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Find your Japanese in the Wild

Posted on 12. Aug, 2009 @ 7:40 am by harvey in Language, Travel Views: 641

It’s important to find your Japanese in the wild.

Nothing is worse than cookie-cutter sentences straight from the textbook. Using this prepackaged Japanese alone will make you sound like a robot.

So, it’s important to really get out there and find your Japanese at the source. You know, from Japanese magazines, Japanese TV shows, and random Japanese people.

If you want to be really hardcore though, you have to be able to find your Japanese DEEP in the wild. I’m talking about way out in the bush.

Can you spot the Kana in this photo?

See, did you spot it? Japanese in the wild.

It’s there, really. No, not the elephants – though they are pretty cool too.

First person to spot the kana in this picture and comment on the location gets a free copy of the new Japanese 101: Giongo and Gitaigo app!

If you don’t have an iPhone or iPod Touch… well, sorry, but at least you’ll get kudos for being the first to find it and post! Please indicate whether or not you want the code in the comment along with your answer. If someone finds the kana and doesn’t need the code, I’ll give the code to the next person to comment that indicates that they have an iPhone or iPod Touch.

This is another test of your kana recognition skills! My wife spotted this way before I did, so I still need some kana speed recognition before I can be considered as sharp as a native!

Fun stuff. Picture taken in the Serengeti by the way. I go back to the United States tomorrow, and then off to Japan the next day!

Harvey

Tags: japanese, Travel