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It’s Golden Week in Japan this week. Golden Week is a period of seven days in which there are four national holidays. If the weekends fall favourably, it can mean a nice long break for people in Japan. Many people go on vacation to other countries during Golden Week but expensive flights and the current economic [...] For most Japanese people, the cherry blossoms signal the start of spring and they certainly were beautiful this year. All over Japan, people were getting together to enjoy the sakura (さくら – cherry blossom) at hanami (花見 – flower viewing) parties. Junko-san, who is one of our Japanese teachers at learn2lingo, sent us some beautiful photos [...] The Oscars took place last weekend, so in honour, here’s a blog post about films. Films are an excellent way to help language learners. Watching a film in your target language is really helpful, because it lets you hear the language in action, as it would normally be spoken. By watching a different variety of [...] Why should you learn Japanese? Here are five great reasons why learning Japanese might be relevant to your life: 1. Cultural exports. Many people choose to learn Japanese because they are interested in one of the many Japanese cultural exports enjoyed all over the world today. Japanese cultural exports range from martial arts to manga to [...] Happy Coming of Age Day, everyone! Every year on the second Monday of January, people in Japan who have turned 20 in the past year will celebrate their coming of age. Coming of Age Day (成人の日, Seijin no Hi) is a national holiday in Japan and was first celebrated in 1948. It used to be [...] |
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