My name is Ryan. I lived in Japan for about a year and a half and used to vlog on youtube by the name RisuMiso. I have tried many methods of learning Japanese with some success, but my biggest problem is the lack of consistency. I tried the RTK/Sentence method, which works well, but found my grammar lacked. Then I took a course in Meguro once a week which helped quite a bit due to forced conversation. My wife is Japanese, so I have no lack of resources when it comes to conversation or questions, I just need to get back into studying. I found when I lived in Japan working 6 days a week teaching English, I had little time to study, though I made the most of my spare time.

I’m now back in Canada working full time as a power engineer, and taking a 4 year degree in computing and information systems in my spare time so when and if we move back to Japan, I hopefully won’t have to teach English. I’m also going to fit more time into my schedule for Japanese study as it was a key detractor to my happiness when I was in Japan.

Here’s to another new start!

-Ryan

Good luck with your studies!

Good luck with your degree! I hope you are able to return to Japan and work in your field.

~Cassandra

Hashi- Only a small amount of my early videos and special events feature booze as the topic :p. Most are just about life in Japan, and of lazy quality…

Cassandra- in the past I burned myself out doing anki reps for hours a day, so I’m going to try to avoid that this time around… Though I still love anki! I’m going to try to do this moderately and hopefully I won’t start to dread Japanese study again. Japanese will always be a part of my life now whether or not I like it!

I see you’ve decided to sway away from the most common action of work in Japan for foreigners.

Good luck learning Japanese.