Recruiting Students Shinjuku City Japanese-Language Classes (SJC) Shinjuku City offers Japanese-language classes in which volunteers teach basic conversational Japanese for everyday living. Why not join a class in Shinjuku City? ● Qualifications: Those whose mother tongue is not Japanese and who need to learn Japanese essential to everyday living. These classes are for beginners. If the number of applicants exceeds capacity, those who live in Shinjuku City will be given priority. (Note: Those of junior high school age and younger may not join these classes.) Students may take up to two classes a week. For details, please see the list of Japanese-language classes on the inside page. To apply, complete the application form on the back and either fax it to the Regional Exchange Division or bring it directly to the Regional Exchange Division (located inside Shinjuku Cosmic Center), Shinjuku Foreign Resident Advisory Corner (located inside the Shinjuku City Office), or Shinjuku Multicultural Plaza. List of Shinjuku City Japanese-Language Classes Times: Morning class, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.; evening class, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Course Terms: First term, April through July; second term, September through December; and third term, January through March (There are no classes during the year-end/New Year holidays, or on national holidays and days when the attaching venues are closed.) Day Fee Time Class Name Location Closed Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. 1st Ter m 2nd Ter m 3rd Ter m Shinjuku Multicultural Hygeia 11F, 2-44-1 Kabuki-cho, ● ● ¥4,000 ¥4,000 ¥3,000 Plaza Morning Class Shinjuku-ku Morning ★ A five-minute walk from Shinjuku Station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line 2nd and 4th ① Shinjuku Multicultural ★ A 10-minute walk from the Wed. of every Plaza Monday Evening east exit of Shinjuku Station on ● month Class the JR, Odakyu, and Keio lines; Marunouchi Subway Line; and Toei ¥2,000 ¥2,000 ¥1,500 Shinjuku Multicultural Evening Oedo and Shinjuku lines Plaza Thursday Evening ● Class 3-20-2 Kita-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku ★ A 12-minute walk from JR Kita-Shinjuku Lifelong Okubo Station Learning Hall Class A nine-minute walk from the ★ 4th Mon. of (3F classroom A; 3F east exit of JR Higashi-Nakano ¥4,000 ¥4,000 ¥3,000 ② ● ● every month audiovisual room only Station Morning rd on 3 Friday) ★ A 13-minute walk from exit A1 of Higashi-Nakano Station on the Toei Oedo Line 6-8-2 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku 2nd Mon. A five-minute walk from the No. ★ (the following 2 exit of Nishi-Shinjuku Station on BIZ Shinjuku Class day if the 2nd the Marunouchi Subway Line ¥4,000 ¥4,000 ¥3,000 ③ (3F training room C) ● ● Monday falls An eight-minute walk from exit Morning ★ on a national A4 of Tocho-mae Station on the holiday) Toei Oedo Line 4-20 Yotsuya, Shinjuku-ku ★ A five-minute walk from the No. Yotsuya Hiroba Plaza 2 exit of Yotsuya-Sanchome Station ④ Class on the Marunouchi Subway Line ● ● ¥4,000 ¥4,000 ¥3,000 Every Thu. (2F community room 4) A seven-minute walk from exit Morning ★ A1 of Akebonobashi Station on the Toei Shinjuku Line 15 Tansu-machi, Shinjuku-ku Ushigome Tansu Chiiki ★ Less than a one-minute ⑤ Center Class walk from exit A1 of Ushigome- ● ¥2,000 ¥2,000 ¥1,500 (4F Bara [rose] B) Kagurazaka Station on the Toei Morning 2nd Sun. in Oedo Line February, May, August, and 2-18-1 Takadanobaba, Shinjuku-ku Totsuka Chiiki Center November A two-minute walk from Class (5F cooking/ ★ ¥2,000 ¥2,000 ¥1,500 ⑥ Takadanobaba Station on the JR ● handicraft room) Morning and Seibu-Shinjuku lines 2nd Mon. 3-1-2 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku (the following Shinjuku Cosmic Center A two-minute walk from the No. day if the 2nd Class (3F small meeting ★ ¥2,000 ¥2,000 ¥1,500 ⑦ 3 exit of Nishi-Waseda Station on ● Monday falls room) Morning the Fukutoshin Subway Line on a national holiday) 6-14-1, Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku Shinjuku Bunka Center A seven-minute walk from ★ 2nd Tue. of Class the exit A2 of Higashi-Shinjuku ¥2,000 ¥2,000 ¥1,500 ⑧ ● every month (4F meeting room 2) Station on the Toei Oedo Line and Morning Fukutoshin Subway Line 12-6 Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku-ku Wakamatsu Chiiki A two-minute walk from Center Class ★ ¥2,000 ¥2,000 ¥1,500 ⑨ Wakamatsu-Kawada Station on the ● (2F meeting room 1) Morning Toei Oedo Line 3rd Sun. in 2-12-7 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku February, May, An eight-minute walk from JR August, and Okubo Chiiki Center ★ Shin-Okubo Station November Class A seven-minute walk from exit ¥2,000 ¥2,000 ¥1,500 ⑩ (3F cooking/crafts ★ ● B2 of Higashi-Shinjuku Station on Morning room) the Toei Oedo Line and Fukutoshin Subway Line ① Shinjuku Multicultural Plaza Class ⑥ Totsuka Chiiki Center Class Hello Work Shinjuku Shokuan-dori Ave. To Mejiro Kanda-gawa River Totsuka Chiiki Center Seibu-Shinjuku Sta. Shinjuku Multicultural Plaza (Hygeia 11F) Ave. Meiji-dori Green Plaza Shinjuku No. 4 exit of Takadanobaba Sta. Okubo Hospital Kabukicho Cine City Plaza (Tozai Subway Line) Prince Hotel Shinjuku Shinjuku City Office Main Bldg. Babaguchi Intersection Don Quijote Hanazono-jinja Shrine Takadanobaba Sta. Shinjuku Alta Yasukuni-dori Ave. McDonald’s Big Waseda-dori Ave. Box LUMINE EST Shinjuku-dori Ave. East exit Yamanote Line Totsuka Daini Elementary School Shinjuku Sta. Koshu-kaido Ave. Seibu-Shinjuku Line To Shinjuku ② Kita-Shinjuku Lifelong Learning Hall Class ⑦ Shinjuku Cosmic Center Class Manki-bashi Bridge Yodobashi Daiyon Elementary School To Takadanobaba Exit A1 of East exit Sobu Line To Takadanobaba Nishi-Waseda Sta. Higashi- of Higashi- Yamanote (Fukutoshin Subway Nakano Sta. Nakano Line Yamanote Line Line) (Toei Oedo Sta. Temple Line) Shinjuku Sports Center Shinkai-bashi Bridge No. 3 exit Japan Student Services Organization Otakibashi-dori Ave. Kita-Shinjuku Sobu Line Toyama Kita-Shinjuku Park Lifelong Learning Park Hall Seibu- Shinjuku Line Okubo-dori Ave. Suehiro-bashi Bridge Shinjuku Cosmic Center Shin-Okubo Sta. Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University Kanda-gawa River Okubo Sta. To Shinjuku ③ BIZ Shinjuku Class ⑧ Shinjuku Bunka Center Class Tokyo Medical No. 2 exit of Exit A2 of Higashi-Shinjuku Sta. Ome-kaido Ave. University Hospital Nishi-Shinjuku (Toei Oedo Line and Fukutoshin Exit A3 of Higashi-Shinjuku Sta. Sta. (Marunouchi Subway Line) Subway Line) Shinjuku Nanachome Shokuan-dori Ave. Intersection BIZ Shinjuku Meiji-dori Ave. Shinjuku Eastside Exit E1 of Shinjuku-Sanchome Square Sta. (Marunouchi Subway Line) Hilton Tokyo Hotel Shinjuku Nisshin Odakyu Police Foods Shinjuku Bunka Center-doriShinjuku Ave. Junior Station Halc High School Exit E5 of Tochomae Sta. (Toei Oedo Line) Shinjuku Sta. Tenjin Elementary School West Exit A4 of Tochomae exit Shinjuku Shinjuku Bunka Center Sta. (Toei Oedo Line) Tokyo Mode Rokuchome Gakuen Intersection Shinjuku Itchome- NS Bldg. Kita Intersection Hanazono- Tokyo Metropolitan jinja Shrine Government Bldgs. Keio Department Store Shiki-no-michi St. Park City Isetan ④ Yotsuya Hiroba Plaza Class ⑨ Wakamatsu Chiiki Center Class Lawson Post office National Center for To Waseda Global Health and Yasukuni-dori Ave. Gaien-Nishi-dori Ave. Medicine To Shinjuku Wakamatsucho Intersection Exit A1 of To Ichigaya Yotsuya Akebonobashi Sta. Okubo-dori Ave. To Iidabashi Hiroba Plaza (Toei Shinjuku Line) Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Tokyo Women’s Medical University Gaien-Higashi-dori Ave. Yotsuya Fire Yochomachi Yotsuya Kumin Station Elementary School Center Mailbox To Yotsuya Kawada exit of Wakamatsu-Kawada Sta. (Toei Oedo Line) To Shinjuku Hotel JAL City Shinjuku-dori Ave. No. 2 exit of Yotsuya-Sanchome Yotsuya Tokyo Sta. (Marunouchi Subway Line) Wakamatsu Chiiki Center ⑤ Ushigome-Tansu Chiiki Center Class ⑩ Okubo Chiiki Center Class No. 1 exit of Kagurazaka Sta. (Tozai Subway Line) Meiji-dori Ave. Waseda-dori Ave. Sobu Line Yamanote Ushigome-Tansu Line Exit A1 of Ushigome- Chiiki Center Kagurazaka Sta. (Toei Oedo Line) Okubo Chiiki Center Okubo-dori Ave. Mejiro-dori Ave. Okubo Nichome Shinjuku Pension dori Ave. Ushigome-Chuo- Ave. Kagurazaka-dori Intersection Office, Japan Ushigome Kagurazaka-ue Pension Service Higashi-Toyama Kitamachi Exit B3 of Iidabashi Sta. Intersection Elementary School Intersection (Namboku, Tozai, and Okubo-dori Ave. Yurakucho subway lines) Okubo Sta. Shin-Okubo Exit B1 of Higashi-Shinjuku Sta. NTT Okubo Bldg. Sta. (Toei Oedo Line and Fukutoshin Subway Line) Ichigaya Sta. Sobu Line Iidabashi Sta. To Shinjuku Shokuan-dori Ave. Date application Application Form FAX 03-3209-1833 was filled out Year Month Day Shinjuku City Japanese-language class is not a Japanese-language school. Volunteers teach introductory and beginning level classes, mainly focusing on basic conversation. Please note that your application to join may be declined based on the results of your first interview if your Japanese proficiency is high. You cannot take these classes unless you submit this application form, which will be used for communications from the class office and for administrative purposes. The Shinjuku City Office, the Shinjuku Foundation for Creation of Future—which is the office for the class—and the volunteers share personal information you write on the form. The information will not be used for purposes other than management of the class or to provide various information from the Shinjuku City Office or the foundation. 1. When do you want to start taking classes? (required information) □ Immediately □ First term (April–July) □ Second term (September–December) □ Third term (January–March) 2. Personal information (required information) 3. Japanese-speaking contact (if available) Name Name Your name in Their name in katakana katakana Full postal address □ Husband □ Wife □ Parent □ Child Relationship to you (including name of □ Friend □ Other ( ) apartment/building) (Postal code) Telephone number Telephone number 4. Purpose for joining the Japanese-language E-mail address class (please choose three) Nationality Hiragana: □ I want to be able to read.