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Posted on January 11, 2011 Leave a Comment
The Japanese writing system consists of three alphabets (hiragana, katakana for loan/foreign words and kanji, or Chinese characters). I taught myself hiragana and katakana my first month in Japan, finding hiragana much easier to master. Katakana, which I learned second, is more difficult for me because there are a few characters that look very similar. […]
Posted on January 8, 2011 Leave a Comment
The first time I came to Tokyo in 2009, I spent much of my time alone wandering through hyperactive streets glowing in every direction. I had no idea where I was half of the time, but countless kind Japanese people helped me along the way. There was the kind gentleman who carried my heavy bags […]
Sheila Burt 