Akari Talks Japan
By Akari Japanese
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Akari Talks JapanMay 09, 2023
68. First time in Kyoto? ①How to go around the tourist attractions.
*Kinkaku-ji to Fushimi Inari is the fastest day 1 hour by car, train, and bus. the longest day is 2 hours. So I don't recommend them on the same day anyway. I personally like to guide hidden gams ;) My Airbnb expeirnece: https://akarijapanese.com My italki online Japanese lessons: https://www.italki.com/teacher/916033 _______________________________ Top 1-15 Kyoto Attractions on Trip Advisor North ②Kinkaku-ji West ⑤Arashiyama ⑥Nijo-castle ⑨Monkey park 15. Tenryu-ji temple Central 12. Nishiki market 13. Kyoto station building East ③Kiyomizu temple ④Sanjyu-sangendo ⑧Gion ⑩Ginkaku-ji11. Tofuku-ji 13. Nanzen-ji ⑦Eikando temple South ①Fushimi-Inari 14. To-ji Uji, tea town Fushimi, sake town
67. After seven months study abroad in Japan, how Troy feels
I've been interviewing my student, Troy from NY. Before he came to Japan, after just arrrived in Japan, five days after in Japan, then today after seven months in Japan.
I'm so proud that Troy explore a lot, and fiding new viewpoint of Japan, US, and other cultures.
66. “The Makanai” episode 3, additional explanation
65 “The Makanai” episode 2, additional explanation
64. “The Makanai” episode 1, additional explanation by Kyoto tour guide.
63. Atsushiさんとインバウンド再開のお話
62. Five days after Troy arrived Japan.
Troy's adventure.
61. Just before Troy goes to Japan. 日本に行く直前のTroyさんにインタビュー！
Akari's info:
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60. 海外で挑戦している若者を応援したい A Japanese university student blamed on Twitter about staying in Ukraine.
Tatsuki-san and I are both Japanese teachers.
Tatsuki-san's podcast
https://tatsukisjapanese.buzzsprout.com
Akari's information
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59. イタリアから日本に帰省しているTatsukiさんとおしゃべり Tatsuki-san's adventure coming back to Japan from Italy イタリアから日本に帰省しているTatsukiさんとおしゃべり
Tatsuki-san and I are both online Japanese teacher on italki.
Tatsuki-san's podcast
https://tatsukisjapanese.buzzsprout.com
Akari's information
https://linktr.ee/akari.japanese
58. Talks about making manga/anime with Chris クリスさんとアニメーション作りのプロジェクトについて語る
Chris's kickstarter campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rapture-burgers/rapture-burgers-volume-one
57. Talk about tours with Renata. ツアーガイドの2人が今後のツアーの可能性について話す。
(We have more English speaking than usual)
My frined, Renata and I both work as a tour guide before Covid 19.
Now she's trying new tour, so I interviewed about it.
56. イタリアについてTatsukiさんとおしゃべり Talk about Italy with Tatsuki.
(first 10 second is no sound. sorry.)
italki Online Japanese teacher Tatsuki and I talks about Italy. He lives in Italy now, so we talk about the language and life.
55. What we do after new year come 年が明けてから何をするのか
On last podcast, I talked about what we do to prepare for the new year. Today, I talk about after new year come, what we do.
54. How we prepare for the new year in Japan.
(From japan-guide.com)
New Year (正月, shōgatsu) is the most important holiday in Japan. Most businesses shut down from January 1 to January 3, and families typically gather to spend the days together.
Years are traditionally viewed as completely separate, with each new year providing a fresh start. Consequently, all duties are supposed to be completed by the end of the year, while bonenkai parties (忘年会"year forgetting parties") are held with the purpose of leaving the old year's worries and troubles behind.
Homes and entrance gates are decorated with ornaments made of pine, bamboo and plum trees, and clothes and houses are cleaned. （大掃除 big cleaning)
On New Year's eve, toshikoshi soba (年越しそば buckwheat noodles), symbolizing longevity, are served. A more recent custom is watching the music show "kohaku uta gassen", a highly popular television program featuring many of Japan's most famous J-pop and enka singers in spectacular performances.
53. 国際結婚についてTatsukiさんと語る Talk about International Marriage with Tatsuki
Today, online Japanese teacher, Tatsuki and Akari talks about international marriage. (国際結婚 こくさいけっこん）
52. Christmas and New Year's Holidays in Japan. 日本のクリスマスとお正月
日本のクリスマスとお正月は北米と逆だなと感じます。日本はクリスマスがパーティー、サンタクロースのイメージ。お正月はもう少し神聖で家族で集まったり。
I feel Japanese Christmas and New Year's Holidays are opposite from north America. Christmas is festival feeling, and New Year's holiday are more holy feeling, and we gather with our family.
51. Japanese saying include "Mizu 水=water"
日本語には、水という言葉を含むことわざがたくさんあります。島国で、海や川が身近にあるからでしょう。
今日は５つのことわざを紹介します。
1. 「水を得た魚のよう」
2. 「水に流す」
3.「水があわない」
4. 「水に慣れる」
5. 「寝耳に水」
50. Greetings in Japanese. Original meaning inside.
50. Greetings in Japanese. Original meaning inside.
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Introduction about this podcast
Introduction about this podcast.
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49. Tourism situation in Kyoto city. Let's enjoy exploring your local place. 京都の観光状況。自分の地域を楽しもう！
I hope you'll find something fun in this social situation :)
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48. How did you master Japanese? #3 Elizabeth "Making it in Japan"
Elizabeth's blog about starting business in Japan: http://behere.asia/making-it-in-japan
Elizabeth's blog about eighty-eight temple pilgrimage: http://behere.asia/blog/shikoku-pilgrims-in-disguise
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47. 日本語教師のおしゃべり#3 Yuko 「オンラインと教室での日本語を教える違い」
Yuko and I (Akari) are both Japanese teacher.
Yuko teach at classroom, privately and online. I teach Japanese online.
We talked about what the difference teaching at classroom, privately and online.
Yoko's link:
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46. オンライン日本語教師のおしゃべり #2 Yukiさん「アニメと日本語学習」
This interview held in Japanese.
Yukiさんも私も、Airbnbの体験ホスト（ツアーガイド）です。Yukiさんは秋葉原でアニメツアーをしていて最近オンラインでも同じツアーをしています。少し内容を変えればアニメ好きに日本語を教えられるよ、とオンライン日本語教師に誘って最近オンラインで日本語を教え始めました。 日本語学習者の日本に興味を持った理由の大きな部分を占めるのがアニメです。私はアニメに詳しくないのですが、けっこうアニメ好きは私の生徒さんにも多いので、日本語学習とアニメについてYukiさんにインタビューしました。
Yuki's online anime tour: https://www.airbnb.jp/experiences/1655666
Yuki's online Japanese lesson: https://www.italki.com/user/4732907
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45. How did you master Japanese? #2 Amit "make local friends"
Hello! I'm Akari, I'm a online Japanese teacher. I start interviewing people who mastered Japanese.
Today's guest is Amit. My friend/student. One of the most intelligent person I know. Amit start learning Japanese about 5 years ago, then he study abroad to Japan, spend six months in Kansai-gaidai university in Osaka. What is amazing about him, he bring his job so that he can make money to traveling around Japan, make friends through italki, then attend lots of meetup or events that local people goes. That way, he had a very productive stay in Japan.
Please enjoy Amit's story :)
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44. How did you master Japanese? #1 Renata
Renata is originally from Hungry. Renata and I met because we both are Airbnb experience host in Kyoto, Japan.
Today I interview her how she start living in Japan, how she studied Japanese.
Renata's FB page:
https://facebook.com/forgetsushi/
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43. About Polyglot Conference 2019 Polyglot Conference 2019のお話
Hiro and I are both online Japanese teacher on italki. We participated "Polyglot Conference 2019" last year and we had fun.
We're talking about it.
2019年の10月にPolyglot conference という多言語話者が世界中から集まる会議に参加してきました。そのときの話です。
★ Hiro's profile https://www.italki.com/teacher/3110388
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42. What are you into these days? 最近ハマっていることは何ですか？
「最近ハマっていることは何ですか？」
saikin hamatte iru koto wa nan desu ka?
saikin=recently
hamatte iru =into, addicted to
koto=things
nan desu ka?=what is it?
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40. italki Japanese teachers talk: Guest Hiro 同じくオンライン日本語教師のHiroさんとおしゃべり
(2:20- all Japanese)
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39. Japanese idem use 気(ki) =energy 「気」という言葉を含む日本語
気がいい場所 ki ga ii basho=good energy place
気をつけて ki o tsukete=take care
気にしないで ki ni shine de=no worries
元気 genki=fine
天気 tenki=weather
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38. Black people who is success in Japan 日本で活躍する黒人の人、もしくはハーフの人
There are many, but for me, these people came up in my mind.
1. Jero- enka singer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFdUGs6qIuw
2. Bobby Ologun
TV talent
3. Half- Japanese
Ms. Naomi Osaka- tennis player
Mr. Rui Hachimura- basketball player
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37. Hollywood Movies that title in Japanese is totally different 日本語タイトルと全く違うタイトルのハリウッド映画
I know my selection is bit old... but all good movies!
1. Sister Act 「天使にラブソングを」
2. Jerry Maguire 「ザ・エージェント」
3. When Harry met Sally 「恋人たちの予感」
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36. Japanese words that don’t have an English meaning おつかれさま、よろしく、失礼します
1. お疲れ様 おつかれさま Otsukaresama
2. よろしく Yoroshiku
3. 失礼します しつれいします Shitsurei shimasu
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35. If I'm a complete beginner of Japanese, how do I study it?
Study Japanese with Akari:
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34. Month of the year in old Japanese 旧暦の月の言い方
Normally we say 1月、2月、3月（January, February, March) in standard Japanese.
But we used to use lunar calendar before, and at that time, we have other words to describe month of the year.
For example, 弥生（やよい、yayoi) =March, 皐月（さつき、satsuki）＝May, 葉月(はづき、hazuki).
My favorite one is 神無月(かんなづき, kannazuki, meaning=God, no, month).
Only Shimane prefecture where Izumo-shrine is they call 神在月（かみありづき、kamiarizuki, mean=God, there, month)
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1. Self introduction & why I start making podcast
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33. What Social media do you like? どのSNSが好きですか？
Me, so far, 1. Linkedin 2. Instagram 3 Twitter
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32. Golden Week ゴールデンウィーク
Golden Week is a week from the 29th of April to early May containing a number of Japanese holidays.
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31. I want to have Shiba-inu. 柴犬がほしい！
Do you know Shiba-inu? The Shiba Inu is a Japanese breed of hunting dog, looks like a fox. Very loyal to owners. One of my dream to have Shiba inu..
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30. The book I'd like to read again now, "Who moved my cheese" 今もう一度読みたい本「チーズはどこへ消えた」
"Who moved my cheese": https://www.amazon.com/WHO-MOVED-MY-CHEESE-HARDCOVER/dp/B0088UJL72/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=who+moved+my+cheese&qid=1587635813&sr=8-3
「チーズはどこへ消えた」：https://www.amazon.co.jp/チーズはどこへ消えた？-扶桑社ＢＯＯＫＳ-スペンサー・ジョンソン-ebook/dp/B00KD2IK4S/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_ja_JP=カタカナ&crid=19I86IETQX44O&dchild=1&keywords=チーズはどこへ消えた&qid=1587635882&sprefix=チーズはどこ%2Caps%2C218&sr=8-1
Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/Who-Moved-My-Cheese-Audiobook/B07F77R461?qid=1587635928&sr=1-1&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=NNF3KNB7V6VJXTV95X4T
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29. Is watching anime useful for Japanese learning? アニメは日本語学習に有益？
Well, it's up to which anime you watch. If anime characters speaking normal Japanese, yes.
Nippon Animation official site, you can watch 1st episode of World Masterpiece Theater.
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28. Why Anonymity is so Important for Japanese Social Media なぜ日本のSNSでは匿名性が大事なのか
I think there are two reasons
1. shy and also we are educated not to stand out.
2. loyal to their company
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27. Good ears and language learning 耳がいいことと語学学習
I think if you have good ears, it helps you to learn foreign language.
I have a friend who has small son, and she asked me "How can I make him learn English?"
I said, "If he have good ears, it much easyer to learn foreign language, and it seems music education help to grow good ears too."
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26. Thank you, italki, italki ありがとう
I met 400 amazing people through teaching Japanese online.
Thank you for all the people who choose me as a teacher,
being my friend, visiting me in Japan, keeping in touch, and
keep inspiring me.
オンラインで日本語を教えた人の数が400人になりました。4年前の熊本地震の時も、今も、この仕事に救われています。オンライン教育の素晴らしさを多くの人に伝えたいです。出会えたすべての人に感謝します💌
Thank you for italki team that providing me the wonderful opportunity
to meet and connect amazing people across the world.
This job always helping me in the tough situations.
Four years ago, M7 earthquake hit my hometown Kumamoto,
and my mom and I escape from there. We drive to north, then jump
up to the train, and find accommodation that night.
Nobody can make money the next day that happens, but I arrived a hotel and did a lessons next day. It took more than a few months to fix life, but thanks to this job, I could survived financially.
This time also. My main job was a tour guide in Kyoto, but because of the virus, all the tour was canceled from the end of February. But thanks to this job, I could meet amazing people everyday, teach and chat. I can stay mentally healthy, and financially safely.
I love this job. Teaching Japanese is my calling.
Arigato everyone 💌
Akari
https://www.italki.com/teacher/916033
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25. Japanese learners are amazing 日本語学習者はすばらしい
Luckily, I met so many amazing people through teaching Japanese online.
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24. Some positive changes I see in Japan this week 今週見たポジティブな変化
1. My friends start challenging something new. 2. Musicians, actors, comedians providing entertainment on Youtube lives.
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23. Why Katakana is difficult なぜカタカナは難しいのか
1. pronunciation is different 2. Some Katakana are not from English but from other foreign language. 3. Japanese people make some English words short. 4. We mad our original English-like-Japanese. (和製英語）
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22. Is Japanese writing hard to learn? 日本語の文字を学ぶのは難しい？
In Japanese we have, Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji. First, please memorize Hiragana and Katakana. There are only 46 letters each. Then Kanji, you can practice slowly.
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21. What is Japanese religion? 日本人の宗教
Most of Japanese people believe Buddhism and Shintoism.
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20. What is the benefit to learn foreign language? 外国語を学ぶメリット
You'll find new world!
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