Japanese culture has had a big influence on my life because my maternal grandmother is Japanese. Before she passed she would come and visit twice a year bringing all sorts of little goodies with her. When I was younger she would bring packs of pokemon and yugioh cards, which of course I couldn't read because they were all in Japanese, and other treats for my sisters and me. Later on in life I went with my mother to bring my grandmother back to the states to take of her after a stroke.
When I went to Japan I really enjoyed myself even though I was there for a short amount of time. The ramen shops on multiple street corners, the Tokyo Hans department store with different assortment of items on every floor. I really enjoyed myself and always planned on going back.
I plan on going back to Japan when the Olympics go there in the summer of 2020. I always wanted to go to the olympics and I have been wanting to go back to Japan, and that allows me to accomplish both of those goals.
Learning Japanese not only allows me to connect with my heritage, it will allow me to at least communicate on a basic level when I one day visit Japan again.
It's great that you have a root in Japan. Hope you enjoy exploring the culture your grandmother lived with by learning the language. Good luck!! TA Murai
ReplyDeleteこんにちは I'm Ko. I'm a Japanese student. Maybe, learning Japanese is much more difficult than learning English but there are very deep and interesting words in Japanese, so please continue to learn Japanese and Japan. 昂
ReplyDeleteHey George! It's really nice to hear about your interesting Japanese root behind your decision of studying Japanese! Despite some struggles, I really hope that we all learn a lot of this class so that, as you mentioned, you can have much more fun when you visit Japan in 2020 and communicate well with people there and make friends. That sounds actually so exciting, and I hope you have a great time there with Japanese skills learned in our class! がんばれ
ReplyDeleteジョージ・カールソさん、こんにちは。チャン・ウェイです。はじめまして。
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing such a touching story with your grandmother.
With your love for your grandma and the Olympics, I believe that you'll definitely overcome the struggles in learning Japanese! こちらこそよろしくおねがいします。
I can completely understand this! Japanese is definitely difficult.
ReplyDelete私は本当にあなたの問題を分かります。日本語は本当に難しいですから。