Maya Yona

Maya Yona has taught Japanese language and culture for more than 25 years. She lived in Japan for six years and studied at a university in Tokyo, and has since taught students at every level, from people who had never seen a Japanese letter to business people preparing to work with Japanese companies.

Alongside the language, she teaches what surrounds it: the tea ceremony, calligraphy, Japanese cooking and etiquette.

What Maya brings to the course

The course is built on Maya’s experience: what to learn first, where learners get stuck, and which cultural context turns a word into a language. She leads the teaching content and stays with it as the course grows.