About The Teacher

NAME: Yo Azama

SCHOOL: North Salinas High School

CLASS: Japanese Level 1, 2, 3, and 4

SCHOOL PHONE: 831-796-7500 Ext, 3544

About The Teacher

Mr. Azama was born in Okinawa, Japan.  He is a member of various professional organizations such 
as the California Language Teachers Association, Monterey Bay Foreign Language Project, California 
Association of Japanese Language Teachers, and the National Council of Japanese Language 
Teachers.  He has conducted numerous workshops and teacher training on various topics throughout 
the United States.  His Japanese class was featured in a WGBH of Boston video series for teacher 
development training.  Visit the following website to see him and his students in action!  
http://www.learner.org/channel/libraries/tfl/japanese/azama/profile.html

His interests are karate, DJing, movies, camping, music and movie making, drumming, traveling, 
learning different languages and more!

Mission For The Class

To increase interest and understanding of various cultures and people of the world with a 
particular focus on Japanese people and language.  In our Japanese classes, students acquire skills to 
communicate and create bridges between the USA and the Japanese speaking world.  To prepare 
students for their future in the new International environment, where people's need to communicate 
and understand one another is crucial for a sustainable global society/community.