Blog Posts

‘fluency’ in the language, whatever that actually means, is an aimless and often fruitless pursuit. This is because there really isn’t a way to decide if someone is fluent or not.

Have you ever looked at anime and opera and wished someone would combine them into one form of entertainment? Well, I have good news for you. They already did.

School in Japan is pretty different from what you might be used to if you live in the U.S. (or anywhere that isn’t Japan, really). Yet Japan’s school system is consistently ranked as one of the top in the world.

With the emergence and growth of Japanese culture and maybe partially due to the power of manga and anime, learning Japanese is now more on the minds of language learners more than ever. I mean who in their right mind would not want to speak the same language as their heroes and heroines?

As you look more into Japanese history, especially the Tokugawa Period (1600-1868), you will quickly come across a lot of woodblock prints. These are generally referred to as ukiyo-e (浮世絵), or pictures of the “floating world.” So what is the “floating world?”