Umino Nagiko is a teacher at a Japanese language school and shares through comic essays some anecdotes from her everyday teaching life while answering questions on Japanese language and culture posed in her classes. There are both comic parts and essay parts for each chapter. When I read this first book, I mostly read it… Continue reading [N2] ๆฅๆฌไบบใฎ็ฅใใชใๆฅๆฌ่ช #I
Around the street Takeshita Doori in Harajuku there are several popular crรชpe stands, that made the area famous for this tasty treat. This article on matcha.jp provides a closer look at 3 of these shops and describes the crรชpes you can buy there. Unfortunately, I'm not one for that much whipped cream, but Harajuku crepes… Continue reading [N4] ๅๅฎฟ๏ผใฏใใใ ใ๏ผใฎใฏใฌใผใๅบ
There are many interesting cafรฉs in Japan, and many of them have some kind of gimmick! This short book by Dini Budiani introduces some Japanese cafรฉ concepts that you could try out on your next visit to Japan. I miss being in Japan and going to cafรฉs there. I enjoyed many chocolate mint frappucinos during… Continue reading [N5] ๆฅๆฌใฎใใใใใใซใใง
Here you can read a short interview with a Japanese cosplayer on the learning site Hirogaru Nihongo. She remains unnamed unfortunately. All her answers are transcribed into simple Japanese and you can watch a video of the interview with her original answers afterwards. In the end, there is also a little reading comprehension quiz. The… Continue reading [N4] ใณในใใฌใ่ถฃๅณ๏ผใใ ใฟ๏ผใงใ
This short non-fiction book is a graded reader by Nagazaki Atsuko and it introduces you to important points of interest for the city of Hiroshima and the island of Miyajima. I found all the information here well summarised in a comprehensible way. Level 4 in the reading level overview by the NPO Tagengo Tadoku is… Continue reading [N2] ๅบๅณถใปๅฎฎๅณถ๏ผใฒใใใพใปใฟใใใพ๏ผ
This text explains, from the perspective of an exchange student from Kenya, how a mushroom farm works and why there are so many of them in ลita Prefecture. It was written by ๆธก่พบใใใชใน่ฅ่ใใใช for the ใๅคงๅใใใใ็บใฏใคใใใใ่ชญใใฟใใฎใใคใใไผใใใand published as a level 3 story on the NPO Tagengo Tadoku's free graded reader site. I liked how this… Continue reading [N3] ใใใใ
What kind of baked goods will you find in a Japanese bakery? From anpan and meronpan, to yakisobapan, chokokorone and denisshupan, you're presented with a wide variety of pastries in this text by Nakagoshi Naomi and Asada Kaoru. There are definitely some peculiarities to find in a Japanese bakery. I was surprised at how thick… Continue reading [N4] ๆฅๆฌใฎใใณๅฑ๏ผใ๏ผใใ
Are you familiar with the story of the dog, that waited every day for his owner at Shibuya station? That is the story of Hachi and it got rewritten by Matsuda Midori for learners to enjoy in easy Japanese. I personally mainly know Hachikล as the statue at Shibuya station and have never seen the… Continue reading [N5] ใใใฎ่ฉฑ๏ผใฏใชใ๏ผ
If you've been following news in Japanese over the last two years, you will likely be familiar with words like ๆๆ(ใใใใ)ใ็็ถ(ใใใใใใ) or ๆต่ก(ใใ ใใใ)*. The Japanese article (by Katล Sanae) I'm reviewing today refers to a paper from Canada, that calculated the spread of music using the methods for viral infections - and therefore also the… Continue reading [N2] ๆๆ็๏ผใใใใใใใ๏ผใจ้ณๆฅฝใฎ ้กไผผ็น ๏ผใใใใฆใ๏ผ
What apps do you use to stay in touch with your friends? In Japan the most popular messaging app is LINE and this text by ๆฌ้ ็ๆต for the Mongolia Nihongo Tadoku Library talks about the apps's functions and it's history. I personally only use LINE for keeping in touch with friends in Japan and… Continue reading [N5] ใกใใปใผใธใขใใช
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