This thread is for talking about your favorite resources for improving your Japanese listening comprehension. That could be YouTube, radio shows, podcasts, Drama CDs, interviews, video games, JP dramas, western movies dubbed in Japanese etc. I dunno! I’d just love to see all the resources gathered in one place that is easy to find, and to let people talk about it. ^>^
I hope that everyone that has any question to do with listening practice dare to post here!
Have fun!*
I’m revamping the entire thread as I realize by now that it’s just too narrow in scope for this forum. Clearly, most people on here do not listen much to audio-only media. So, I thought it better to just let people talk about whatever in here.
But, I do hope that the focus is still on listening comprehension, as it’s not meant to be an anime discussions thread (we already have that).
In any case, enjoy! ^>^
LISTENING PRACTICE WIKI! (add your favorite listening practice resources here
do remember that this is a LISTENING resource sharing list, not a “my favorite movie list” for the visual media options etc. You’re free to add subheadings as you feel they might be useful.
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Animals
Anime
See https://community.wanikani.com/t/general-anime-thread/18709 and search the forums for the many ongoing discussions on anime shows, recommendations etc.
Audio books
Comedy
- 同期芸人が支える大衆食堂【乃うさぎ・大阪・心斎橋】これから売れる芸人がいてます! - YouTube (comedy adjacent video of restaurant with part-time comedians working)
- ジャルジャルタワー JARUJARU TOWER
- ジャルジャルアイランド JARUJARU ISLAND
Cooking/Food
- Hiro-Meshi - cooking series
- Japanese food craftsman - lots of yatai food stand videos among other things
- Japanese Street Foods SushiBuffet
- 鮨・寿司専門 【Japanese sushi】 behind the scenes videos of Japanese sushi restaurants
- Sapporo Autumn Fest - street food video
- Omakase sushi restaurants in Fukuoka where women play an active role
Crafting/Traditional crafts
- Daiku Manual - vlog about all things carpentry. [1]
- Tetsuo Mori - beginner wood carving instructions
- Tewasa - traditional Japanese crafts-video series
Dialects and slang listening practice
Documentaries
See also Japanese Documentaries-thread here on WK as well as other threads.
- Daido Moriyama “Near Equal Moriyama Daido” - about Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama
- ドキュメンタリー2021 | 最新版 - 宇宙の果ての謎??
- 「汐見台団地」記録映画
- ベルサイユ宮殿[ドキュメンタリー]訪問
Drama CDs/Audio Dramas
- オーディオドラマ「春にとける」
- Double Bind
- Flesh & Blood + Flesh & Blood Drama CD-series listening club ⛵ 🎧
- 囀る鳥は羽ばたかない
Gardening
Japanese movies
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Listening Practice Courses and teaching materials (some may be payed for services)
- Comprehensible Language learning (YouTube and Patreon videos)
- Rocket Japanese
- Udemy
Music
See the many, many existing music recommendation and discussion threads here on WK This list is not exhaustive. Use the forum search for even more recommendations!
- Experimental Japanese Music
- Favorite Japanese music?
- Indie Japanese Music Recommendations
- Japanese music
- Japanese music suggestions
- Japanese rock bands <3! or general modern Japanese music
- Japanese Singer Songwriter Thread
- Recommendations for japanese music
- What are your favorite Japanese musicians/bands?
Other
- Delvin Language Practice
- NHK News
- Speechling - Listening Comprehension Practice
- Wasabi Self-Learning Materials
Podcasts
See also 100+ of Japanese Podcasts
- Hapa Eikaiwa
- Nihongo con Teppei
- Nihongo Switch - intermediate level listening practice podcast
- Rebuild
- TBS Radio
- Sakura Tips
- Think in Japanese
Travel
- It’s Time to Travel🇯🇵 / 旅する時間
- Riding Japan’s $120 Completely Private First Class Bus | Tokyo - Osaka - YouTube
TV
Video games
Video games (play-throughs)
VTubers
See also the 1st disussion thread about VTubers and Currently ongoing 2nd discussion thread about VTubers here on WK
- Subaru Ch. 大空スバル
- Nakiri Ayame Ch. 百鬼あやめ
- Rene Channel / 龍ヶ崎リン 【シュガリリ】
- Choco Ch. 癒月ちょこ
- Mio Channel 大神ミオ
- Lamy Ch. 雪花ラミィ
- Roboco Ch. - ロボ子
- Shion Ch. 紫咲シオン
- SoraCh. ときのそらチャンネル
WK listening challenges
- Extensive listening challenge 👂 (2022)
- Extensive listening challenge 👂 (2021)
- 🔊 🎙 Listen Every Day Challenge - Fall 2022 🍁
- 🔉 🎙 Listen Every Day Challenge (Summer Edition) 🏖
WK listening resources:
- 100+ of Japanese Podcasts
- A list of some Youtube channels that might help you - very extensive list!
- Seiyuu Fans Gather! ~ 声優ファンたちあつまえぇ! 🎙📣:high_touch:
- VTubers anyone?
YouTube
- Ask Japanese
- Benjiro - Beginner Japanese
- Bilingirl Chika
- Dogen
- もしもしゆうすけ
- Saitou Naoki - talks about drawing/illustrating
- 三本塾 -Sambon Juku-
- 【全10冊】最近読んだ小説以外の本を紹介します!今回は学びがたくさん! - YouTube - book reviews in Japanese
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Warning: He edits his content heavily, quite obviously eliminating all pauses between thoughts. The result is very dense and high-speed, but still natural speech. 3/4 speed playback sounds fairly normal, but you may still want a finger on the pause button. ↩︎