Cute J-Pop dance video

Midterms are coming next week.  Check out this cute dance video to help destress:-)

ストレスを解消します

The lyrics are below the video.

ねぇ　ねぇ　ねぇ　ねぇ
今日はどこに行こうかな?
ねぇ　ねぇ　ねぇ　ねぇ
ふたりの思い出を重ねて

眩しくて　目が覚めた日は
ちょっとだけきもちいい
眠いけど　せっかくだし

キミはもう　起きているかな?
今日の予定を　勝手にたてるの

ねぇ　ねぇ　ねぇ　ねぇ
今日はどこに行こうかな?
ねぇ　ねぇ　ねぇ　ねぇ
ふたりの思い出を重ねて
ねぇ　ねぇ　ねぇ　ねぇ
もっと沢山の歌詞は ※ Mojim.com
明日はどこに行こうかな?
キミといると行き先はどこも特別に変わるの

信号が青に変われば
あとはこの先に
まってるのは　広い海

海岸を沿うように駆ける
いつもの音楽を
BGMにして

ねぇ　ねぇ　ねぇ　ねぇ
今日はどこに行こうかな?
ねぇ　ねぇ　ねぇ　ねぇ
ふたりの思い出を重ねて
ねぇ　ねぇ　ねぇ　ねぇ
明日はどこに行こうかな?
キミといると行き先はどこも特別に変わるの

"Nee" (ねぇ?, "Hey") is the seventeenth single released by Japanese girl group Perfume. "Nee" is used in a tie-in campaign with Japanese apparel brand Natural Beauty Basic. The full version of "Nee" was aired on Perfume's radio program Perfume Locks on 21 October 2010.[1] The single was released on November 10, 2010 in Japan.

Dear Japanese partners

Hi Japanese partners!

I am trying to use phrases in Japanese in my blog posts, but they may contain grammatical mistakes. I'd really appreciate it, if you could correct me in the comments. ありがとうございます！

会えてうれしいです！＾＿＾

Anime Screening

Dear Friends,

Come check out this anime watching event!

私はあなたがそれを楽しむいただければ幸いです! 

3-part "Women in Anime Film" Series showing of Japanese anime film:

Patema Inverted

Thu, Oct. 22 in Lewis 138 at 7:30pm

Part 2 - Millennium Actress, Thu Nov 12

Part 3 - The Tale of Princess Kaguya, Thu Dec 3

• Post-film discussion about Japanese culture, language, and society in relation to the film
•  Film will be played in Japanese with English subtitles

Yushima Seido Temple

If you're a serious student in Tokyo you're probably familiar with Yushima Seido Temple. It's the best place in town to pray for good grades. At exam time, students queue up to write a Ema and to pray at the temple.

Yushima Seido is one of relatively few Confucian Temples in Japan. The vast majority of Japanese temples are Buddhist. 

The temple played an early role in Japan's education system. Its institutions of learning went on to become some of Japan's top universities.

Check out this video about Japan Shinto Shrine Jinja Ema Prayer Plaque

reference: http://www.japan-talk.com/jt/new/yushima-seido-temple

midterm

Do you know how to say "midterm" in Japanese?
"midterm" はにほんごでなんといいますか。

ちゅうかんしけん　です！

Koto

Hey guys!

Come check these two videos of Japanese koto and Chinese Guzheng. Koto has its origin in Chinese Guzheng. Can you tell the difference between the sounds of the two? Do you know which one is which?

頑張ろう。

I find it quite useful to use the following website to memorize time expressions in Japanese. Hope it makes life easier for you guys. ガンバて！

apitaliq.com/CIQDotNet/Charting3/Builder.aspx?companyId=50027568#

築地市場（つきじいちば、つきじしじょう）とは、東京都中央区築地にある公設の卸売市場。東京都内に11か所ある東京都中央卸売市場のひとつだが、その規模は日本はおろか世界最大（広さでは大田市場のほうが広いが、取引金額は大田市場より大きい）であり、代表的な卸売市場である。この項では外郭に存在する築地場外市場商店街（通称：場外、場外市場、築地場外、築地場外市場）についても記述する。なお、ニュース番組等で、しばしば築地市場の場所を指して「つきじしじょう」と呼ぶことがあるが、場所を指す場合は「しじょう」ではなく「いちば」である。The Tsukiji Fish Market appears in literally every guide book about Tokyo and on most people’s tour itineraries, plus entrance is free! It isn’t just the largest wholesale fish market in Tokyo and Japan, it’s numero uno for the entire planet. It also has a kick-ass Tuna Auction before the sun rises most mornings. The Tsukiji Fish Market is destined to relocate (despite considerable opposition) to a larger and slightly more inconvenient location in Toyosu – a move that has been set for November 7, 2016. However, until then, there is a giant fish market and live tuna auction just begging to be seen.

Hiroshima

I've watched only two Japanese films so far, one of which is "Hiroshima Mon Amour". It's not really a Japanese film, because it was directed by the french director Alain Resnais. I've always been fascinated by the Japanese interior design, tea ceremony and flower cutting art. I have much respect for Japan, partly because it was able to recover so well from the World War II.

"This classic black-and-white story of love, war, suffering and forgetfulness, which was sweated out of an affair between a French actress (Emmanuelle Riva) and a married Japanese architect (Eiji Okada) in the titular bomb-ravaged city" ---L.A. Times


Key words: 広島, 愛、戦争

Why is the pronunciation part so hard...

Speaking Chinese, French and Spanish gave me the habit of devoicing "k" and "p". Now I have to distinguish "k" from "g" and "p" from "b". So challenging. そう挑戦~(>_<~)

[Tokyo] Edo Castle 江戸城

江戸城（えどじょう）は、武蔵国豊嶋郡江戸（現在の東京都千代田区千代田）にあった日本の城である。江戸時代においては江城（こうじょう）という呼び名が一般的だったと言われ、また千代田城（ちよだじょう）とも呼ばれる。

江戸城は麹町台地の東端に、扇谷上杉氏の家臣太田道灌が築いた平山城である。近世に徳川氏によって段階的に改修された結果、総構周囲約4里^{[出典 2]}と、日本最大の面積の城郭になった^{[出典 3]}。

徳川家康が江戸城に入城した後は徳川家の居城、江戸幕府の開幕後は幕府の政庁となる。明治維新後の東京奠都で宮城（きゅうじょう）となった。以後は吹上庭園が御所、旧江戸城西ノ丸が宮殿の敷地となっている。その東側にある旧江戸城の中心部である本丸・二ノ丸と三ノ丸の跡は皇居東御苑として開放されている。南東側の皇居外苑と北側の北の丸公園は常時開放され、それらの外側は一般に利用できる土地になっている。

Edo Castle (江戸城 Edo-jō^?), also known as Chiyoda Castle (千代田城 Chiyoda-jō^?), is a flatland castle that was built in 1457 by Ōta Dōkan. It is today part of the Tokyo Imperial Palace and is located in Chiyoda, Tokyo, then known as Edo, Toshima District, Musashi Province.^[1] Tokugawa Ieyasu established the Tokugawa shogunate here. It was the residence of the shogun and location of the shogunate, and also functioned as the military capital during the Edo period of Japanese history. After the resignation of the shogun and the Meiji Restoration, it became the Tokyo Imperial Palace. Some moats, walls and ramparts of the castle survive to this day. However, the grounds were more extensive during the Edo period, with Tokyo Station and the Marunouchi section of the city lying within the outermost moat. It also encompassed Kitanomaru Park, the Nippon Budokan Hall and other landmarks of the surrounding area.

Announcement

I will be posting about interesting places in Japan hopefully every day. I wish that this can be of use for those who plan to visit Japan in the future.

Information about these places of interest will be from wikipedia. ~~~ヾ(＾∇＾)

My goals

Even though my initial reason of learning Japanese was just to be able to explore the Japanese cuisine in Tokyo in the native langue, I am going to have high standards for myself as I am in JPN 101. Hopefully, by the end of my sophomore year, after taking JPN 101 and 102, I will be able to converse in Japanese about quotidian topics and practice speaking the language in Japan in the summer 2016. 

Here are my specific goals:

---Converse about everyday topics with full proficiency.

---Sound natural so that native speakers can understand me without problems

---Able to read signs and words in a Japanese supermarket or on the street.

Here is what I'll do to achieve the goals:

---Come to office hours to practice speaking every week.

---Shadow audio files on blackboard every week.

---Go to Japanese Student Association events that interest me.

---Go to Japanese tables every week or every other week.