■Advanced Level 2 Seminar Class (Seminar I)
In this class the students hold discussions on specific topics and present summarized announcements of the content of investigative studies.
Topic examples: ""My intercultural experience,"" ""Thoughts concerning husbands and wives retaining different family names,"" and ""The Kyoto brand challenging the world.""

■Advanced Level 2 Seminar Class (Seminar II)
In this class, students learn how to communicate their thoughts and feelings to others. Students have the chance to debate and discuss issues with their teacher on a one-to-one basis. In addition, students listen to Japanese guest speakers, take part in a question and answer session, and write a summary of the content. Furthermore, students learn how to give an impromptu presentation on familiar topics

■Advanced Level 1 Seminar Class
Here the students learn how to apply the Japanese they have learned in previous classes through research studies and gathering information. In these studies the students get in touch with a part of the society in Japan, through meeting Japanese people of all generations. The results of investigative research carried out on the Sanjokai Shopping Street are presented.

■Intermediate Level 3 Seminar Class
In this class students conduct research studies on Japanese culture and society, and then write a report. Students had the opportunity to attend a lecture on ""Shirakawame,"" a tradition that started in the Heian Era in which women walked the streets of Kyoto selling flowers. In addition, students participated in the reproduction of ""Shimenawa,"" braided rice straw rope used in Shinto purification rites, once prosperous in the region where the school is located now, ""Kitashirakawa.""

■Intermediate Level 2 Seminar Class<
In this class students decide on a topic themselves, and interview Japanese people as a study on the way Japanese think about the subject. The students then summarize their results in a report, and present their findings to their class.

■Intermediate Level 1 Seminar Class
In this class students use the library and the internet to study subjects they find problematic, including Japanese culture, life-style issues, the way people think about things, differences between Japan and their home country, etc. The results of their research are summarized in a report and presented to their class.

■Basic Level 2 Seminar Class
Students work as a group in this class, studying a topic of interest, including traditional Japanese culture, food culture, life-style issues, etc. By working as a group, and using the Japanese learned in their classes, we cultivate the ability to apply Japanese in study efforts. After presenting their results to the class, the group summarizes the results and publishes it as a pamphlet. In addition, reading aloud practice is included in order to understand the differences between pronunciation in their mother tongue, and the distinctive characteristics of Japanese speech.

■Basic Level 1 Seminar Class
The purpose of this class is to strengthen the students' ability in ""reading,"" ""writing,"" ""listening,"" and ""speaking."" Here the students practice using Japanese outside of the normal textbook work, discussing scripts, taking videos all on their own, presenting posters introducing classmates to their hometown, and giving speeches.