Davao City · Since 2019

Your future in Japan
starts with one word.

Kagayakashii Mirai is a Japanese language school and visa consultancy in Davao City. We teach the language, prepare the paperwork, and stay with you — through our team in Japan — long after the plane lands.

JLPT N5 · N4 · N3
Student visa · SSW · TITP
Face-to-face & online

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The Kagayakashii Mirai community in Japan — arriving at the airport, a workshop retreat in the woods, and gatherings together

2019Teaching Japanese in Davao since February
200+Students supported to study, work or move to Japan
3Branches across Davao, Panabo and Digos
N5–N3JLPT levels taught, from first lesson to work-ready

What we do

Language, paperwork and the ground under your feet

Going to Japan is not one decision — it is a few dozen, over a year or more. We handle the parts you should not have to work out alone.

Japanese language training
JLPT N5, N4 and N3 classes with weekday, weekend, face-to-face and online options, so your study fits around work or school.
Japan pathways
Student visa, Specified Skilled Worker and Technical Intern Training — we explain the differences honestly and prepare you for the one that fits.
Visa application support
Document checking, form preparation and lodgement, so an avoidable mistake does not cost you a year.
Job placement
Employer matching for work pathways, and part-time job assistance for students already studying in Japan.
A team in Japan
Arriving is the hard part. Our team on the ground in Japan helps you settle, so there is someone to call in your own language.
Beyond Japan
Student visa assistance for Australia, Canada and the United States too, for students whose plans point somewhere else.

Japanese classes

From your first hiragana to work-ready Japanese

Three JLPT levels, each with a clear finish line. Choose weekday or weekend, in the classroom or online.

N5
Beginner — your first Japanese
Start from zero. Hiragana, katakana and your first few hundred kanji, with the everyday phrases you need to introduce yourself, shop, ask directions and get through a first week in Japan.
- Read and write hiragana and katakana with confidence
- Around 100 basic kanji and 800 everyday words
- Hold simple conversations about yourself, family and daily routine
- Sit the JLPT N5 examination
Weekday, weekend, face-to-face or online
N4
Elementary — everyday Japanese
The level most employers and language schools in Japan ask for first. You move from set phrases to real conversation, and from survival reading to following notices, messages and short articles.
- Around 300 kanji and 1,500 words
- Follow everyday conversation spoken at a natural pace
- Read short passages on familiar topics
- Sit the JLPT N4 examination — the usual entry requirement for study and work pathways
Weekday, weekend, face-to-face or online
N3
Intermediate — study and work ready
The bridge level. You handle workplace Japanese, read practical documents and understand conversation that is not slowed down for you — the footing you need to study, train or work in Japan.
- Around 650 kanji and 3,750 words
- Understand conversation at near-natural speed
- Read newspapers, manuals and workplace notices
- Sit the JLPT N3 examination
Weekday, weekend, face-to-face or online

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Pathways to Japan

Three routes. We help you pick the right one.

Study, skilled work or on-the-job training — each has its own language requirement, timeline and paperwork. Here is the honest shape of each.

Student visa
Study in Japan
Enrol in a Japanese language school or college in Japan. We prepare you for the language requirement, then help you assemble and lodge the student visa application.
- Japanese language preparation to the level your school requires
- School selection and application support
- Document preparation and visa lodgement
- Part-time job assistance once you are in Japan
SSW
Specified Skilled Worker
Japan's work route for people with a tested skill. It needs both a skills assessment and Japanese language ability, and it leads to a proper employment contract rather than a training placement.
- Japanese language training to the required level
- Guidance on the skills evaluation for your field
- Employer matching and job placement support
- Our team in Japan supports you after you arrive
TITP
Technical Intern Training
The Technical Intern Training Program places you with a Japanese employer to learn a trade on the job. For many of our students it is the first step of a longer career in Japan.
- Pre-departure Japanese language training
- Orientation on Japanese workplace culture
- Document preparation and application support
- Ongoing support from our team in Japan

Compare the pathways

The Kagayakashii Mirai community in Japan — at a shrine below the Skytree, by Mount Fuji, and at an anniversary gathering

Scholarship program

Study free from N5 to N4 — until you pass

Our scholarship program covers your Japanese study from JLPT N5 through N4, and keeps covering it until you pass the N4 examination. Come to a free orientation at the Buhangin office to find out whether you qualify.