Award-Winning Japanese Tutors
serving Amarillo, TX

Emily minored in Japanese at Texas A&M and continues to engage with the language through media and self-study. She teaches hiragana, katakana, and foundational grammar patterns like particle usage with the same structured approach she applies to her other languages, making the writing systems feel systematic rather than overwhelming.

I am also fluent (reading/listening/writing) in Cantonese and mandarin Chinese because of my upbringing. Half of my childhood education was received in Hong Kong and the other half was in Australia.

As a dedicated language tutor with several years of experience, I bring both expertise and enthusiasm to every lesson. I specialize in Chinese, Japanese, and basic Arabic, and I have had the privilege of guiding students of diverse ages and backgrounds through their language-learning journeys.

Sho teaches Japanese with attention to the details that trip up English speakers most — particle usage, verb conjugation groups, and the shift between casual and polite registers. Whether a student is learning hiragana for the first time or working through intermediate kanji and grammar patterns, he brings structured practice to a language that rewards consistency.

I'm back at school at NYU, studying for a more general liberal arts degree.

As a native Japanese speaker with over fifty years of fluency in reading, writing, and conversation, Hatsuki teaches the language the way it's actually used — from particle usage and keigo (honorific speech) to the nuances between hiragana, katakana, and kanji in everyday contexts. She currently lives in the U.S. with her family, giving her a natural understanding of where English speakers stumble with Japanese grammar and pronunciation.

Learning Japanese means juggling three writing systems, unfamiliar sentence structures, and layers of politeness that don't exist in English. Aki breaks down hiragana, katakana, and basic kanji recognition alongside grammar patterns like particle usage and verb conjugation, building reading and conversational skills in parallel.

Growing up attending the Japanese Weekend School of New Jersey while enrolled in American public schools, Hidefusa developed native-level fluency in both languages and a deep understanding of where English speakers stumble with Japanese. He teaches everything from hiragana and katakana basics to kanji recognition, particle usage, and keigo (formal speech) — drawing on the bilingual instincts of someone who has lived in both linguistic worlds.

I am an experienced tutor and teacher from Okinawa, Japan who recently graduated from Brown University and now lives in Brooklyn.

Having majored in Japanese at SUNY Albany, James doesn't just know the language — he understands the grammar architecturally, from particle usage and verb conjugation tiers to the nuances of honorific speech. He teaches reading and writing through cultural context, connecting kanji compounds to their historical roots so students retain them long-term rather than cramming and forgetting. Rated 4.9 by students.

I would like to work with people who want to advance their Japanese knowledge and capabilities. I have lived for 18 years in Japan and can guide someone through the intricacies of the language. I have certified top level proficiency on the Japan Foundation Japanese Proficiency Test.

Crystal minored in Japanese Language and Culture at Northern Kentucky University, so she brings both formal study and genuine cultural curiosity to teaching everything from kana writing to grammar fundamentals. Her day job as a K-12 reading and ESL instructor means she's trained to break down unfamiliar language structures for learners at any level — a skill that pays off when explaining Japanese concepts like sentence-final particles or basic verb tenses that have no English equivalent. Rated 5.0 by students.

Rachel's International Relations coursework exposes her to multiple language systems and cross-cultural communication, which she channels into teaching Japanese fundamentals like hiragana recognition, basic particle usage, and everyday vocabulary. Her relaxed, adaptive style — reflected in a 5.0 rating — is especially useful for beginners who tense up when faced with an entirely new writing system and unfamiliar grammar order.

Between his East Asian Studies major at Harvard, his presidency of the Harvard College Japan Initiative, and his work in the Yenching Library's Japanese Collection, Shane lives and breathes Japanese. He reads novels and plays games in Japanese for fun, which means he teaches the language the way it's actually used — from kanji recognition and particle usage to the register shifts that textbooks barely cover.