Japanese Program Georgetown University

Japanese Program Georgetown University The Japanese program at Georgetown University is a part of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures. We offer a major and minor in Japanese.

Find out more here: https://ealac.georgetown.edu/programs/japanese College & University

Congratulations to Dr. Peter Janssens on his retirement! 🎉 In case you are wondering who Peter is, he has been one of th...
09/03/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Peter Janssens on his retirement! 🎉 In case you are wondering who Peter is, he has been one of the driving forces behind language learning and technology at Georgetown for many years. All those videos, audio files, and other technology we use in our Japanese classes? Peter helped us make them happen! 😊

Through his work at CNDLS, Peter helped make the language classrooms, language lab, and production studio valuable resources for foreign language programs across Georgetown. Our Japanese program has benefited so much from his expertise and support over the years.

Our heartfelt thanks to Peter for everything he has done for us! We hope you have a wonderful and well-deserved retirement. We will miss you! ❤️ CNDLS

Big congratulations to our TA, Dan-san, on being named the inaugural recipient of the William & Margaret Breer Scholarsh...
09/03/2026

Big congratulations to our TA, Dan-san, on being named the inaugural recipient of the William & Margaret Breer Scholarship! 🎉 We are so proud of you, Dan-san! Have an amazing time in Japan! Please join us in congratulating him! Woo Hoo! 🙌🎉👏🏆 Dan Japan-America Society (DC)

Sato-sensei sent me these photos and asked me to include them in the Language Table post, but I think these 2 accomplish...
09/01/2026

Sato-sensei sent me these photos and asked me to include them in the Language Table post, but I think these 2 accomplished senpai deserve their own post! 😊🥰

Jaimie-san is getting ready to head to Guangzhou, China, as a U.S. diplomat 🇺🇸🇨🇳, and Lily-san is moving to NYC next week to begin her work as a Science and Technology Specialist at the United Nations! 🇺🇳🗽

We are so excited for both of them and so proud to see where life takes them! 🥰 Good luck on your new adventures, Jaimie-san and Lily-san! Please keep us posted! We always love hearing what our senpai are up to! 💕 Jaime子敏 Lily Nguyen

Our first Japanese Language Table of the semester was a huge success! 🎉Including the people who joined us a little later...
09/01/2026

Our first Japanese Language Table of the semester was a huge success! 🎉

Including the people who joined us a little later, I think we had almost 40 people in attendance! 😳 I’m pretty sure that might be an all-time record! We had lots of new faces, our regulars, and even some alumni who came back to join us! 🥰 It was so great to see everyone and kick off the semester with such a great turnout! When Omori-sensei was leaving, some people were still hanging out and chatting! 😊 Sorry I couldn’t stay longer!

Thank you to everyone who came! Looking forward to many more fun Language Tables this semester! 💕

Olivia Penick (MASIA), who participated in the Summer 2026 Tonda Bunraku Program in Shiga Prefecture, has been featured ...
08/24/2026

Olivia Penick (MASIA), who participated in the Summer 2026 Tonda Bunraku Program in Shiga Prefecture, has been featured in a Japanese newspaper for her new role as a Nagahama International Tourism Supporter, officially designated by Nagahama City Mayor Nobuyoshi Asami!

Congratulations, Olivia! We’re so proud to see your experience with Tonda Bunraku leading to new opportunities to connect cultures and promote Nagahama to the world. Here is Olivia’s report:

Recently, I participated in the Summer 2026 Tonda Bunraku program, where we learned the traditional Japanese performance art of bunraku including puppetry, shamisen, and vocal accompaniment. After our final performance at the Tonda Puppet Hall, we were officially designated Nagahama international tourism supporters by Nagahama city mayor Nobuyoshi Asami and asked to share a few words on our experience with the program, which were shared in this article from the Shiga Evening News. I am deeply grateful to mayor Asami, the city of Nagahama, Master Abe, and the members of the Tonda Puppet Troupe for the memories I made this summer!

https://shigayukan.com/%E7%95%99%E5%AD%A6%E7%94%9F%EF%BC%93%E4%BA%BA%E3%82%92%E8%A6%B3%E5%85%89%E3%82%B5%E3%83%9D%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%81%AB/

Hi, Everyone! We are so excited to start a new semester next week! 🎉 I hope everyone is recharged and ready for another ...
08/20/2026

Hi, Everyone! We are so excited to start a new semester next week! 🎉 I hope everyone is recharged and ready for another fun semester of learning Japanese! 😊

We now have the Japanese Language Table schedule for this semester, and we were wondering if anyone would be interested in designing a new flyer for us! We have been using the same design forever, so it might be time for a little makeover! 😆 If you enjoy designing and would like to help give our Language Table flyer a fresh new look, please email Omori-sensei. We would love your help!

Thanks, everyone! Enjoy the last few days of summer break, and we can’t wait to see you next week! 🥰

Spotlight on Lily-san for the second day in a row! 😍 This time, she shared photos from her internship with JR Tokai! As ...
06/14/2026

Spotlight on Lily-san for the second day in a row! 😍 This time, she shared photos from her internship with JR Tokai! As part of the internship, she had the incredible opportunity to ride the Linear Shinkansen, which can reach speeds of up to 500 km/h! 🚄✨ The train is not yet open to the public, but it is scheduled to begin service around 2037.

It looks like she had an amazing experience! 😊 Omori-sensei’s Level 3 students should remember reading about JR Tokai and the famous “7-Minute Miracle” cleaning team in class. Lily-san actually got to visit the company in person, which is so cool! 🤩

Thank you for sharing your experience with us, Lily-san! We love seeing what our students are doing in Japan!

Greetings from Nagahama, Shiga! Olivia Penick (MASIA) is currently taking part in a Bunraku workshop and has shared phot...
06/13/2026

Greetings from Nagahama, Shiga! Olivia Penick (MASIA) is currently taking part in a Bunraku workshop and has shared photos and reflections from her experience. What a wonderful opportunity to engage with Japan’s rich cultural heritage—looks like she’s having a fantastic time!
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This summer I was lucky enough to travel to Japan to study Bunraku, the ancient art of Japanese puppet theatre, in the city of Nagahama in Shiga Prefecture. Alongside practicing puppetry and the unruly three-stringed shamisen under Master Abe’s instruction, so far we have also visited the nearby island of Chikubushima in Lake Biwa to visit Hogonji Temple, toured Nagahama Castle, and taken a road trip to Osaka to see a Bunraku play at the National Bunraku Theatre. Despite having a notoriously high barrier to understanding and performance, it’s inspiring to watch the members of the Tonda theatre troupe rehearse as the effusive charm of the puppets and accompanying shamisen and vocal performances shine through. I’ve also had the chance to eat authentically-made shiso umeboshi and nikujaga at my homestay—so far, it’s been nothing but fun!

Mori-sensei and Omori-sensei are hard at work at the AP Japanese Reading in Tampa!Mori-sensei is the Chief Reader (a.k.a...
06/05/2026

Mori-sensei and Omori-sensei are hard at work at the AP Japanese Reading in Tampa!Mori-sensei is the Chief Reader (a.k.a. The Boss), leading and organizing the entire team of readers (scorers)! Omori-sensei also has a demanding job that requires both accuracy and speed while scoring thousands of AP Japanese exams. She was on a mission to become the fastest scorer and help her team beat the other team. Mission accomplished! 🏆😆 But let’s just say her shoulders and neck are feeling it now. 😭😆

Of course, we still managed to find some time for pickleball. 😆 Omori-sensei even squeezed in a little pool time, too!

As an unexpected bonus, the New Zealand Men’s National Soccer Team is staying at our hotel ahead of their World Cup match on Saturday! ⚽🇳🇿 Mori-sensei even got her picture taken with some of the players. Omori-sensei, meanwhile, completely missed the opportunity because she was lured away by the desserts in the lounge. 🍰😂 Priorities, people. 😆

I heard from Eri-san, who is currently working at an IT consulting firm in Osaka! 😊 She said she sees Kathryn-san, who i...
05/26/2026

I heard from Eri-san, who is currently working at an IT consulting firm in Osaka! 😊 She said she sees Kathryn-san, who is studying in Kobe as a MEXT (Japanese Government) Scholar, almost every month. They even met up with another Hoya and took a trip together to Shimane!

It makes me so happy to see Georgetown connections continuing even after graduation. Hoya Saxa! 💙🩶

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