About Us

About Our School

• Highly qualified and experienced bilingual teachers

• Saturday classes (2 hours of language instruction, 1 hour of cultural activities including taiko, cooking, arts and crafts, games, and much more!)

• Classes for all ages and levels (ages 4-18)

• Advanced classes prepare students for high school credit exams

• A long history of close ties to the Monterey Park and Alhambra communities, dating back to our founding by the First United Methodist Church of Monterey Park in 1966

Signature Cultural Experiences

Taiko: We are proud to be the only local Japanese School offering weekly taiko classes with two experienced, professional sensei!

Cooking Class: We offer fun, simple cooking classes on a bi-monthly basis, giving children the opportunity to make and eat their own creations.

And much more: such as origami and other traditional arts and crafts, Japanese children's games, and dramas and movies to enhance comprehension of language and modern culture.

Special Events

For New Year's, our students, faculty, and parents come together and make mochi! And in the fall, we have an undoukai Sports Day for students to learn  Japanese games and build a sense of teamwork.