is 6,600 JPY per session, and you can extend it to 120 minutes by  paying double. A 90‑minute lesson costs 8,580 JPY per session, with a minimum purchase of 5 lessons required for both duration.

  

CANCELLATION POLICY

There is no cancellation penalty if you notify your instructor at least 2 hours prior to the scheduled lesson. These lessons can be  rescheduled to another date for free. However, if you cancel later than that or do not attend your lesson within the first 20  minutes, it will be considered a no‑show (including issues like transportation problems, sudden illness, and natural disasters) and will be charged 100%. Example: If your lesson is scheduled from 17:00 to 18:00, notifications up to 14:59 can be rescheduled for  free. Notifications from 15:00 to 18:00 (after 17:20 is considered a no‑show) will be charged 100% as "Cancellation Too Late".

Please note that group lessons can only be rescheduled if every student in the class notifies the instructor at least 2 hours before the scheduled class. Other cases are charged 100% regardless of your absence.

 

PAYMENTS-DUE DATE

Tuition fees shall be paid in advance in units of lessons you plan to take, 7 business days before the commencement or renewal. 

 

PAYMENTS-METHOD

Please note that bookings are payable via bank transfer, LINE Pay, PayPay, PayPal, Wise, and cash. For bank transfers, LINE Pay,  PayPay, Wise, and PayPal, your bookings will be confirmed upon receipt of payment. All bank transfer charges are at your expense, and only Japanese banks are available. A 5% handling fee will be added for PayPal payments of less than 12 lessons. Cash  payments are available for bookings of more than 12 lessons at a time. Once made, tuition fees are non‑refundable and cannot be transferred to your family, colleagues, etc.