Adult Program - Classes, Tuition, and Text Books

Registration: Not open until 9 AM on May 1st 2025. 

Summer 2025

We will offer summer short programs for adults, 18 and over.  

The Summer program registration period is from Thursday 5/1 to Saturday 5/10/2025, or until the classes are full.  

All the classes will be by Zoom, and Monday through Thursday in the evening.

Class size is minimum or 6,  and maximum of 11 people. 

Japanese for Travelers (Easy travel conversation and travel tips for your Japan trip) 

6/2 - 6/5 (4 days)  7 PM to 8:30PM   Tuition is $70. If June session is full, then we will offer another class in July.   Tentative: 7/7 - 7/10 (4 days) 

Basic Grammar (Prequsite: Must know and understand at least 30 basic Japanese verbs, about 20 i-adjectives and several Na-adjectives.  You will learn about sentence structures using proper particles, three types of verbs, and "verb and adjective" conjugations.)

6/2 - 6/12  ( 8 days)  7 PM to 8 PM Tuition is $170.

Fall Semester 2025 Schedule 

Monday class: 8/18 - 12/15/2025 (No class on 9/1) Tuesday class: 8/19 - 12/16/2025 (No class on 11/11)

The early registration: Monday 5/12 to Tuesday 5/20/2024.  

Please check textbooks below to find which class to take.

Class time: Be in waiting room 5 minutes before class time. 

• New Beginner 1  (Tuesdays 7:35 PM ) Conversation class for those who are new to the Japanese language. No writing/reading Kana. 

• Beginner 2 (Tuesdays  6:00 PM, or 7:35 PM) 

• Beginner 3 (Monday 6:00 PM)  

• Beginner 4 (Monday 7:35 PM) 

• Intermediate 1 (Monday 6:00 PM) Prerequisite: must be able to read text in Kanas.  Know three types of verbs, able to conjugate verbs and adjectives. (non-past, past, affirmative and negative forms)

• Intermediate 2 (Monday 7:35 PM) 

• Intermediate 3 (Monday 6:00 PM)

• Advanced Conversation (Monday 6:00 PM) - Prerequisite: Two years of college Japanese course or equivalent (250 to 300 hours), Have leaned 297 college level Kanji.- JLPT N3 level or up. 

• Kanji 3 Class (Tuesday 6:00 PM) Prerequisite: Knowledge of Book 1 Kanji (251 Kanji). We will start fromBasic Kanji Book 2 lesson 1. 

• Kanji 5 (Tuesday 6:00 PM) – JLPT N4/N3 level  Prerequisite: knowledge of about 400 Kanji.  We will start with Basic Kanji Book 2, Lesson 37.

Questions? Contact: Masako Thomas Sensei, Adult Program Dean: thomas@sakuragakuen.org 

Class Size

Minimum 8 students to open a new class. First come (register and pay), first served. We will notify you if the class did not have enough enrollment two weeks before the first day of the class.  If a class cancelled due to insufficient enrollment, we would suggest you take a different class instead, or we will refund the tuition. There will be no refund for “no-show” or dropping a class.

Tuition (as of spring 2025) to be updated

• Tuition for one semester class: $280.00

• Tuition for Buddhist Church of Sacramento member: $180.00

• We are only accepting online payments at this time.
  Please see Registration page for links.

Tuition does not include textbook. See textbooks listed below.  Payment must be made by Friday two weeks before the first day of class to get Zoom information.  

• Class observation fee – $30.00.  Contact Adult Class Dean first. 
  Click HERE to pay online.  Class observation is available for classes that have openings.  If the class is full, students may observe for future registration for the next term. If you decide to take the class, it will be applied toward your tuition for the current semester, or the one immediately following. 

* Tuition is due in full at registration. Tuition does not include the cost of textbooks. There is no refund for No-Show.  There may be an additional charge for Kanji class. 

Tuition for one class is $280.00. Two classes are $560.00.  (The SBC church members’ tuition is $180.00 for one class and $360.00 for two classes.)

See the Registration page to register and make online payment.

* We will send you Zoom class information a week before the class starts.