Learn to code at our Kyoto campus and join a community of tech creators, career changers and entrepreneurs who changed their lives with us.
The world heritage city has constantly been re-inventing its craftsmanship throughout the centuries. Birthplace of Nintendo and the Monozukuri movement, Kyoto finds its roots in functional and pure design. Blending tradition and modernity, the city attracts makers and innovators from all origins.
Come immerse yourself in Japan’s ancient capital while learning to code and meet with the startups transforming the city into the new capital of design.
Our Kyoto team members are all passionate about education. They have one common aim: to give you the best learning experience you can get, and help you achieve your goals during and after the course.
Sylvain is the founder of Le Wagon in Japan. He mainly takes care of our community, and loves to teach programming and product development fundamentals to beginners.
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Jason is a Le Wagon Amsterdam graduate, junior fullstack developer, and currently a teaching assistant in Kyoto. In his spare time he enjoys sharing his passion for scuba diving and is a licensed instructor.
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An alumni of the first batch in Tokyo, Douglas joined a local startup after graduating to gain experience as a fullstack developer. He joined the Japan team in 2018 as our Tokyo driver, giving students the best Le Wagon experience every day.
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Yale graduate, Maria is a Senior Rails Developer with 8+ years of experience working in the IT and services industry. She's been teaching at Le Wagon for the past 2 years, traveling between China, Tokyo and Kyoto.
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Traveling between Shanghai, Tokyo and Kyoto, Forrest is an experienced Rails developer whose experience proves invaluable during the intense project weeks.
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Yann is our driver in Kyoto. He has been living in Japan for 9 years, speaks fluent Japanese, and was developing VR applications using JavaScript before joining our team.
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Shinno graduated from Le Wagon Tokyo in 2017, and went back to Kyoto after finishing the bootcamp to start working as web developer for a local startup, Ship&Co. He is currently supporting the Tokyo team as teaching assistant.
more about ShinnosukeIn addition to our coding bootcamps, we host free evening workshops and entrepreneurial talks during the week that are open to all. Come down and meet us!
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Local events, alumni launching their startups or joining the best companies, new scholarship programs... Read the latest news from Le Wagon Kyoto.
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Having recently launched her first venture with the release of Pool, we reached out to Nozomi, an alumni of our January 2018 batch, for an interview.
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After a little over 2 years operating in Japan, we are extremely proud to introduce the first crop of entrepreneurs releasing their own products to the world!
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How does life look like in Japan as a freelance web developer? We sat down with Dimitri, recently settled in Tokyo and one of our teacher for the coming batch, to talk about his expe...
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