花見 April is the time for Hanami! Hanami is when the Japanese People go out to enjoy Sakura! Sakura are Japanese Cherry blossoms. When they bloom they don’t last very long, so…

In this lesson we will learn position words using “arimasu” あります and “imasu” います. Here are some position words: ue うえ (on) , shita した (under), soba そば (beside), mukou むこう(opposite side), ushiro うしろ (behind). When using these position words the particle “ni” に is added to after the position word…

In this lesson we will lean the verb “imasu” います which is the verb to be for living things. DO NOT use this verb with non-living things. The verb learned in Lesson 3 “arimasu”…

電車 Taking the train in Japan is something that you will do many times if you come to Japan. The Japanese word for train is densha. Trains can be found all around…

Now we will lean the verb “arimasu” あります which is the verb “to be” for inanimate objects. This is a very important verb that you will use in almost every…

This lesson is about counting. The best way to learn this is just to say the Japanese numbers over and over until you get used to them.  Japanese uses different…

獅子舞 Shishimai is the Japanese Lion Dance. This Lion dance came from China many year ago and the Japanese have developed their own style. There are many different kinds of Shishimai dance in…

太鼓台 Taikodai are the floats that carry Japanese drums called taiko. The taiko drums are put inside the taikodai and are carried around. Big Taikodai can be carried by about 150 people. The bigger Taikodai are just over 5 meters high and…

The basic lesson will be taught with roman letters and Hiragana. I suggest that the best way is to learn hiragana and then follow the lesson or do both at the same time….

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