居酒屋

みなさん、こんいちは！

So there's this Youtube channel that I am subscribed to that used to be called Eat Your Kimchi, because it was about a Canadian couple who moved to Korea to become English teachers, but then started freelancing and focusing on making content for their Youtube channel.

They recently moved to Japan, so I've been watching all the videos they've been making about their adventures in Japan as well.

One of the videos they made was about their favorite 居酒屋, which is basically a Japanese bar.

I had already watched this video in the past, but I watched it again and was able to recognize so many characters and learn a lot of new vocabulary and phrases!

居酒屋＝Japanese bar/pub restaurant fusion

おすすめはなんですか＝What is your recommendation? 

卵焼き＝Japanese rolled omelet

焼きそば＝stir fried buckwheat noodles

The cinematography is also really great in this video, and I love how fun they make the 居酒屋 experience out to be. The video made me really hungry and also made me want to visit Japan so that I can experience an 居酒屋 firsthand. 

みなさん please check out their channel, there's lots of great videos that can teach you about Japanese culture and food and other great stuff (their videos about Korea are also very entertaining)!

にほんのがっこうのひるごはん

A なかま of mine posted this video on フェイスブック that I thought was extremely fascinating. Although I was familiar with schools in Korean culture and how schools were literally their home away from home, seeing the mindfulness of these Japanese students and their attitude towards not only their school but the food that they eat and the hands that prepared that food is amazing. If only these values could be incorporated into the American education system...the benefits would be endless!!!

ペンパイナッポーアッポーペン

こんばんは！

I saw this video a few days ago, and then when I saw the it again today, I realized that the Japanese characters written across the screen were katakana, and that I could read them! It's a ridiculous (but very catchy) song, but it was so cool that these characters and symbols actually had meaning to me now. Yay real life application!