きっとかつ！(Kit-kats)

Hello again!

I'm just after finishing my mock Leaving Cert exams and I had to say goodbye to one of my lovely Japanese subs, Ueno せんせい, last Tuesday. As a going away gift, she gave us all green tea flavoured kit-kats.

 I hadn't a notion of what it meant until I decided to research the kit-kats online! So in Japan, you give kit-kats to students doing university entrance exams, the Japanese  equivalent of the Leaving Certificate. The kit-kats are pronounced きっとかつ in Japanese, which is also Japanese for good luck!

In Japan, they have many unusual flavours of Kit-Kats, including green tea, strawberry cake, white chocolate and blueberry. Isn't that way more interesting than just plain milk chocolate? Maybe someday when I go to Japan, I'll just buy all the different kit-kat flavours. おいしいです！ 

Blog Twitter!

So I just created a Twitter for this blog so hopefully I can keep it more up to date so please follow me at @airurandojin_ on Twitter please!!

Trip to Tokyo 東京

So just before Christmas I got asked to write a little essay on what I'd like to do in Tokyo, which included a place to visit, a place to eat and a place to meet up with a friend. In this I chose Tokyo Disneyland, Sasuki and the Hachiko statue. 

私は東京ディズニーランドが行きたいです。シンダレッレアを見たいです！かのじょはきれいです。

私はさつきで食べます。ケーキを食べて、バブルティーを飲みます！

そして、私はあなたと東京ディズニーランドを行きます。のは、しぶやであうましょう。はちこであうましょう！あんたはしぶやのこおさてんにいきます！ちょくしんをします。左に行きます。

Update!

Hi guys I'm delighted to say I've officially finished the Leaving Cert Japanese course! I still have a long way to go in terms of my oral work and my exam techniques but I'm almost there! Which means hopefully a lot more blog posts in the coming months :) 

What I would like to do in 東京 (Tokyo)

こんにちは！

As a part of my Japanese homework, I've been set an assignment to do a Tokyo web quest! I have to write a little account of what I'd like to do in Tokyo in 200 character max. It's pretty impossible for me to write so little about Tokyo so I've decided to impart the rest of my knowledge onto my blog 💕 

Fun facts about Tokyo

- Tokyo has a population of 38.7 million people.

-Tokyo is actually not considered a city, it's actually a metroplian prefecture.

- Tokyo is located in Eastern Japan in the Kantō region (Yes, this is where the Kanto region in Pokemon comes from)

    Kantō Region

                

                Kanto Region

- Since Tokyo is such a famous city, it is the setting for the majority of films set in Japan, including the upcoming Transformers 5!

- Japanese is the main language of Tokyo, but many people have English as a second language. In fact, many Japanese businessmen use English in work!

Places I'd like to go to

1. The Shibuya Crossing

2. Tokyo Disney 

3. The Pokemon Center

4. Hachiko Statue

(Of course, I do not own any of these photos and I thank the websites that let me use them)

In the end, I managed to choose going to Tokyo Disneyland for my essay and managed to look up information about all the different princesses including シンダレラ！

Katakana and Kanji charts ❤️

So I was on WeHeartIt.com again and I came across the adorable Japanese character charts again! They're handy to keep on your phone just in case you need a 'lil help with your Hiragana and Katakana!

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Here's the Hiragana chart I posted up a few days ago

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Here's a Katakana chart with a little guest appearance from Totoro-San from My Neighbour Totoro!

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This is a pretty handy chart for learning basic kanji you'd end up using quite a lot. All of them except for 曜(よう) are on the Leaving Cert Japanese course. The kanji 日 and 本 make up 日本 which is Japan! Kanji such as 月 and 火 are used with 曜日 to make days of the week! E.g. 月曜日(げつようび) is Monday! It's meaning is actually Moon Day.

かわいい Hiragana Chart!!

I was browsing Weheartit.com and I stumbled across this adorable hiragana chart! They also apparently have katakana and kanji charts to match, かわいいですね！