Kinmon Gakuen

OPEN ENROLLMENT New semester Saturday August 2020 to May 2021 We will start the fall semester online on August 15th 2020 using Zoom.... Please fill out: the registration form https://bit.ly/3dpbXsI the release of liability form, and the photo permission form https://bit.ly/2AY3kYU and send them back to us by e-mail. Please note that the registration due date is set on July 10th, and the payment check must be received by August 10th by postal mail. Details are explained below: Registration fee: $50 First half of the tuition: $360 (Payment Due, August 10th, 2020) Second half of the tuition: $360 (Payment Due January 8th, 2021) Zoom fee: $15 (full year $30) The registration fee $50 + first tuition $360 + Zoom fee $15 : Total $425 We accept checks, no credit card. Classes will begin at August 15th, 2020. For inquiries, please send a email to the address below. [email protected]

Online Japanese Kaki Ksh Special Classes Kinmon Gakuen is pleased to announce that we can offer two online Japanese Kaki Ksh classes via Zoom this summer, starting Saturday, June 13 and ending August 8, 2020. These two special courses are open to current as well as new students. The descriptions of the courses are as follows:... Beginner course: The summer beginner class emphasizes basic Japanese skills. The goals of the beginner class include the mastery of two writing systems, hiragana (the cursive form of Japanese syllabary) and katakana (the square form of the Japanese syllabary) because these writing systems are essential to basic Japanese proficiency. Intermediate-Advanced course: The summer intermediate-advanced class emphasizes conversation and grammar. The goals of the course also include the mastery of a small number of kanji (Chinese characters) because kanjilearning is essential to advanced Japanese proficiency. Starting & Ending Dates: June, 13 August 8 (no class on July 4) Time: Saturday, 9:00 am 11:00 am Tuition: $200 Zoom fee: $15 Enrollment due date is June 6, 2020 Please fill out the Registration Form and send it by E-mail. The payment must be received by June 8th by postal mail. No Refund Registration Form http://www.kinmongakuen.com//Registration-Form-Summer-2020 Please E-mail us for the registration and questions. [email protected] Kinmon Gakuen 2031 Bush St San Francisco CA 94115

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New Year Event 2020 January 25th calligraphy paformance by Shioh Kato sensei and Mochi pounding by Kagamikai

#LandmarkTuesdays The Kinmon Gakuen Building is significant for its association with the social, cultural, and educational enrichment of Japanese Americans in S...an Francisco during the 20th century as the home of the country’s oldest Japanese language and culture school, Kinmon Gakuen (Golden Gate Institute), from 1926 to the present. It is #sflandmark no. 288 (the city’s newest addition). The Building was also used as a processing center during World War II, where citizens and noncitizens of Japanese ancestry were required to report before being relocated to incarceration camps across the country. The building is also significant for its association with community organizing and activism among African Americans in San Francisco during the 20th century, providing African American youth a space for social, educational, and recreational opportunities. Lastly, the building itself is an excellent example of an educational building designed in the Mediterranean Revival style in San Francisco, a popular design aesthetic for school buildings during the 1920s and 1930s. The language school is also now an official member of the city’s Legacy Business Registry as of Aug. 2019. Original caption: "San Francisco, California. Bush Street, San Francisco. Japanese family heads and persons living alone form a line outside Civil Control station located in the Japanese American Citizens League Auditorium at 2031 Bush Street, to appear for "processing" in response to Civilian Exclusion Order Number 20." US National Archives photo, April 25, 1942 by Dorothea Lange, with overlay done by Jon Voss. The building's side entrance depicted in the photograph still standing today.

Happy New Year! Akemashie Omedetou Gozaimasu. 2020

No classes on November 30th

Grant award ceremony on August 24th at Kinmon Gakuen. We received a grant and gift of study supplies from Japan Foundation. The presenter Ms. Rie Kusakiyo from the Consulate General of Japan handed a certificate to Kinmon Gakuen board chair Ms. Kinko Sakamoto.

Kinmon Gakuen: This language school/community hub enriches the lives of children, Japanese immigrants and community members. What's more, its building received historical Landmark Designation by the SF Historic Preservation Commission.

Cherry Blossom Festival April 20th & 21st 2019 Shoyukai Japanese Calligraphy exhibition...

Niko Schertell participated the 47th Annnual Japanese Speech Contest on March 3rd 2019. She put a lot of effort and did good job! Group B 4th Grade and above Category 4 "My Dream"

January 26 Calligraphy Performance by Kato Shio sensei Mochi Pounding by Kagamikai

Congratulations TA Hiroshi Kin for gettingTHIRD PLACE in the 45th Annual Japanese Speech Contest 2018! Middle & High School Division Contestants Title: Iwakan of Katakana