I’d love to know how many people here are older learners - people who started studying Japanese seriously in their 40s or later. I did some Japanese study in my twenties, but I lost it all and started again from scratch at 50. I’d love to hear older people’s stories about their particular challenges…

I’ll be spending a month at a language school in Fukuoka this summer and there didn’t seem to be any concern about my age at all.

[image] servette: Anyway, I continue to entertain the fantasy that ‘someday’ I will be able to retire from my job and take a year (or two) and enroll in a language school in Japan - if they’ll accept older students. I’m freshly 30 so I can’t speak to their experiences personally :sweat_smile: …

That’s very encouraging to hear. Based on other comments that I’ve seen, the GenkiJACS school looks interesting. For how long did you go to classes there? What were your living arrangements like? While I would consider other locations (Kyoto, Fukuoka, ???), I’d imagine that Tokyo might be the best…

[image] servette: For how long did you go to classes there? What were your living arrangements like? I attended for one semester, about 4 months, and the school provided me with a private room in a guest house (shared kitchen, bathrooms, but fully private room). The guest house was not owned …

You know you are gettin old when you are the same age as old people… I am not really that old. My mind thinks I am still 21, my body thinks it is 80. I am actually 53. As for Japanese, I initially got interested in it when my first roommate in college was dating a Japanese girl. Her parents would …

[image] Mandopicker: You know you are gettin old when you are the same age as old people… One of my favorite senryu says you know you’re no longer young when people start calling you young (looking): お若いと・言われて若く・ないと知る

[image] MarnieDEB: I’ll be spending a month at a language school in Fukuoka this summer Oh great, which one? [image] Mandopicker: I am not really that old. My mind thinks I am still 21, my body thinks it is 80. I am actually 53. Haha can relate so much! Same for me with the exact same…

I’m going to Meiji Academy. I was hoping to go to GenkiJACs but they were already full even though I contacted them months in advance! Meiji seemed like a good alternative; I’ll let you know how it goes.

Oh yes thank you! Curious to hear about another language school :blush:

May I ask what the program was? And, when did you go and how did you like it?

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One of my favorite senryu says you know you’re no longer young when people start calling you young (looking):

お若いと・言われて若く・ないと知る

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