Many of our students are children. They come to our classes after school. Many of them also take other types of lessons - for example piano, ballet, or just "juku", which are for-profit cram schools that teach a variety of subjects. Some of the best-known "juku" are Sanaru, Kumon, and Bunri Gakuin. I believe more than half of the high schoolers in Japan attend juku, and a surprising number of elementary schoolers and even preschoolers do as well.
My students often ask me what kinds of after-school lessons are popular in the US. Many kids and teenagers take music or dance lessons, and until high school, many kids take sports as well. I personally took private trombone classes. I never went to anything like a juku, and I don't know any Americans from my generation who have. One or two of my friends took test-preparation classes for the SAT (like the Japanese Center Test), but only for a few months.
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