My Japanese is s***!

My Japanese is s***! I may have blocked out the word but I am sure that you know what I have written. I have heard people say this and I have said this in the past about my own Japanese Language ability and what I realised is … this is not helpful to say! It is...
Kanji – the struggle is real!

Kanji – the struggle is real!

Kanji. Is. Hard. You just have to study. Did you know that the Japanese Ministry of Education developed and issued a list called 学年別漢字配当表 (がくねんべつ かんじ はいとう ひょう) or “list of Kanji divided per school year,” which is comprised of 1,006 characters and their associated...
Vocabulary for travelling to Japan

Vocabulary for travelling to Japan

So you are going to Japan! Congratulations! You have probably started planning the trip and telling everyone what you will do and see and want to experience. You may be going to the big city or you may be heading for Mount Fuji, whatever you do, use this fabulous...
How to improve your written Kanji in 2 weeks!

How to improve your written Kanji in 2 weeks!

By the end of this blog post you will have the tools you need to improve your written kanji in just two weeks! We all know that remembering kanji is tough. In order to learn kanji we can find hundreds if not thousands of apps, yet more websites and then there are...