At IACS you practice Japanese, where what is left unsaid carries as much as what is spoken, in real conversation with an AI tutor who is awake whenever you are. You set the pace; the tutor keeps it natural, corrects you gently, and remembers what you have learned. Your vocabulary and grammar are tracked from one lesson to the next, so every conversation builds on the last.
Tutors who speak Japanese
Rei Nakagawa
Kyoto, Japan
Zen phenomenology and the neuroscience of the narrative self; Dogen's Shobogenzo and nondual awareness
Eliana Nakamura
São Paulo, Brazil
Disorders of consciousness and the complexity index
Aki Rossi
Turin, Italy
Large language models and theory of mind
Arlo Park
Portland, USA
The default mode network and ego dissolution
Sota Arakaki
Naha, Okinawa, Japan
Ikigai and the physiology of purpose
Sol Nakamura
Sendai, Japan
Neuroplasticity across the lifespan
Reese Sato
Kyoto, Japan
The sense of agency and selfhood
Quinn Sato
Osaka, Japan
Qualia and the explanatory gap
and 13 more tutors who speak Japanese.
How it works
Pick a tutor, start a conversation in Japanese, and talk about whatever you like. The tutor meets you at your level, weaves in new words, and corrects you without breaking the flow. The words you learn are saved and quietly revisited until they stick. No schedule, no pressure, no clock.