Back from three weeks in Japan! Kanji is good to know!

[Belthazar]

@jurcaua

I was also travelling with two people and one surprising thing was that for some reason, many restaurants just give 1 (english) menu per table. So as my sister was choosing I would just read the Japanese menu and usually be able to choose something.

Ooo, I noticed that too - I was the one reading off the Japanese menu. Trick was, it actually turned out our waiter spoke pretty good English, since she’d been studying at university in Australia for three years. She was impressed I could read the Japanese menu.

@jurcaua

The Golden Gai area in Shinjuku was the most fun because of the sheer density and lack of english speaking Japanese people there.

I visited Golden Gai, but I didn’t go inside. Not really a bar type, me.

[nida]

Wow, your experience is so inspiring. How many years did it take you to reach level 60?

I just started 16 days ago and I hope to reach at least level 30 by the end of the year.

[vargsvans]

Thank you! It’s inspiring to hear about being inspiring as well

It took me just shy of two years to reach level 60. Level 30 by the end of the year is, I think, possible in theory but will require lots of dedication. I wrote quite a lot about my experience with Wanikani in this post if you’d like to know more about my journey.

My thoughts, tips, and ramblings after reaching level 60 — long post

I’ve reached level 60! Yaaay! [yatta] And I managed to do it in under two years! Also yaaay! [image] Now that I’ve reached level 60, I would like to celebrate by sharing my journey and realizations with Wanikani during the last two years with a focus on how I learned to use mnemonics in a way that worked for me. Likely, you will not use these exact ways of going about things and that is kind of the point. To encourage you to try out different techniques and find what works for you, so that …

[SparrowSoleil]

Studying in Japan last year, I was my group’s designated reader because my katakana/kanji proficiency was higher than everyone else’s. I loved practicing speaking with the shop staff at any kimono shops and other fans at visual kei lives. I talked for several minutes with a fan at a Merry instore in Shinjuku. Turns out that we were both fans of the drummer and had both attended their live event during GW.