This Toki Pona course organizes lessons around sounds, pronouns, particles, modifiers, and other language topics.
Minato
Minato, from the Japan Foundation, offers Japanese e-learning courses and a community for students around the world.
About Minato
Minato is the Japan Foundation's Japanese e-learning site. It offers a catalog of online Japanese courses organized into self-study courses, tutor support courses, and courses for teachers, alongside a community area and links to related Japan Foundation learning sites and apps. Course listings show CEFR levels from A1 to B2 and are filtered by category and language.
Course content appears in a wide range of languages, including English, Spanish, Chinese, Thai, Indonesian, Vietnamese, French, Portuguese, German, Italian, Hungarian and Japanese, with the site interface also available in several of these. Listings shown on the homepage display a free label and open applications, but the site itself does not state broader pricing or plan details. Sign-up or login is required to use course features.
Key features
- Course listings split into self-study, tutor support, and teacher categories
- Listings tagged with CEFR levels from A1 to B2
- Course languages include English, Spanish, Chinese, Thai, Indonesian, Vietnamese, French
- Interface available in multiple languages besides English
- Community area alongside the course catalog
- Links to JF J-Learning site and Japanese learning apps
Best for: Learners worldwide who want Japan Foundation Japanese courses at beginner to intermediate levels, in a self-study or tutor-supported format.
Good for
- Produced by the Japan Foundation, a Japanese-language education organization
- Courses cover CEFR levels A1 through B2
- Course listings are available in many languages, not only English
Watch out for
- Which courses include tutor support is not clear from the homepage
- Levels shown in the listings stop at B2, with no higher levels evident
Minato at a glance
- Website
- minato-jf.jp
- Category
- Education & Learning › Language Learning
- Type
- Website
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Platforms
- Web
- Open source
- Not stated
- Language
- English
- Good for
- Educators
- Last checked
- Oct 5, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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Minato FAQ
Who runs Minato?
Minato is an e-learning service from the Japan Foundation, as stated in the site title and description.
What Japanese levels are covered?
Course listings on the homepage are tagged from A1 to B2.
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