Mastering Japanese. Sculpting Futures.
Integrating traditional Japanese academic rigor with direct overseas career pathways for Sri Lankan students and professionals.
Find Your Japan Visa & Course Eligibility
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Japan, as you may see it
Shrines, woodblock prints and spring blossom: a few of the places and images behind the country you are preparing for.
Itsukushima Shrine, Miyajima厳島神社
The floating torii gate seen from the water.
The Great Wave off Kanagawa神奈川沖浪裏
Katsushika Hokusai, woodblock print, about 1831.
Nikko Toshogu, Tochigi日光東照宮
Carved and gilded shrine gate in the cedar forest.
Sakura, Himeji桜
Cherry blossoms in spring.
Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto伏見稲荷大社
Vermilion gates line the mountain path.
Whirlpools at Naruto, Awa阿波鳴門之風景
Utagawa Hiroshige, woodblock triptych.
Your Official Japanese Name & Student Badge
Type your Sri Lankan name in English to preview how it appears in Japanese Katakana (カタカナ) on your NCL Academy Student Visa Certificate.
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NCL Japan Academy
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Katakana Calligraphy
カスン・ペレラKasun Perera
- Status
- Candidate (May 2026)
- Campus
- Thambuttegama / Anuradhapura
- Exam preparation
- JLPT / NAT / JFT
七転び八起き • “Fall seven times, stand up eight.”
Explore Japan's prefectures
An interactive map of all 47 prefectures, with population, local specialties and highlights.
Summer dances
In August, towns across Japan dance together. Two of the best known are Awa Odori and Bon Odori.
Awa Odori, Tokushima阿波おどり
Dancers in yellow happi coats move down the street.
Awa Odori
Tokushima's dance, held each year from 12 to 15 August. Troupes move through the streets in long, rhythmic lines.
Bon Odori lanterns盆踊り
Paper lanterns ring the dance floor after dark.
Bon Odori
A communal dance of the Obon season. Neighbours and visitors circle a raised drum stage under paper lanterns.
Bon Odori, Osaka盆踊り
A dancer in a wave-print yukata.
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Kerama Islands, Okinawa慶良間諸島
Clear turquoise water around small islands.
Itsukushima Shrine at dusk厳島神社
The same gate as the tide and the light change.
Image credits
Photographs and prints are from Wikimedia Commons. Public-domain and CC0 works need no credit; the rest are credited here.
- Itsukushima Shrine, Miyajima - Balon Greyjoy, CC0
- Itsukushima Shrine at dusk - Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0
- Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto - Balon Greyjoy, CC0
- Nikko Toshogu, Tochigi - lumoplank, CC0
- The Great Wave off Kanagawa - Katsushika Hokusai, CC0
- Whirlpools at Naruto, Awa - Rijksmuseum, CC0
- Awa Odori, Tokushima - George N, CC BY 2.0
- Bon Odori, Osaka - Mr.ちゅらさん, CC0
- Bon Odori lanterns - jinkemoole, CC BY 2.0
- Sakura, Himeji - Phil Hauser pjhauser, CC0
- Kerama Islands, Okinawa - SteFou!, CC BY 2.0