It all started with an IKEA table.

In 2006, our first classroom was the storeroom of a manga cafe just enough to fit a white LACK table, 4 stools, a whiteboard with wobbly wheels, and a closet to store textbooks.

15 years later, we now occupy the top level of a building with eleven classrooms, smack bang in the middle of Melbourne CBD.

We have taught families and students, Apple geniuses, ATO managers, council members, and even a Channel Nine news anchor. We are well-versed in engaging students from all backgrounds, culturally and geographically.

Thanks to (no sarcasm here) COVID-19, we moved our Japanese lessons online, and to our surprise, many students enjoyed it.

Particularly those who had to travel long and far. The students who hated coming into the city, the lack of parking, the introverts. Some even get to learn with their friends/families from different countries. Students, who prefer to learn in their pajamas, in the comfort of their own home.

And then we thought, hang on, if we can teach remotely to outer Melbourne, we can also teach to the whole of Australia.
Even the world.

And thus Japanese Australia was born.

Our goal is to be the bridge between Japan, Australia, and the rest of the world.