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Native Japanese tutor with more than 10 years of tutoring experience
Harumi B.

4,893 hours tutoring

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Hourly Rate: $48
Response time: 2 hours

About Harumi


Bio

I was born in Osaka, Japan and lived there until I was 26 years old. I taught conversational English to Japanese children aged between 2 and 13 for six years while I lived in Japan. My American husband and I owned an English conversation school in Japan. After moving to the United States, I homeschooled my children. I have been teaching conversational Japanese for over 8 years now. My teaching methods are not limited to using text books alone. I use flash cards, games and even songs...

I was born in Osaka, Japan and lived there until I was 26 years old. I taught conversational English to Japanese children aged between 2 and 13 for six years while I lived in Japan. My American husband and I owned an English conversation school in Japan. After moving to the United States, I homeschooled my children. I have been teaching conversational Japanese for over 8 years now. My teaching methods are not limited to using text books alone. I use flash cards, games and even songs when students are small children. I can also teach Japanese culture, like origami, old Japanese fables, cooking Japanese cuisine, how to wear Kimonos and so on.


Education

Associates Degree
undergrad
ECC college of foreign language
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I am a native Japanese tutor. I have over 10 years of tutoring experience. When I tutor, I am not limited to just using text books. I use flash cards, fun games, songs and so on. I can also teach cultural aspects of Japan. For example, origami, cooking, sewing and how to wear Kimonos. I also love teaching in a unit study setting, like tutoring while cooking a Japanese dish. I can teach students of any age, including small children.
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Amazing Tutor

Harumi is an amazing tutor who can stick with your speed no matter how fast or slow you are; as a student who can learn quickly on some days and slowly on others, Harumi can stay at your pace. Her teaching style is also amazing, making sure you learn everything as efficiently as you can.

Henry, 61 lessons with Harumi
Tutor responded:

Henry san, thank you for the great review.

Amazing Teacher

Harumi-san is an outstanding Japanese tutor and an absolute joy to learn from. She has a rare ability to make lessons both effective and genuinely fun. One of the things that really sets her apart is how she uses games to reinforce learning—whether it’s vocabulary, sentence structure, or conversation practice. The games never feel gimmicky; they’re thoughtful, engaging, and make the language stick naturally. The patience she takes with me makes it easier to learn each section and I look forward to future lessons.

Marcus , 13 lessons with Harumi

Amazing Teacher

I’ve been taking Japanese lessons with Harumi for a few months now, and I couldn’t be happier with the experience. Harumi is an exceptional tutor — patient, encouraging, and incredibly knowledgeable. She has a great ability to explain grammar in a clear and relatable way, and she always makes sure I understand before moving on

Marcus , 13 lessons with Harumi

Amazing Teacher

I’ve been taking Japanese lessons with Harumi for a month now, and I couldn’t be happier with the experience. Harumi is an exceptional tutor — patient, encouraging, and incredibly knowledgeable. She has a great ability to explain grammar in a clear and relatable way, and she always makes sure I understand before moving on

Marcus , 13 lessons with Harumi

insightful

Harumi sensei's lesson has massively boosted my confidence in going forward and learning Japanese. The way she instructs not only breaks it down but makes sense making it easier to learn

Marcus , 13 lessons with Harumi

Knowledgeable and Very Patient and Kind

Harumi sensei's take on teaching has been the most helpful and motivating. It has encourage me to continue to pursue a deeper understanding of the language and study more.

Marcus , 13 lessons with Harumi

Smart, kind & engaging

Harumi is making Japanese fun for my fourteen year old son. She really has a gift! for delivering thoughtful, interesting and effective lessons sprinkled with interesting tidbits about japanese culture

M, 83 lessons with Harumi

Fantastic!!

My tutoring sessions with Harumi have been wonderful. I’ve been going about two months now and I feel like I’ve learned so much already! We’ve covered things like vocabulary words, asking questions, Japanese culture, Katakana, and adjective sentence structure so far. I highly recommend and can’t wait to learn more!

Caroline, 101 lessons with Harumi

So kind and helpful

Harumi is the best Japanese teacher I've had! She is so good at explaining when I have questions. She teaches at my pace and makes sure I understand concepts before moving on. I always feel very comfortable talking to her.

Mae, 8 lessons with Harumi

Great Teacher

We love Ms. Harumi! She really engages our son and he really enjoys his sessions with her! It is his favorite class.

LaNetra, 100 lessons with Harumi
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