I'm Going To Japan

hi, fOR those who r going to japan, CONGRATS!!!!n GOOD LUCK!!!
er.........anyone know which school in japan offers scholarships to study in japan??or any website??
i have been searching for ages........... :

Thanks. I'll be going there and I'm very excited, as it's been almost 3 years since the last time I've been there.

@kenjilina: I think Japan maybe more lenient on people who don't 'look' Japanese. Because I am of Japanese decent, and speak the language, I think they may give me more of a hard time than others of non Japanese decent. (seen it too) Try it. Maybe hard, however, you'd probably have more of an "easier" time getting in than myself. :beaten:

ahochaude wrote:Thanks. I'll be going there and I'm very excited, as it's been almost 3 years since the last time I've been there.

@kenjilina: I think Japan maybe more lenient on people who don't 'look' Japanese. Because I am of Japanese decent, and speak the language, I think they may give me more of a hard time than others of non Japanese decent. (seen it too) Try it. Maybe hard, however, you'd probably have more of an "easier" time getting in than myself. :beaten:

again your best bet might be to investigate an onsen that has a private bath...when you're not bathing and walking around the ryokan you're wearing a yukata anyway so unless your tatooes are visibile on your extremities or head no one will know :P

ahochaude wrote:
@kenjilina: I think Japan maybe more lenient on people who don't 'look' Japanese. Because I am of Japanese decent, and speak the language, I think they may give me more of a hard time than others of non Japanese decent. (seen it too) Try it. Maybe hard, however, you'd probably have more of an "easier" time getting in than myself. :beaten:

many thanks. i appreciate your comments but as i'm half japanese and can speak a reasonable amount of the language (i used to be fluent but have forgotten a lot of it) i think i'm in the same boat as you. :hehe:
the best thing to do is ask i suppose. :sweat:

kenjilina wrote:

many thanks. i appreciate your comments but as i'm half japanese and can speak a reasonable amount of the language (i used to be fluent but have forgotten a lot of it) i think i'm in the same boat as you. :hehe:
the best thing to do is ask i suppose. :sweat:

how long have you been studying Japanese language?
i am slowly learning from books, and i hope it helps me before my next visit to Japan, someday again... :bonk:

qilver wrote:

how long have you been studying Japanese language?
i am slowly learning from books, and i hope it helps me before my next visit to Japan, someday again... :bonk:

i think kenjilina has been speaking the language since childhood since he
kenjilina went to elementary school in japan...i don't think you could ask somebody who learned japanese at a young age and get an answer that is meaningful to a student of the japanese language who is beginning his studies as an adult.

you know how it's so much easier to pick up as a young child.

qilver wrote:

how long have you been studying Japanese language?
i am slowly learning from books, and i hope it helps me before my next visit to Japan, someday again... :bonk:

Tu is right in that i went school in japan when i was young so i just picked it up. however, it was 12 years before i returned to japan after living in england so i forgot alot of it which really pisses me off! :shakehead: now i'm re learning the language by watching anything in japanese that i can get hold of. kids books are also a good way to learn reading :mrgreen:

kenjilina wrote:

Tu is right in that i went school in japan when i was young so i just picked it up. however, it was 12 years before i returned to japan after living in england so i forgot alot of it which really pisses me off! :shakehead: now i'm re learning the language by watching anything in japanese that i can get hold of. kids books are also a good way to learn reading :mrgreen:

you sound like you still have a strong command of the language...your love of japanese television also doubles as a fine educational tool for you....a win-win situation. :mrgreen:

Tu_triky wrote:

i think kenjilina has been speaking the language since childhood since he
kenjilina went to elementary school in japan...i don't think you could ask somebody who learned japanese at a young age and get an answer that is meaningful to a student of the japanese language who is beginning his studies as an adult.

you know how it's so much easier to pick up as a young child.

yeah, totally....much much tougher, now as an adult to learn it.

Tu_triky wrote:

i think kenjilina has been speaking the language since childhood since he
kenjilina went to elementary school in japan...i don't think you could ask somebody who learned japanese at a young age and get an answer that is meaningful to a student of the japanese language who is beginning his studies as an adult.

you know how it's so much easier to pick up as a young child.

I know what you mean. For me, I think you should just know what things you can ask a native and what things you can't. It also helps if you can have the whole discussion in Japanese, it makes it much easier. I think as long as you can just ask and discuss the language question in Japanese, without too many technical terms, you can discuss with natives pretty well. Especially when you want to know wether some sentence sounds 'normal' or 'strange' to japanese ears ofcourse it's best to ask natives. They can provide you with interesting alternatives and explain why it sounds better and stuff. I reply so enthusiastically cause I just was like way chatting about Japanese language with a Japanese person and I learned really much, though I first thought asking Japanese wouldn't work as well...

supermidget wrote:

I know what you mean. For me, I think you should just know what things you can ask a native and what things you can't. It also helps if you can have the whole discussion in Japanese, it makes it much easier. I think as long as you can just ask and discuss the language question in Japanese, without too many technical terms, you can discuss with natives pretty well. Especially when you want to know wether some sentence sounds 'normal' or 'strange' to japanese ears ofcourse it's best to ask natives. They can provide you with interesting alternatives and explain why it sounds better and stuff. I reply so enthusiastically cause I just was like way chatting about Japanese language with a Japanese person and I learned really much, though I first thought asking Japanese wouldn't work as well...

i think your experience represents good advice for any student of the japanese language :thumbsup:

supermidget wrote:

I know what you mean. For me, I think you should just know what things you can ask a native and what things you can't. It also helps if you can have the whole discussion in Japanese, it makes it much easier. I think as long as you can just ask and discuss the language question in Japanese, without too many technical terms, you can discuss with natives pretty well. Especially when you want to know wether some sentence sounds 'normal' or 'strange' to japanese ears ofcourse it's best to ask natives. They can provide you with interesting alternatives and explain why it sounds better and stuff. I reply so enthusiastically cause I just was like way chatting about Japanese language with a Japanese person and I learned really much, though I first thought asking Japanese wouldn't work as well...

that is good information....i really wasn't aware of the way you can say things to a native and not say it, and how it sounds to them, the way to pronounce japanese with a good accent....
for me, i would speak a few words just to get by, especially when i got lost, which was often in Japan, mostly from a phrase book. I think since then, i have picked up a few words and have memorized about 10 or so hiragana characters, but i have a long way to go before i can hold any sort of basic conversation in Nihongo. I am starting from the bottom, but i have picked up a few words from watching so much j-dramas, and by reading some japanese learning books on my own.

kenjilina wrote:

many thanks. i appreciate your comments but as i'm half japanese and can speak a reasonable amount of the language (i used to be fluent but have forgotten a lot of it) i think i'm in the same boat as you. :hehe:
the best thing to do is ask i suppose. :sweat:

Yeah. I think you're "luckier" than I am as I am full. "They" don't treat me as an 'outsider', however as one of their own.... and that's what really bugs me. Because I'm not! I'm freakin' American, dudes!

Sorry, just ranting at my feelings towards them! :beaten:

only in japan, dood...shiet cracks me up
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:rofl:
I'm stressed! I'm stressed! They even have an oxygen bar in case your sukebeness takes over and you faint. :beaten:

better looking than my pediatrist.... :beaten:

and you could talk about machine guns with Yuuna. :naughty:

yeah, i'd machine gun her alright. :naughty: :hehe:

krim wrote:better looking than my pediatrist....

tabana wrote:and you could talk about machine guns with Yuuna. :naughty:

make sure you guys check it out and report back...

:rofl:
I'm not sure. If I ever go in, I'm never coming back. :P

Found a web page for Mai Foot. You can see the staff. :naughty:

and Maid Cafe