You Don't Need a Plane Ticket to Live in English
“I wish I could study abroad.”
I hear this so often from my adult students. They look at their busy lives—work, children, aging parents—and they feel like their dream of mastering English is impossible because they can’t leave Japan.
But here is a secret: Geography does not guarantee fluency.
I have met people who lived in New York for 3 years and still can’t speak English. Why? Because they lived in a Japanese community, ate Japanese food, and watched Japanese TV.
Conversely, I know people who have never left Japan but speak beautiful English.
What Matters is Intensity, Not Location
To reset your brain (as I discussed in yesterday’s post), you don’t need a different country. You need a different environment.
You need an environment where:
- Japanese is impossible.
- The content is relevant to you (your life, your job, your hobbies).
- You get immediate feedback on your mistakes.
The “Luxury Tool Kit”
In the book Fluent Forever, the author talks about building sentences that matter to you.
If you use a textbook, you learn: “The pen is on the table.” Who cares?
In my immersion method, we build sentences like: “I need to finish the presentation for the Tokyo client by Friday.” This is relevant. Your brain wants to remember this.
Domestic Study Abroad (Kokunai Ryugaku)
This is why I created the 1-Day Domestic Immersion Course.
For one day (10 hours), my classroom in Fujieda becomes a foreign country. We cook lunch in English. We walk to the convenience store in English. We discuss your real life in English.
And most importantly, I act as your Living SRS System. I track every mistake you make, and I gently bring that word back into the conversation 20 minutes later, then 1 hour later, ensuring you remember it.
You don’t need a passport. You don’t need to quit your job. You just need one day of total focus.
Are you ready to be a “Founding Participant”?