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I’ve never had a professor quite as wise, warm, and funny as Kaga-Sensei. I’ll never forget walking to Kaga-Sensei’s house when she invited her Japanese 101 students over for dinner.…

It feels so strange to realize — 34 years after the fact — that I was one of Kaga-sensei’s first students at Carleton. If I knew that at the time,…

Kaga-sensei, heartfelt congratulations on your retirement. So glad to have met you and been your student. Grateful for the extra time you spent with me on my Japanese (when I…

Congratulations on your retirement Kaga-sensei! Your Japanese 101 1a was my first class at Carleton and extraordinarily influential on my life (I’m writing this from Japan where I’ve lived since…

Kaga-sensei, Congratulations on a wonderful career! I remember almost 17 years ago when I stumbled into Carleton and you were my freshman year faculty advisor. When it was time to…

Congratulations Kaga sensei! Thank you for your mentorship and inspiration. Your teaching allowed me to persist through the initial stages of learning Japanese and get some semblance of understanding the…

Kaga Sensei treating us Sukiyaki for lunch near Kobe-Sannomiya Ekimae in 2017/07/07. Thank you for your warm hospitality sensei.

I have very fond memories starting each day in your Japanese class as a freshman. I loved it. Never before had I worked so hard in a class. You gave…

Kaga-sensei, you are wonderful. As a teacher, you were fantastic–engaging, patient, challenging, and so supportive. I loved every class I took with you, and in all the years since I’ve…

Dear Kaga-sensei, congratulations on your retirement and thank you for your many years of dedication to teaching and Carleton. One of my favorite memories of you was one beautiful spring…