Category Archives: Personal

On The Train 01: Looking Back

Four years ago in the rainy season I made my first trip to Japan as part of the Oregon Intercultural Association. I was young and had no formal education on Japan. No language, no culture, and no history. Everything I … Continue reading

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Jikoshoukai, or Self Introduction

Inevitably, for all of those who study a language, there will come a point of time at which you will be asked to give self introductions. In Japanese these are called jikoshoukai [自己紹介] and, over the course of studying Japanese … Continue reading

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