Certified Native Japanese Teacher | 7+ Years | 2,000+ Lessons | Trusted by Adult Learners & Leaving Cert Students

I began taking Japanese lessons with Nozomi while preparing for my Leaving Certificate, and she helped me not only with the course material but also with developing a genuine understanding of the language. Every class is full of energy, and her enthusiasm makes such a difference. It's incredibly motivating to learn from a tutor who is so passionate and encouraging.

Whenever I struggle with certain topics, Nozomi is always patient and takes the time to explain everything step by step until I understand. She truly cares about her students' progress and creates such a positive learning environment.

Thanks to Nozomi, I still want to continue learning Japanese even though I finished my Leaving Certificate quite a while ago. I couldn't recommend her more highly!

I have been studying Japanese with Nozomi for the last 5 years or so and it's been such a wonderful experience learning with her. She always creates such a warm, encouraging and fun learning environment. She encourages learning through conversation and my Japanese has improved so much just from chatting with her every week. At the same time, she is very thorough and patient and is happy to go at your own pace. I really can't recommend her enough!

I have been studying Japanese with Nozomi-san for about 3 years and I find her to be an excellent teacher. She is always incredibly encouraging and positive and I throughly enjoy learning Japanese with her! I have passed both the JLPT N5 and N4 with her and am currently studying N3. I would highly recommend her as a tutor for a thorough and complete understanding of the Japanese language.

Nozomi sensei has been a great teacher since day 1 of my return to Japanese.
She's thoughtful, understanding, and gives great explanations when I want to understand something.
I was scared to be back to this amazing language because of a bad experience learning, but thanks to a colleague who gave me Nozomi sensei's contact, I can confidently say that I'm here to stay!
I can't recommend her enough!

I started learning Japanese with Nozomi over 5 years ago and she has genuinely been the best language teacher I’ve ever had in my life. She has been such a motivator for me and my partner who also does lessons with her, so much so we are going to go to Japan to study Japanese full time.
Although of course studying any language requires a lot of personal study as well as lessons, Nozomi’s lessons and how she teaches is brilliant, really honing in on conversational as it’s just as important as studying for things like the JLPT or other language exams.
Nozomi is an incredibly supportive and attentive tutor to what your individual learning style is regarding Japanese. She’s also in general just an all round lovely person.
I couldn’t recommend her more to anyone looking to start or pick back up their Japanese language journey

- Maria

Nozomi is an incredible teacher. She makes lessons so fun and engaging and teaches in a way that pushes you to improve with encouragement and patience.

I could not recommend Nozomi enough, such a fantastic teacher.

Nozomi is an excellent teacher. Her lessons are tailored to every student's needs. When I started lessons I found it very hard to form sentences on my own and now I can have a full conversation. Lessons are really fun and interesting, I look forward to every one. I really can't recommend her enough。

のぞみさんは上手な先生です。皆さんのレッスンは違います。始めたとき話せませんでした。毎回楽しんでいます。

I've been learning japanese from Nozomi-san for the last couple of months as a beginner. I've progressed really well and I'm able to read furigana faster. I really enjoyed all our lessons and I always look forward to it! She speaks japanese around half the time which I really appreciate as I start to get used to listening and talking in the language. I would highly recommend her if you plan to learn Nihongo especially as a beginner.

Nozomi is a great teacher. She willl speak Japanese throughout the lesson but always follows up with the English so that your always hearing the Japanese phrases and picking them up.

Everything is done at the level you are comfortable with and uses a mixture of learning materials focused for you to keep everything interesting.

Plenty of conversational practice with a focus on correct grammar and pronunciation. I particularly like the explanations on why something is said a certain way or why certain words or phases might be used over others

I would highly recommend Nozomi, she will give you the confidence to get speaking and learning and to come back for more!

I began learning Japanese in 2014, for my leaving cert in 2016. I left it for awhile and wanted to get back to it but using duolingo wasn't enough for me. I knew I needed to practice my oral and conversational japanese face to face. I can't stress enough how much I have learnt with Nozomi, and how much confidence I gained having someone native correct my grammar and suggest more native phrases!

Nozomi speaks japanese most of the time during the lesson, and you pick up the phrases each lesson. It is highly conversational. Nozomi also uses a nice mix of textbooks for examples and grammer, as well as notes she prepares for you based on your level. The classes are highly interactive and you cover topics that are of most interest to you (travel, hobbies, your job, and your routine), and I am always reminded that we can cover anything I want to cover and not follow a specific path.

I highly recommend Nozomi to anyone wanting to learn Japanese! I can see how much my japanese improved the last 3 months, and I am sure you will notice too.

I really enjoy Nozomi’s Japanese class. She makes learning fun and interesting.

Nozomi is my first Japanese teacher. She is an amazing teacher, super thorough who keeps the lesson interesting whilst keeping me wanting more. I can’t wait for the next one. Can’t recommend Nozomi highly enough.

Nozomi is a very good teacher.
Explains things clearly, is always well prepared and is alot of fun to learn from.
Would highly recommend