Let's Draw Pokemon! Weekly Drop-in Class

Konnichiwa! We are Mandy and Ritomo, the teachers of PonPon Japanese School!

OUR CLASSES:
We are proud to offer a wide variety of classes tackling different aspects of Japanese Language learning or Japanese art/culture topics! Whether you'd like to learn the Japanese language in a comprehensive, structured course, or you'd like to learn how to build your own Manga, we have you covered! Check out all of our course listings!

ABOUT US:
Mandy learned Japanese while attending a Japanese Language school in Tokyo, and has a degree in Education specializing in second language acquisition and linguistics! She has lived in Japan around 5 years, and has been teaching Japanese for around 6 years! Mandy's strength is her ability to describe Japanese grammar and addressing common mistakes learners face when learning Japanese, because she struggled first hand.

Ritomo is a Japanese Native! He holds a degree from Aoyama University in Japan, with special training in teaching Japanese as a second language. He has perfect Tokyo pronunciation of Japanese, and has been teaching Japanese to English speakers with Mandy for around 6 years! Ritomo's English skills are also very strong. Ritomo also happens to be a very skilled artist! He has studied traditional Japanese calligraphy techniques, Japanese art history, and is talented in many different Japanese art styles! He can teach anything from traditional ink paintings, to anime!

OUR PHILOSOPHY:
We believe that engagement of students is key. No one likes to listen to a long-winded teacher go on for the entire class explaining how things work. Students learn much better with a short explanation and a chance to PRACTICE and ask questions as they come up. As such, we make sure that all of our explanations on each topic are short, succinct, and full of examples and visuals, and then our students will have plenty of opportunity to practice, make mistakes, and revise.