This week – Kumi Tanaka Sensei will share with us several idioms in Japanese related to cats.

In this blog from Hidari-San we will learn the difference between writing a diary and keeping a diary in Japanese.

Dealing with mold in Japan is a challenge but use these tools and tips to keep the fungus away from your apartment or home.

The bonodori is a spiritual dance to welcome the spirits. Every region has a local dance and a different music.

In Japan, streets are not named but have numbers – with the exception of the main roads. Thus, finding your way around the cities can be challenging.

We are continuing our Essential Japanese series with directions in Japanese. Very similar to English, Japanese language has interrogative words and they’re easy to remember. Even with a limited vocabulary, you have different ways to ask “Where is” in Japanese. Let’s learn this short key-sentence and asking the location of things will be very easy! […]

When speaking about family in Japanese, you will not use the same words whether your speaking about your loved ones or about another person’s family members.

If you want to know more about the person you’re with, it’s time to learn how to ask a question in Japanese.

Learn how to easily and quickly introduce yourself in Japanese in this handy article.

A great way to make a new friend is to share about your interests and things you enjoy. Being able to say ” I like” in Japanese will get you started and warm-up your encounters! (私は)音楽が好きです。((I) like music.) Once again, it will sounds more natural for Japanese to omit the first-person pronoun and topic marker, […]