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- Learning JapaneseDecember 15 2008
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This post is for all of you who want to learn Japanese or who are starting to study Japanese.
1.- Learn Hiragana and Katakana
The first step to learn Japanese is to learn the syllabaries Katakana and Hiragana. You can start learning Japanese without knowing Hiragana and Katakana but I would never recommend it. What would you think if a Japanese starts learning English using their characters? For example, “My name is David” would be written by a Japanese student like this “マイ ナイム イス デービッド”. Do you think it is a good idea for a Japanese student to learn English with their characters? Then, don’t do the same when learning Japanese, learn Katakana and Hiragana first, and then start studying vocabulary, grammar and conversation.2.- Go to a Japanese school
I think that at least at the beginning is important to go to a school. I think the ideal is six months or one year. With that you will know the basic things you need to know to start learning by your own. That is my style, I find it boring to go to classes when I feel I could learn more by my own. I guess it depends on your personality, think about what fits you best.
3.- Recommended books
I’ve used tons of books, my recommendation is to use as many sources as possible and make your own conclusions.
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- Tokyo pictures 2008 - ArchitectureDecember 11 2008
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Previous posts from the Tokyo 2008 series:
In order to take these pictures I used these lenses with my Nikon D40:
- Sigma 10-20mm
- Nikkon VR 18-200mm
- Sigma 30mm F1.4
- Nikkor 50mm F1.8
- Tokyo pictures 2008 - KidsDecember 5 2008
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This is my second post from my “Tokyo pictures 2008″ series. I started with people pictures and in this post I put together some of my kid pictures I took during this year in Tokyo.
- Useless doorsNovember 27 2008
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This is my collection of “useless doors”, there are tons of them in Japanese cities. Japanese is a relatively secure country but people usually install advanced security systems (Alarms, cameras and stuff like that), but it seems that they don’t really care too much about the security level of their garden door.
For example, look at this door with a SECOM sticker. SECOM is a security solutions company, specialized in installing alarm systems.
This house has an alarm and the door looks pretty protective but… if we zoom out(See next picture), we found out that it is a useless door, we can go inside evading the door from the right side!
These are some more pictures, so you can have fun looking at the funny details.
- 10% discount if it’s rainingNovember 25 2008
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I got this discount ticket that it’s valid for a dinner in a restaurant only if it’s raining. I’ve only seen in practice this marketing strategy in Japan but I think it could work in other places. Would you go out for dinner if you have a 10% discount or would you stay at home?
