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📍 Serving Tokyo · Osaka · Nagoya · Yokohama
Online Marathi Classes for NRI Families in Japan
Conversational Marathi for Maharashtrian families and professionals in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, and across Japan.
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Trusted by 500+ NRI families across 7 countries · Free demo, no commitment
500+
NRI Families Taught
7+
Countries Served
Free
Demo Session
Flexible
Weekday evenings 7–10 pm JST available
Tokyo Marathi Mandal and the Maharashtrian Community in Japan
Japan has a well-established and active Maharashtrian community, anchored in Tokyo. The Tokyo Marathi Mandal (TMM) is a formally registered organisation with its own website, Facebook page, and Instagram presence. It brings together Marathi-speaking families across Japan for cultural events, Gudi Padwa celebrations, and community support.
Maharashtrian professionals in Japan work across technology, automotive (Toyota, Honda), pharmaceuticals, finance, and academia. Many families have been in Japan long enough to raise children who are fluent in Japanese and English but have had limited formal practice in Marathi.
Children Growing Up Between Three Languages
Japan is one of the most linguistically immersive environments in the world. Children in Japanese schools spend their days entirely in Japanese. Outside school, English takes over. Marathi, even in households where both parents speak it, often becomes the language of home routines and video calls with India.
The result is a child who understands Marathi, feels Maharashtrian, but struggles to hold a conversation in the language. This is not unusual. It happens in every diaspora. What is unusual about Japan is that the cultural distance from Maharashtra is so large that the pull back toward Marathi can feel weaker without deliberate effort.
Our one-to-one online classes create that deliberate space. A weekly session with a patient native Marathi teacher, focused entirely on speaking, with no Devanagari script required and no grammar-first approach. Just the language, at the level your child is actually at.
For NRI Parents in Tokyo and Across Japan
Whether you are in central Tokyo, in Osaka, or in Nagoya near the automotive hub, our classes work equally well online. Japan Standard Time (JST) is 3.5 hours ahead of IST. Our 7 am to 9 pm IST class window corresponds to roughly 10:30 am to 12:30 am JST.
Most families in Japan use weekday evening slots between 7 pm and 10 pm JST, which map to convenient late-afternoon IST times. Weekend morning slots from around 9 am JST are also popular with younger children.
We are experienced at working with families across very different time zones and will always find a schedule that works.
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The first session is always free. We would love to be a language resource for Maharashtrian families in Japan, and to support the work of the Tokyo Marathi Mandal community.
Book a demo and let us find the right starting point for your child or for yourself.
Simple to Start, Designed to Last
Three easy steps from your first demo to your child's first Marathi sentence.
Get Matched with Your Teacher
Every student gets a dedicated, native Marathi-speaking teacher who stays with them throughout. Consistency builds real confidence.
The Marathi Starts Happening
Sessions run 40–60 minutes, once or twice a week, at times that work in your time zone. Week by week, something shifts. The language comes out.
Questions Parents in Japan Ask Us
Honest answers about how our classes work, who they are for, and what to expect.
Yes. Speak Marathi offers online one-to-one Marathi classes for NRI children and families in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, and across Japan. Classes are scheduled around Japan Standard Time (JST), with weekday evening slots between 7 pm and 10 pm JST most popular.
Yes. We are aware of and supportive of the Tokyo Marathi Mandal (TMM), which has a long-running presence in Japan and organises cultural events for the Maharashtrian community. Speak Marathi is happy to be a Marathi language learning resource for TMM families and members across Japan.
Absolutely. Many of our students in East Asia are children raised in a Japanese and English environment who have limited Marathi-speaking practice. We start from wherever your child is — no prior Marathi required. The first demo session is a relaxed, no-pressure conversation to understand where they are.
Speak Marathi provides online Marathi tutoring for children and adults in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, and across Japan via video call. The first session is always a free demo with no obligation to continue.
Japan Standard Time (JST) is 3.5 hours ahead of IST. Our IST class window of 7 am to 9 pm corresponds to roughly 10:30 am to 12:30 am JST. Most Japanese families use weekday evening slots between 7 pm and 10 pm JST, or weekend morning slots from around 9 am JST.