Could I say “hiragana kudasai?”

Wow! You are quite the world traveler. Good luck with your studies and your job (and your girlfriend’s family!)

I’m so excited to read this. I had the exact same thought and it’s nice to know that I was on the right track. I searched and searched for something in Japanese to listen to when I was going to sleep but it needed to be calm and pleasant. I finally found it here: http://jclab.wordpress.com/. It’s Japanese Classical Literature for Bedtime. Her voice is so soothing and some of the stories have a musical piece at the end (though there is always a version without music offered for each one). It’s been so perfect for me. I’m nowhere near understanding it yet but I can pick out words fairly often.