{"id":92,"date":"2026-05-04T00:33:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T15:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nichibu-nagauta.com\/?page_id=92"},"modified":"2026-05-08T15:45:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T06:45:37","slug":"practice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nichibu-nagauta.com\/en\/practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Okeiko"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull\" style=\"min-height:14rem;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"652\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-55 size-large\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/nichibu-nagauta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Pg_2_Odori-okeiko-2-1024x652.jpeg\" style=\"object-position:58% 44%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"58% 44%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nichibu-nagauta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Pg_2_Odori-okeiko-2-1024x652.jpeg 1024w, 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of\uffe510,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong><strong><strong>Tuition<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/td><td>Month: \uffe520,000 (4 lessons)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column vk_hidden-xs vk_hidden-sm vk_hidden-md is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-vk-blocks-spacer vk_spacer\"><div class=\"vk_spacer-display-pc\" style=\"margin-top:50px\"><\/div><div class=\"vk_spacer-display-tablet\" style=\"margin-top:50px\"><\/div><div class=\"vk_spacer-display-mobile\" style=\"margin-top:50px\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading vk_block-margin-0--margin-bottom is-style-vk-heading-plain has-vk-color-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-07fd9bc53a591370058c357c37d308fa\"><strong><strong>Lesson Details<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"vk_block-margin-0--margin-bottom wp-block-paragraph\">One-on-one lessons are held in Tokyo &amp; Chiba, Japan as well 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