Takako Holstegge - Japanese teacher to respond Australian people's inquisitiveness

Leaning Japanese means learning Japanese culture and history

Takako Holstegge (second right) Source: Takara Japanese Cultural Language Centre

The top foreign language taught in school is Japanese. 

Top three Language taught in schools in Australia. Source: The Conversation, CC-BY-ND

Takako Holstegge is Japanese teacher in South Coast, New South Wales.

And also she is director of Takara Japanese Cultural and Language Centre aka Takara centre.

Takara Japanese Cultural Language Centre, calligraphy class Source: Takara Japanese Cultural Language Centre

In the South Coast, there are many Australian people who wants to know Japanese culture or wants to communicate deeper with Japanese people.   

There are only 12,3 Japanese in South Coast. Takako is teaching Japanese culture to them with other Japanese who has skill of flower arrangement, Kimono dressing.

Making thousand of paper crane Source: Takara Japanese Cultural Language Centre

And she is teaching Japanese at school with Japanese culture and history.

In the audio, she told us her passion and the activity.