Recently, I got some photos developed, and here are some of them: This picture was taken in Hakone, a nice place about two hours from Tokyo. This is another picture from Hakone I don't know if you can see it here, but the world "Welcome" is spelled w/ two L's. Another wonderful use of Japanese English I'm here with Remi and Masako. Masako is my Japanese language teacher. She's really awesome, and I'm lucky to be working with her. Remi is another of her students. He's really cool - unfortunately, I haven't seen him in awhile. I'm sorry this photo isn't too great.
Unfortunately, I can't speak Japanese. But I'm learning the language, and hopefully, I'll be able to speak it better soon. I'm also not familiar with Japanese underground music, but I would like to listen to music from Okinawa.
Great pics! Japan is a beautiful country, I hope to visit there someday. Did it take long to get used to the change in culture?
thx for sharing the pics. is it difficult to communicate? or do a lot of people where you are speak english? i lived in a french speaking area for a while and every time i tried to speak in my terribly limited horrible accented french everyone would just switch over to english.
Wonderful pics! I love when you post pics from Japan! Makes me all the more eager for the next year to go by... I wanted to ask you a question about your language class. I meant to ask you in the last PM, but I'm scatterbrained. In any case, I'll send you a PM! And I learned how to read the letters A, E, I, O, and U in Hiragana! At Yes Japan, I learned how to read "iie" (no) and "ai" (love) and other words that are only spelled with A, E, I, O, and U in about ten minutes! Though I still want to learn how to speak it properly before I start dedicating my time to Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji (though I'm not sure if I'll ever learn Kanji). I was just curious and decided to go to the Hiragana section of my lessons (which are optional) and see what I could pick up. If you have any more pics, please don't hesitate to share!
I don't if I'm totally used to the culture (I haven't mastered the language), but I've never really felt any serious culture shock. So, I'm quite comfortable here.
