Kyoto City, where SCG Japanese Language School is located, has a population of approximately 1.4 million and a history spanning more than 1,200 years. Before Tokyo, Kyoto served as the capital of Japan. Today, it is an internationally renowned city of tourism and culture, with the “Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto” designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Kyoto is home to some of Japan’s greatest concentrations of temples and shrines and hosts numerous festivals and traditional events throughout the year, including the Gion Festival, one of Japan’s three major festivals. The city is also famous for traditional crafts such as Nishijin textiles and Yuzen dyeing, as well as cultural traditions including Noh theater, the tea ceremony, and flower arrangement. At the same time, Kyoto is a center of contemporary pop culture, particularly manga and anime.
Kyoto consistently ranks among the world’s top travel destinations in *Travel + Leisure* magazine. In its latest 2026 ranking, Kyoto was ranked No. 2 in the world and No. 1 in Asia, and the city welcomes more than 62 million visitors annually.
Kyoto is also a major academic city, with 38 universities and junior colleges. Approximately 130,000 university and junior college students study in the city, along with more than 10,000 scholars and researchers.
In addition, Kyoto is home to 1,023 companies that have been in business for more than 100 years, giving it the highest proportion of long-established companies in Japan. At the same time, many globally recognized and innovative companies are headquartered in Kyoto, including Kyocera Corporation, Nintendo Co., Ltd., Nidec Corporation (formerly Nippon Densan Corporation), Shimadzu Corporation, and Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Living in Kyoto means being surrounded by the very best of Japanese culture, art, academic excellence, and innovation.
Feature
- ●Daily classes- easy to understand at a moderate pace.
- ●We check students’ comprehension with short tests.
- ●We provide practice exams and special classes for exams before students take Japanese Language Proficiency Tests (JLPT) and Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students (EJU).
- ●Continue to Study at university, graduate school and technical college
- ●Getting a job at a company and work permit
5unique features of SCG Japanese Language School
We can read manga! We can listen and understand anime! Pop culture classes!
We incorporate pop culture into our classes, giving students the opportunity to learn Japanese that is actually used today in manga, anime, social media, and other forms of contemporary communication. The **Kyoto International Manga Museum** is located just a **3-minute walk from SCG Japanese Language School**. Inside the museum, visitors can browse and read approximately **50,000 Japanese manga books**, making it an ideal place for students to experience Japanese language and pop culture firsthand.
Unique classes only available at SCG Japanese Language School
KOKOROZASHI Art Project
You will see your life plan by thinking about why we learn.
Active Learning
Students and teachers create classrooms together. Classes include creating and using your own maps in Japanese, group work and speech contests. So, you will never be bored.
Education Coaching
It is a communication skill to motivate students and support their independence using techniques of “active listening”, “questioning” and “recognition”. All 2,000 Seiki staff have this license. We also conduct training programs for teachers and parents in 37 prefectures.
Advanced learning using IoT
We provide variety of learning support through the Internet, such as home learning using e-learning where students can view learning contents online.
Thorough guidance
We teach you until you can do it! We, SCG Japanese Language School, believe that it is our obligation to provide students support till you can do it, not only till you understand it. We will provide support with classes until you can actively do it. Take advantage of SCG’s thorough learning system and achieve the best results.
Japan’s first JPT certified school
SCG’s Thorough Guidance to University Entrance Exams
Learning Support with Interviews
“JPT@ Japanese Proficiency Test” is the newest Japanese language test conducted twelve times a year. You will know the result a week after the test. The purpose of the JPT Japanese Proficiency Test is to objectively measure and evaluate communication skills required for enrollment and employment in Japan.
Higher levels of JLPT and JPT, EJU and entrance examinations for prestigious universities and graduate schools are extremely challenging. SEIKI Community Group, a main body of SCG Japanese Language School, is an education service company which has helped many students pass entrance examinations of Japanese prestigious universities, senior high schools, junior high schools and elementary schools every year. We teach “Essay” and “Listening”, which are considered to be especially challenging in university entrance exams, at classes in the Academic Course. With 57 years of teaching experience, we will provide you with advice on the choice of universities, course of study, study plan and any problems, as well as regular classes.
Friend Support System- You can make Japanese friends!
You can always ask when you need help!
Even if you learn Japanese, you won’t improve it unless you have an opportunity to actually use it. At SCG, we have 1,900 Japanese students from 110 different universities who are working as staff. We will introduce them to you as your “friends”. You will naturally improve your four skills (reading, writing, speaking and listening) of practical Japanese by talking to them every week, exploring the city with them and chatting with them. For those who are planning to enter Japanese university, you can get information from your friends who are currently studying at a university. We hope your friendship with them will last even after you graduate from SCG Japanese Language School! Are you nervous about starting a student life in a new country? If you have concerns in your daily life, it must be difficult to concentrate on your studies. At SCG Japanese Language School, life support staff are always at school and ready to help you with problems related to study, daily life, visa and health insurance procedures.
SCG has so far helped about 230,000 students enter prestigious universities, senior high schools, junior high schools and elementary schools. The number of students who passed a university entrance examination so far: The University of Tokyo 2,000 students, Kyoto University 8,000 students, Doshisha University 12,000 students, Ritsumeikan University more than 10,000 students.
Mr. Yoshikazu Sasaki, Previous CEO of SCG, has been participating in the Education Rebuilding Implementation Council (ERIC) as an expert committee member since 2012. The ERIC is an advisory body to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Mr. Sasaki has made proposals 11 times in 7 years and is still a very active member.
We, SEIKI Community Group, are an education service company. We have preparatory schools for universities, cram schools, preschools, and programs for talent education and employment support all over the Kansai area around Kyoto City.
SCG was established in 1962 and we currently have more than 12,000 students. We believe that the SCG Japanese Language School’s mission is to help you learn Japanese and Japanese culture, and realize your will in the future through social activities in Japan and abroad. We have teaching skills built over 64-years of entrance examination guidance and talent education support, and teaching theories including education coaching and active learning.
SCG Japanese Language School promises to provide the best support so that we nurture as many talents with “will” as possible.