Writing emails in Japanese
With emails becoming the most used form of business communication, it is important to learn how to write emails in Japanese properly. There is a course that you can take at JOI that teaches business Japanese and also how to write a business email.
But this blog is a funny look at how people can make mistakes when writing Japanese. The computer Kanji covert feature can ...
Household chores in Japan
There was a survey by the Nippon.com site which showed that Japanese wives do seven times more housework than their husbands. The imbalance is even true when both partners are working.
In this blog by a Japanese homemaker and language teacher Chiharu Takase, she points out her household chores likes and dislikes.
It is an amusing blog for Japanese language learners tha...
Children's books in Japanese
When you are learning Japanese, finding interesting level-appropriate reading can be difficult. Japanese reading is tested in the JLPT tests and your ability to skim and get information from texts is a valuable one.
In this blog for Japanese learners, one of our teachers Sachiko Someya has an amusing story about children's books in Japanese and her son's choices from...
Tea in Japan
Tea is popular all over the world and is drunk daily in many countries and cultures. Japan is no exception.
In the UK, when people say “tea”, we usually mean black tea. But in Japan if someone says "tea" without specifying the type, they mean green tea.
There are many types of tea on sale in Japan though and in this blog by one of our Japanese teachers, Noriko Yokozuka, she talks a...
September equinox
The September equinox is a day in which is also known as the autumnal equinox. It is seen as the end of summer and start of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere.There are many cultures and countries that have special celebrations at this time. And in Japan there is a special name for the days and also for the time period.
In this blog by a Japanese teacher. Miki Oosawa introduces ...
