This summer, let your child be immersed in the Japanese language and culture while having fun!
A certified teacher, Ms. Akari Ueoka, and an experienced assistant teacher, Ms. Hina Okabe, will spend a week with fiteen children.
July 27 (Mon) to July 31 (Fri), 2026
at Roots School in Haiku (740 Haiku Road)
Open for new 2nd-6th graders
Space is limited to 15 students (4 seats are still available as of 6/15)
$359 ($375.92 including tax) per child*
*There is no sibling discount
Payment options are available in the registration form below.
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What are children going to learn?
Children will learn the following through songs, games, worksheets, and activities
(contents are subject to change):
A certified teacher, Ms. Akari Ueoka, and an experienced assistant teacher, Ms. Hina Okabe, will spend a week with fiteen children.
July 27 (Mon) to July 31 (Fri), 2026
at Roots School in Haiku (740 Haiku Road)
Open for new 2nd-6th graders
Space is limited to 15 students (4 seats are still available as of 6/15)
$359 ($375.92 including tax) per child*
*There is no sibling discount
Payment options are available in the registration form below.
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What are children going to learn?
Children will learn the following through songs, games, worksheets, and activities
(contents are subject to change):
- Japanese culture (traditional clothing, food, architecture, gardens, holidays, and more)
- Making one Japanese sweet!
- Calligraphy and meditation lesson by Monk Sen (our special guest)
- Japanese art lesson
- Tanabata celebration (summer celebration)
- Japanese games
- Origami
- How to write one’s name in Japanese
- Basic greetings
- Numbers
- Days of the week
- Colors
- Names of body parts
- Vocabulary for everyday items
- How to ask, “What is it?” and to answer in a simple sentence
- How to ask, “Where is ____?” and to answer in a simple sentence
- How to ask, “Whose is it?” and to answer in a simple sentence
- How to make possessive nouns
- A few basic adjectives
- A few basic verbs
- Some hiragana (Japanese alphabet) and how the hiragana system is organized
- Japanese onomatopoeias
Cancellation Policy - Please consider this when you sign up for the camp.
As a significant amount of the cost of the camp is invested long before the program date, refunds vary based on the amount of advance notice you can provide.
If you need to withdraw your child from the camp, you must inform us in writing via email (info@akaritranslations.com).
You will be refunded 60% of the fee minus the non-refundable $50 application fee for cancellations made more than 20 days prior to the first day of the camp, or you will be refunded 100% if you secure another paying family who would take your child's spot. (A refund will be issued once the family's payment is cleared.)
You will be refunded 30% of the fee minus the non-refundable $50 application fee for cancellations made between 15 and 19 days prior to the first day of the camp, or you will be refunded 100% if you secure another paying family who would take your child's spot. (A refund will be issued once the family's payment is cleared.)
No refunds will be administered for cancellations within 14 days of camp, or you will be refunded 100% if you secure another paying family who would take your child's spot. (A refund will be issued once the family's payment is cleared.)
As a significant amount of the cost of the camp is invested long before the program date, refunds vary based on the amount of advance notice you can provide.
If you need to withdraw your child from the camp, you must inform us in writing via email (info@akaritranslations.com).
You will be refunded 60% of the fee minus the non-refundable $50 application fee for cancellations made more than 20 days prior to the first day of the camp, or you will be refunded 100% if you secure another paying family who would take your child's spot. (A refund will be issued once the family's payment is cleared.)
You will be refunded 30% of the fee minus the non-refundable $50 application fee for cancellations made between 15 and 19 days prior to the first day of the camp, or you will be refunded 100% if you secure another paying family who would take your child's spot. (A refund will be issued once the family's payment is cleared.)
No refunds will be administered for cancellations within 14 days of camp, or you will be refunded 100% if you secure another paying family who would take your child's spot. (A refund will be issued once the family's payment is cleared.)
Registration
Please register here.
4 seats are still available as of 6/15.
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