JapaneseLondon.com

10/04/2024

aaaand thank you with all my heart for the wonderful recommendation!! 💕

DM me, Vanessa 👋 & tell me why YOU want to learn Japanese & let’s connect you to your ‘very patient’ 1-1 private Japanese tutor 🤩

08/01/2024

28/12/2023

SO GRATEFUL to the dedicated learners of Japanese that we have worked with over the years.

I honestly believe that gaining more understanding of Japanese language & culture adds so much to life, and that’s why I am proud of having made thousands of private Japanese tutor - learner connections since 2011!

If you’d like to know more about 1-1 Japanese tuition - Don’t be shy about getting in touch, we can have a free 20 minute consultation call or chat in DMs. I’d absolutely love to talk to you.





via .app

27/12/2023

🌖 It’s that fairy light-lit time of year when books really come into their own!
Well-chosen books are always my most appreciated gift & settling down on a dark afternoon with a hot cup of tea & cosy read is SUPER appealing... what ‘to do’ list?

🌚’In Praise of Shadows’ by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki fits the ‘cosy read’ bill perfectly. Published in 1933, this evocative long essay focuses on the vanishing aesthetics of dark, glossy, mysterious Japanese interiors. Just the thing to read by candlelight!

🌒I took this photo in the Barbican; such an atmospheric building which is so full of bright lights and shadowy nooks. I adore spending a few precious hours reading there...

Have you read any books you’d recommend over the holidays so far?!

14/12/2023

𝘉𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘑𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘦... BUT we found it was really difficult to match them with a tutor logistically: that is, to get the right tutor to the right place, and the right time, for a short kids’ lesson...

Unfortunately, I often wasn’t able to help. But since the shift to online lessons, all that has changed & we have many young learners of Japanese!

The Good News is: 𝗧𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲, and our professional & dedicated tutors have really risen to the challenge of online teaching.

Likewise, so many students embraced tuition online and enjoyed seeing their learning progress steadily!

𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 2007, 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴.

If you’d like to talk about private Japanese for your child or teen, please do visit JapaneseLondon dot com & get in touch with me, Vanessa. 👋

23/11/2023

🙏 SO GRATEFUL to the dedicated learners of Japanese that we have worked with over the years.

I honestly believe that gaining more understanding of Japanese language & culture adds so much to life, and that's why I am proud of having made thousands of private Japanese tutor - learner connections since 2011!

If you’d like to know more about 1-1 Japanese tuition - Don’t be shy about getting in touch, we can have a free 20 minute consultation call or chat in DMs. I’d absolutely love to talk to you.






via .app

20/11/2023

KOJI: the JOY of MOULD! 🍄

⭐ Are you trying to include more fermented food in your diet?! I love that many of the basic Japanese ingredients are naturally fermented!

⭐ I really enjoyed chatting with the wonderful, London-based Japanese chef Yuki Gomi all about KOJI.

⭐ Have you listened to the podcast? You can find it in my bio.

P.S. Looking for a 1-1 Private Japanese Language Tutor?

DM me, Vanessa 👋 & tell me why YOU want to learn Japanese & we can connect you to your 1-1 private Japanese tutor 💥

07/11/2023

Would you like to get back into your Japanese learning with your perfect match of tutor?! ✅

Too many questions & requests for just one teacher in a group lesson? 😅

DM me, Vanessa 👋 & tell me why YOU want to learn Japanese & let’s connect you to your brilliant 1-1 private Japanese tutor 🤩

02/11/2023

🎧🎤It was SUCH a joy to speak with writing mentor & bestselling author, Beth Kempton , an award-winning entrepreneur and producer of online courses, a Reiki Master, a yoga teacher, a mama of two young girls, and a self-help author whose books have been translated into more than 25 languages!!!

✨Even if you don’t have a copy of her book ‘Wabi Sabi’, you would likely recognise it from it’s gorgeous pale green cover… I see it in practically every book shop, gift shop & boutique!

💕I loved speaking with Beth about what the pandemic revealed about the true nature of things, her fifth book ‘The Way of the Fearless Writer’, as well as this small but significant details of what tea & toast she likes best when she gets up to write at 5am!

🎧Have you listened to this episode? You can find the podcast JapaneseLondon.com - or click through on my bio.

20/07/2023

I literally think about this word every day!!!

The word 'Mottainai' makes me think some awesome advice I got last year about my kids' fussy eating. The advice came from the wonderful Anna of

I just mentioned on one of Anna’s posts that I thought it was difficult to introduce new foods to my children because I ended up wasting things and I have this strong feeling… the Japanese word is ‘mottainai’ so, ‘waste not, want not’. 

And I was, you know, not wanting to throw things away and it just made me really uptight.

Anna suggested that I should REFRAME that by thinking about WASTING THE OPPORTUNITY to introduce new foods, which I thought was brilliant!

What do you think?

13/07/2023

DO YOUR KIDS LOVE JAPAN? 🏯👀💕👹

Have you considered online 1-1 Private Lessons with a Japanese tutor?

Weekly lessons are such a great way to plant the seed for a lifelong love of learning Japanese language & culture.

Get lessons booked in for September & tick something off your ‘to do’ list! Get in touch with me, Vanessa, today. 👋

06/07/2023

Why Drink Japanese tea?! 🫖🍵

From the Way to Japan podcast episode with tea expert Charlie from .ldn

Not listened yet? Click in bio.

Double tap if this resonates with you❤️