Language Schools

  • Hollywood Japanese Cultural Institute

    September 10, 2023 by

    The specific purpose of the Hollywood Japanese Cultural Institute is to preserve, share, and promote the Japanese and Japanese American culture and heritage through education, cultural programs, and activities. They […] READ MORE

  • Soko Gakuen

    July 25, 2023 by

    Soko Gakuen is a nonprofit Japanese language school with an enrollment of about 250 adults and 50 children. Our modern teaching methods and textbooks are geared toward English-speaking people. Soko […] READ MORE

  • Nihonmachi Little Friends

    July 25, 2023 by

    A Japanese bilingual, multicultural, educational childcare organization serving preschoolers and kindergarten through fifth graders in an after-school program. The programs offer a project-based learning curriculum that encourages critical thinking and […] READ MORE

  • Kinmon Gakuen

    July 25, 2023 by

    Established in 1911, Kinmon Gakuen/ Golden Gate Institute served as an educational institution for the children of Japanese immigrants who were not allowed to go to the local schools in […] READ MORE

  • Kinmon Gakuen

    July 24, 2023 by

    Kinmon Gakuen is one of the oldest structures and cultural organizations in San Francisco’s Japantown. In the late 1800s, a core group of San Francisco Japanese associations gathered to address […] READ MORE

  • YWCA Building /Nihonmachi Little Friends

    July 20, 2023 by

    In 1912 visionary Issei women founded an independent Japanese YWCA to provide social services for the women and girls of their community, and sought to establish a permanent home for […] READ MORE