Soroban (abacus) after school, calligraphy on Saturday mornings.
Closed nowToday 15:30–19:00
Days open for requests
- 9Mon
- 10Tue
- 11Wed
- 12Thu
- 13Fri
- 14Sat
- 15Sun
Ask anything before you book.
Cancellation policy
To change the date of your trial, please let us know by the day before.
Your visit gives back
When you pay, ask staff for the HAKOBUNE QR code and scan it. This place pays us a fee for your visit, and part of it goes to social causes. You pay nothing extra.
Didn’t get the QR?About the class
What you can do here
- Try soroban or calligraphy for free
- Learn both soroban and calligraphy
- Take proficiency exams and grading tests
From the teacher
With soroban, once your fingers learn it, arithmetic becomes fun. With calligraphy, we value the time spent writing slowly for its own sake. Brothers and sisters are welcome to try a trial lesson together.
Why this place supports social causes
We collect abacuses that families no longer use, repair them and lend them to children who are just starting. At the end of the year we hold a kakizome (New Year calligraphy) session at the community centre that anyone can join.
From the place
Because we collect abacuses lying unused at home, repair them and lend them to children who are just starting.
What the class cares about
Up to 12 children per class
The teacher goes round checking each child's finger movements and brushwork.
Abacuses to borrow
We collect abacuses no longer in use, repair them and lend them for up to 1 year after joining.
Take your writing home every time
Please look at home, too, at the sheets the teacher has corrected in red.
HAKOBUNE Spot offers
For first-time visitors
Offer
No joining fee if you join within 1 month of your trial
Just ask us after your trial.
First-time students
From your second visit
Offer
From the second year, we cover one exam fee
For children who keep coming.
Students who joined at least 1 year ago
For everyone
Offer
Siblings: ¥1,100 off the second child's monthly fee
When they attend in the same month.
Siblings attending together
Staff
Okamoto
Soroban teacher
Teaches children in their final year of kindergarten, starting from how to count with the beads.
Next opening: 11/11 (Wed) 15:30
Fujii
Calligraphy teacher (shihan)
How to hold the brush, then stops, hooks and sweeps, one at a time.
Next opening: 11/14 (Sat) 09:30
More details
About the class
What’s taught
Soroban (abacus) and calligraphy
Skills to develop
- Focus
- Academic skills
- Self-expression
Class size
12 people
Pick-up bus
No
Parent viewing area
Yes
Grading tests
Soroban students move up through abacus proficiency exams, calligraphy students through monthly grading tests, one step at a time
Lessons
Lesson format
Group
Lesson length
60 min
Lessons per month
12 times
Available days & times
Soroban: 60 min between 15:30 and 19:00 on Mon, Wed or Fri / Calligraphy: 60 min between 9:30 and 12:00 on Sat
Ages
From the final year of kindergarten to junior high school
Levels
- First-timers
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
- Entrance exams & grade tests
Online lessons
No
Home-visit lessons
No
Fees
Monthly fee
¥5,500
Enrolment fee
¥3,300
Materials fee
Abacus (about ¥3,000, or borrow one) and calligraphy tools at cost. You can also use your own
Other costs
Exam and grading test fees only when you take them
Trial & enrolment
Trial
Free
Observe a class
Yes
How to enrol
Free trial (60 min) A talk with parents or guardians Join
Make-up lessons & absences
If you miss a day, you can come on another day in the same month
Pausing & leaving
Please let us know by the 20th of the previous month
Teacher
Teaching experience
Our soroban teacher has 25 years of teaching experience, our calligraphy teacher 15
Background & qualifications
Our calligraphy teacher holds a shihan (master teacher) licence
What we value
Correct finger movements and well-formed characters come before speed. On days a child gets it right, we draw a circle in their notebook and send them home with praise.
Students
38 people
Classroom
Address shown
Neighbourhood only
Child safety measures
We send a message to a parent's or guardian's phone when your child arrives and leaves. Cars dropping off or picking up can park in the car park at the back.
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Class details
- Name
- Tsubame Abacus & Calligraphy School
- Name in Japanese
- つばめ珠算書道教室
- Type
- Lessons & schools · Kids’ classes
- Address
- 広島県広島市安佐南区（大町・架空）Shown in Japanese so you can show it to a taxi driver.
- Nearest station
- 大町 Station · 7 min walkアストラムライン 大町駅 徒歩 7 分
- Hours
MonToday 15:30–19:00 Tue Closed Wed 15:30–19:00 Thu Closed Fri 15:30–19:00 Sat 09:30–12:00 Sun Closed Mon, Wed, Fri 15:30–19:00 (soroban) / Sat 9:30–12:00 (calligraphy)
- Price guide
- ¥4,400–¥8,800
- Smoking
- No smoking
- Children
- Children welcome
- Parking
- Yes
- Payment
- Cash, QR payments
- Languages
- Japanese
The place sent us this information. It may have changed — please check with the place before you go. Last updated Nov 4, 2026.
Map & access
広島県広島市安佐南区（大町・架空）
Shown in Japanese so you can show it to a taxi driver.
Nearest station: 大町 Station · 7 min walkアストラムライン 大町駅 徒歩 7 分
