About Akari

My professional background and certificates
- Sapporo City University (Bachelor of Design)
- Seisa University (Japanese language education & Intercultural Communication with distinction)
- 120 hour TESOL Certification
- Certification of Teaching Japanese as a foreign language (The World Japanese Language Centre)
- Teacher Training (QLS Level 3)
- Japanese tea Specialist (JAFA)
- Barista Skills Foundation (SCA)
- Speech & Language Specialist
- HTML5 Professional Certification Level.1
- Certified General Travel Services Manager
Me and languages
My foreign language life has started when I was 3 years old. The experience at that time has always been the driving force behind my teaching: We have fun and we learn!
Learning languages has always been interesting to me and I have made new discoveries. And when I traveled to various European countries as a backpacker in 2015, I realized the importance of language learning again … Communication!
At that moment, I was learning Spanish and Italian, which could be said to have changed my life.
I started to help learning the Japanese language as a volunteer for tourists and language exchanges from 2016. Around the same time, I became absorbed in learning Italian, and started learning Arabic and German. (And now I’m learning Polish and Swedish.)
Since 2020, I’ve been teaching & coaching this language to more than 80 students around the world from level 0 to advanced level.
I create lesson plans tailored to each student’s goals, turning my thoughts to them, and standing with their issues.
My class is very interactive. I give students confidence in their speaking skills and praise their effort in learning. When students make mistakes, I’ll fix and give them hints to think in a way that’s easy to understand.
Yes, you’ll be able to speak even from level 0!
Are you ready to start?
Enjoy a fun and beneficial time with me and a coffee or tea, just like you would with your friends!

Random things about me
- I love film! When I was a student, I watched films at the cinema at least 4 days a week.
- I am also a filmmaker, composer and photographer. I’ve been continuing to make experimental art works.
- I like Italian coffee and cappuccino a lot!
- I respect 4 “David”: David Lynch, David Cronenberg, David Fincher, David Bowie
- I love also music! I love metal & experimental music much but I play the classical piano too!
- I’ve been taking Urbex (urban exploration) photography for more than 6 years
- Currently, I speak Japanese, English, Italian, Polish, Swedish and German, but I also want to learn more languages. For example, Icelandic, Spanish, Norwegian, Hungarian, Arabic, and more!
- When I see & meet animals, I’m so happy!
- Maybe as you noticed, I love Japanese sweets such as mochi, manjū, yōkan, dorayaki, dango e.t.c. + drinking matcha / green tea / coffee with them! Mmm!!