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All over:
- Tokyo – a fun city, but soooo many people
- Ishinomaki (we were trying to get to Tashirojima aka “cat island” like in Koichi’s video, but after hours of travelling from Tokyo including a super crowded train ride from Sendai, the ferry wasn’t running because of a typhoon :( Very sad!)
- Osaka – we were staying next to the train station and still managed to get lost
- Hiroshima – so peaceful, but incredibly sad
- Miyajima – I ate so many things I’d never normally eat (we stayed at Iwaso, a traditional style Ryokan, so lots of kaiseki style food)
- Kyoto – wow! so temple. very walking.
Hey guys, Brisbane here :)
I just got back from my first trip to Japan – such a crazy, fun place! I felt so out of my depth not being able to read/speak any Japanese (studied French at school…not very helpful) and was determined to learn Japanese on getting back. I think my motivations are the same as Matthew’s (except teaching English – I always think it makes sense until you realize how many exceptions and quirks it has).
I started with Human Japanese on my android, then I found Textfugu after watching some of Koichi’s awesome videos. I just got the lifetime subscription when I saw that you’d automatically get upgraded to EtoEto (it looks amazing). I’m finding both really good so far and know most of the Hirigana kana now – I think Anki really helps. I’m a bit slack on the writing though – though I did install Kakitai on my Surface (it’s nice to practice with a stylus) which is handy.
I figure whenever I lose motivation I can always watch anime to get interested again :) Japanese Netflix had soooo much, but very few were subbed so I’ll just have to wait.
Anyway, good luck!
