Keeping yourself motivated while studying Japanese isn’t always the easiest thing in the world. Your highs feel good but your lows can feel absolutely awful. If you are going to motivate yourself, you might as well choose a Japanese source, so it also counts as study time. Ken Honda is a very popular motivational speaker in Japan who has written some books that I’ve really … Continue reading →
I don’t get hooked on new long-running novel series often, but then Overlord came along, and here I am 6 books later. Overlord is a fantasy light novel series with 13 volumes, a manga, an anime that is about to start season 3, and is too much fun to not write an entire article about. It’s easy to pass over at first glance, but worth … Continue reading →
The Japanese convenience store. It’s a magical place. The second you walk into it, you realize this isn’t your convenience store back in your home country. The sights. The sounds. The smells. The large assortment of foods you have probably never seen before in your life. And that giant welcoming いらっしゃいませ！The Japanese convenience store is a marvel of the modern world. I’ll never forget my … Continue reading →
Japanese books Adam has read and enjoyed recently, with Kindle links, ultra-brief summaries, and Japanese difficulty levels – Part 5 –
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Continue reading →Japanese books Adam has read and enjoyed recently, with Kindle links, ultra-brief summaries, and Japanese difficulty levels. – Part 2 –
Continue reading →As you probably know, I read a lot of Japanese books. However, I’m not especially fond of writing about (reviewing) those books. I’ve done so in the past, but stopped over 6 months ago due to lack of motivation to continue. I want to continue, in a way that makes it easier on me, but still beneficial to you. So I will try the following: … Continue reading →
