Nick and I watched two videos together. The first was a travel blog in Japanese. We watched it with English subtitles because we are still very new to learning Japanese. It was fun because whenever we heard a word we knew, such as "please" or "hello," we both pointed at the TV and got excited! It was also interesting to hear full sentences in Japanese and to see some beautiful landmarks. After watching the video, we also watched a Hiragana practice video for fun. Even though we have not learned all the characters yet, it was good practice, and we had a good laugh trying to figure out some of the words during the video.
This weekend, I re-listened to one of my favorite jazz piano albums, "Scenery" by Ryo Fukui. This kind of felt like cheating for this assignment because the music is all instrumental (no Japanese language). However, Ryo Fukui is Japanese, and I did a little research on him. Ryo was based in the Japanese city Sapporo, and he owned a jazz club. It fascinates me that he started teaching himself piano at age 22! He learned piano so late in life, yet he was an incredible pianist. It is cool to listen to jazz music from a Japanese piano player because most jazz is produced in America. My favorite songs on this album are "It Could Happen to You" and his rendition of "Autumn Leaves." I love jazz, especially jazz piano, so I have listened to this album before. I know that jazz is popular in Japan, and I want to visit a Jazz club with Nick when we go to Tokyo over Spring Break. This album definitely got me in the mood to learn more about jazz in Japan!
こんにちわ! にほんごがすきです。I have absolutely loved learning Japanese this semester. It was especially fun to travel to Japan with Aliferisさん. It was cool that I could read bits and pieces of some of the signs, and I could speak in Japanese at stores or in restaurants. I want to go back! I want to continue learning Japanese on my own once I graduate! Aliferisさん and I were talking about how studying for the N5 language exam could be a good goal to keep us motivated. I will miss this class. It was my favorite language class. Japanese is tough and very different than English, but the class was a fun environment, and it helped a lot that we spoke a lot in every class. Also, I wanted to share that I am in a painting class, and for my final project, I painted two locations I visited while I was in Japan: Hakone and Tokyo! I really enjoyed making these paintings because I got to reflect on my trip and paint my favorite landmarks I observed. I just finished the paintings today. I am excited to hang ...
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