TextFugu » Topic: Greetings from Osaka! http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/greetings-from-osaka/feed/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:49:49 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=2.3.2 en-US http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/greetings-from-osaka/#post-19856 <![CDATA[Greetings from Osaka!]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/greetings-from-osaka/#post-19856 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:21:43 +0000 Tyler LeBrun What better way to learn another language than total immersion? Right? Actually, I am hoping the great folks at TextFugu make it faster and more fun than what I can learn on my own and through traditional instruction. It’s good to finally make use of my membership and get my learnin’ on.

My interest in Japan is complicated and not traditional by any means. It all started when I had the pleasure of being an intern at a nihonshu brewery here in Osaka back in 2009. A few trips back to Japan for both pleasure and business (totally unrelated to nihonshu – aerospace, actually) has opened the opportunity to pursue my PhD in mechanical engineering at Osaka University (大阪大学). Thanks are due to the Japanese government and the Monbukagakusho (MEXT) scholarship. Now that I am here and in my intensive Japanese language course on campus, I wanted some suplemental material. Of all the resources at my disposal, I wanted to use TextFugu. I sincerely hope the community of fellow learners and the instructors/staff here at TextFugu make this experience all that more fun!

The road is long and I know the mountain of Japanese language learning is tall, but I look forward to it!

]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/greetings-from-osaka/#post-19857 <![CDATA[Reply To: Greetings from Osaka!]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/greetings-from-osaka/#post-19857 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:36:19 +0000 Kaona Welcome to TextFugu, Tyler!

I wish I had an opportunity as amazing and lucky as yours.
Do you like Osaka? Have you been anywhere else in Japan?

Good luck learning Japanese.

]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/greetings-from-osaka/#post-19859 <![CDATA[Reply To: Greetings from Osaka!]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/greetings-from-osaka/#post-19859 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:59:04 +0000 Tyler LeBrun More accurately, I am living in Suita. It’s somewhat of a suburb of Osaka. So, it’s not exactly dense like the urban core, but it has its charms. After living in Southern California for nearly all of my life, I know that the subtropics of Osaka and the dreaded summers will be a challenge. But hey, you gotta take the good with the bad.

This isn’t my first time in Japan, so the “Alice in Wonderland” feelings aren’t quite as strong. However, I am sure I will find that the rabbit hole is quite deep and there are many things to learn and experience now that I will be in another country for quite some time.

]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/greetings-from-osaka/#post-19860 <![CDATA[Reply To: Greetings from Osaka!]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/greetings-from-osaka/#post-19860 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:35:08 +0000 yani Welcome!

What an amazing opportunity, how long will you be attending Osaka Univ.?

Good luck with Japanese.

]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/greetings-from-osaka/#post-19862 <![CDATA[Reply To: Greetings from Osaka!]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/greetings-from-osaka/#post-19862 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:38:45 +0000 Tyler LeBrun Roughly four years of hard work in the lab.

]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/greetings-from-osaka/#post-19865 <![CDATA[Reply To: Greetings from Osaka!]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/greetings-from-osaka/#post-19865 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:00:26 +0000 Hashi I gotta say Tyler, that IS a pretty unconventional route to learning Japanese. I’m more than a little jealous of your work at the brewery.

Anyway, welcome to TextFugu and good luck learning Japanese. I’m sure between living in Japan and taking a course there, you’ll do just fine.

]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/greetings-from-osaka/#post-19886 <![CDATA[Reply To: Greetings from Osaka!]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/greetings-from-osaka/#post-19886 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:33:04 +0000 missingno15 you must tell me everything about the monbugakusho scholarship. for example the process, how were the tests that you took? i heard theres also an interviewing process and hows that all work out going into japan? sorry not being very clear but knowing someone who is under the monbugaksho scholarship, i have so many questions to ask and i can’t think up of many at the moment cause I just woke up and have a class in like 30 minutes

]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/greetings-from-osaka/#post-19994 <![CDATA[Reply To: Greetings from Osaka!]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/greetings-from-osaka/#post-19994 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:09:07 +0000 Tyler LeBrun The Monbukagakusho scholarship probably deserves its own post somewhere else in the forums. Lemmie take a look and I’ll post it where appropriate and link to it from here.

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