Where is Japanese spoken?
Japanese is the only official language of Japan, and Japan is the only country to have Japanese as an official language. Yet, there are 127 million people around the world who speak Japanese! It is spoken in countries such as Brazil, Taiwan, Korea, the Philippines, Japan, and the United States.

Learn more!
www.jaccc.org

Summer Youth Programs (ages 7-18)
Mori no Ike (est. 1988) Join us next summer at the Japanese Village! We offer fun one-week exploratory, two-week immersion, and four-week high school credit sessions at sites near Sandstone, Minn. and Dent, Minn. click here to learn more!

Study Abroad in Japan (high school grades 9-12)
Celebrate Japan for one month in July and earn high school credit. Experience the same intensive immersion language learning philosophy of the Villages while you experience Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima, and Tokyo! click here to learn more!

Village Weekends for Japanese Language Teachers and Students (grades 3-12)
Bring your Japanese language class to the Villages for a fun immersion weekend during the school year! Japanese is offered in November at our Turtle River Lake sites near Bemidji, Minn. click here to learn more!

Japanese Immersion Adult Weekend
Our adult sessions, for ages 18 and older, are language and culture-intensive, featuring a rich array of authentic music, arts, and crafts of the nations where Japanese is spoken. click here to learn more.

Japanese Family Week
Bring the whole family to a Family Week near Bemidji, Minn. Learn about Japanese language and culture through activities, sports, music, arts, and crafts! click here to learn more!

Teacher Seminar for Language Educators
Do you want to learn more about second language immersion methodologies and the Concordia Language Villages immersion model? Attend the ten-day graduate course in July in Bemidji, Minn. click here to learn more!

Employment at Mori no Ike
Are you a fluent Japanese speaker who loves kids? Come work at our Youth Summer Programs or Village Weekends. Do you love the cuisine of the Japanese-speaking world? Consider joining our amazing food service staff! Are you a health provider interested in cross-cultural nursing? click here to learn more!

Reunion for Mori no Ike staff
Join alumni staff at a celebration this spring. Click here for dates, location, and events.

Supporting the Japanese Programs
Support the Village Visions for Mori no Ike. Donate time, realia, resources or expertise to the Village. click here to learn more!