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Hi everyone
I’ve just started on the textfugu lessons. My reason for starting is that i want to be able to understand and speak japanese, because i’m going there next summer with my friends. I also enjoy watching anime and would love to be able to understand it without subtitles. My plan for now is to go through the textfugu lessons and learn 10 new kanjis everyday starting with Kyōiku kanji
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Welcome! Kinda envious that you get to visit Japan – got any places you’re planning to visit in particular?
Ten kanji a day seems a little bit ambitious. You sure you can actually learn that many at once?
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Hi!
So far I’m planning to visit the fox village, Akihabara and Shibuya, but I haven’t really looked into it that much. Do you have any suggestions for places to visit, eat or stay?10 kanji a day might be stretching it, but so far i’m managing it :)
Oh, I’ve got an enormous list of places I want to go if I ever get the chance to visit Japan again. =)
For places to stay, Toyoko Inn is a chain of business hotels that have branches everywhere – they’re clean and pretty cheap – but I strongly urge you to splurge at least one night on a ryokan somewhere.
Any suggestions for a couple of guys that wants to see some nice scenery and nature?
I’ll definitely look into spending a night or two on a Ryokan!
To pick a few out randomly out of my list:
- If you’re pretty active, it might be worth climbing Mount Fuji – if you don’t think you’d be up to that, Mount Takao is a good alternative. For that matter, you could do both.
- Yanaka and Nezu (including Nezu shrine)
- Yamadera (in Yamagata prefecture)
- Tenninkyo Onsen in Hokkaido
- Kyoto – pretty much all of Kyoto. Nara, too
- Koya-san (in Wakayama Prefecture)
- Onomichi (and/or Takehara)
- Himeji Castle
- Matsumoto Castle
- Miyajima (Hiroshima)
- Yanagawa
- Yakushima (island near Kagoshima)And so on and so forth. That’s not even a fraction of my list, though in all fairness, a lot of things were added simply because they look pretty – actually getting to them may not be particularly feasible. If you want to check out the photos from my last trip waaay back in August-September 2010, you can find them here – you’ll need to be logged into Facebook to see them (though we don’t need to be Facebook friends).
Thanks for the suggestions! I’ve just googled Nezu and Yamadara and those places looks beautiful.Just went through your pictures, seems like you had an awesome trip :). How long were you there?
Just fifteen days. Two weeks and an extra weekend.
A slight warning: summer in Japan is hot and humid – June is the rainy season, while August is the hottest month. If you want to climb Fuji, though, you pretty much have to go in summer. If you do find yourself there in August, the Basara Matsuri in Nara is well worth attending.
Only 15 days! Doesn’t sound like a lot to be honest.
Thanks for the advices :)
No, it’s not really, but it’s all the time my friend could spare off work. I guess I could have stayed there longer on my own, but I wasn’t entirely sure I could manage. Two weeks in six years is certainly not enough…
Velkommen til Textfugu. From one Dane to another ;)
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