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The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles

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Los Angeles, United States

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Non-profit organization· Public Policy

The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles Reviews | Rating 4,7 out of 5 stars (5 reviews)

The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles is located in Los Angeles, United States on 5700 Wilshire Blvd Suite 100. The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles is rated 4.7 out of 5 in the category non-profit organization in United States. We are Japanese government agency promoting arts, culture and language worldwide. We have 2 offices in the US, NY and LA, and other 22 offices around the world. At our own center at Museum Row in Miracle Mile, LA, we have Information Center with 8,000 volumes of books and magazine on Japan and 2,000 audio visual materials. The center is open to public and you are recommended to become a member of JFLA so that you can check out the books. We also provide free WiFi and PCs so that you can watch the latest DVDs from Japan. We also open our language courses, JF Nihongo, at our own center in Miracle Mile and another classroom at JACCC, Little Tokyo. There are three levels of courses so that from the novice to advanced students can enjoy and learn Japanese languages at reasonable tuition fee with excellent teachers who have been trained in JF Standard. We also offer many kinds of cultural events including JAPANEMA Matinee film screening every Wednesday lunchtime, and JAPANEMA screening once a month in the evening, JFLA Lecture Series and book talk, etc. We conduct Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) once a year at 13 sites all over the country. Our E-Newsletter BREEZE is sent to you monthly by which you can learn many upcoming events and information. Please register you e-mail address at our Website; www.jflalc.org

Address

5700 Wilshire Blvd Suite 100

Phone

+1 3237617510

Company size

11-50 employees

Headquarters

Los Angeles, CA

Founded

1983

Accessibility

Wheelchair-accessible entrance

Open hours

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Joe Yatsky

Great place, wonderful staff, and many opportunities to learn and expand your horizons

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Dick Wolfe

This is a special place for people interested about Japan, going to Japan, or learning how to speak Japanese. We have been there for an orientation on going to Japan. I have been to Japan over 25 times for business years ago and found the updated information very beneficial. If you are planning a trip to Japan, I highly recommend you take their orientation seminar. It's free and they offer free maps, advice, etc. You do pay for the parking or park on the street.

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Victor J Garza

Not to long ago I visited Tokyo, this being a review for the Japan Foundation, I won't go into detail about how fantastic Tokyo, Kyoto, Japan in general was, but I will say it left me knowing I would be back. In my youth, I had a strong interest in Japanese culture, language being a strong focus. I don't intend on dating myself but at one point I tried learning Japanese from a CD-Rom. Though it had fun content, I didn't get very far. That interest in the language never fully dissipated. After I came back from Japan, the first thing I did, aside from dealing with the jet lag, was I googled Japanese language courses. To my luck, The Japan Foundation LA was at the top of the search. After looking through their available courses, I called them to get more information. They called me back shortly and elaborated on the beginners course. I signed up immediately after. I am at the closer of my fourth course and not to oversell it, but learning has never been so fun. I don't feel like an adult, but there are things that give away my age, even to myself, and those are my strong like for nice, colourful dress socks, and my voluntary desire for learning. Japanese is not easy, but the wonderful teachers at the Japan Foundation and their endless patience have helped me from faltering along the way. If you have a faint interest in the Japanese language or their culture, check out what the Japan Foundation has to offer, you will not be disappointed. tldr; The Japan Foundation rocks

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Cassandra Yeh

The Class: Japanese Sweets class, making mochi. 20 for 1.5 hours class. The class is inside the Japanese Foundation (one of the classrooms). 7 tables set up, 5 students each table. There is no kitchen there, the only kitchen equipment is microwave which is going to use for making the mochi outer white layer. The instructor is very knowledgeable and class pace is manageable. However, the ingredients they have prepared each table is so little. Each student only got to make two mochi (one pinapple strawberry and one strawberry filling). Mochi outer layer and red bean paste are not enough to share among 5 students too. The Parking: Street metered parking (2 hours). Residential free street parking behind the building (2 hours)

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Gary Itano

Learned Daidengaku dancing there & even got to perform in Nisei Week closing ceremonies dressed in full traditional costume. What could be better! Tremendous variety of film, food, history, cultural, language, etc., programs to appeal to anyone with an interest in things Japan.

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