Monthly Archives: January 2019

Japanese Culture

A recommended cartoon portraying Japanese tradition

Japanese animation or cartoon leads people to be interested in Japanese culture. There is a popular cartoon called . There are two versions of , the animation and the movie. They are originally based on the cartoon ‘Chihayafuru’.
In Japan, they have two types of cartoons. The one is shonen manga (cartoons targeting for boys), the other is shojo manga (cartoons targeting for girls). is shojo manga but also attracts many boys.
Are you familiar with ‘Hyakunin issu’? Hyakunin isshu is a Japanese traditional card game, Karuta. This is the subject matter for the cartoon . The main character, Ayase Chihaya is a member of club Hyakunin isshu in high school. .If you are Japanese, you might have tried Hyakunin isshu once or more in elementary school or high school. Hykunin means 100 people while isshu means a unit to count waka, a traditional Japanese poem. We call the poem anthology as Hykunin isshu, because 100 people composed the poems. There are two kinds of cards for the game. One consist of whole waka (poem) and a small painting of the poet, whilst the other consist of the latter part of waka only. The latter part of waka, which is called simonoku, is written in hiragana. The rules are simple. You need to choose yomite, a reader.

Recommendation for Japanese cartoon portraying Japanese tradition

When the reader reads a card (yomihuda), challengers should find a card in hiragana (torihuda). Winner is the one who collects as many cards as he/she can. If you memorize each waka, you can match it as you hear it faster than anyone, as you can get it while the reader is reading the first part (kaminoku). In , they play Hykunin isshu with the most difficult and intensive game rule, “competitive karuta”. At the real karuta game, challengers match the card as hearing the first syllable of the card. It takes only 0.5 second! It is also called ‘a fighting on dadami’ due to the speed and the intensiveness. The challengers are called senshu (players). Reading , you can indirectly experience the real life of Japanese high school students.

Chihayafuru

Also, you may wish you were a one of them, becoming their friends and playing Hyakunin isshu together with them. Since the characters are so charming! The 27th of May is the day celebrating Hyakunin isshu. (Hyakunin isshu were brought to completion on the 27th of May in 1235) We recommend you to try to enjoy all the package of the Japanese traditional culture and the new culture-cartoon-!

Lessons and Classes

Special Seminar for Career in Japan

Special Seminar for Career in Japan, Tokyo Galaxy Japanese Language School

The Business Japanese Class of Tokyo Galaxy Japanese Language School: A Guest Seminar for Career in Japan
The Business Japanese Class of Tokyo Galaxy Japanese Language School is for students who want to work in Japan. Total of six months class allows the students to master the usage of Japanese in the business world and holds many useful seminars for job preparation.
Today’s post is about the guest seminar on career in Japan.

A speaker who is an expert in current job market, job hunting techniques and more shared useful information for international students. It was a valuable seminar for students who have a goal to find a job in Japan. From this seminar, students must have learned to see the big picture and make long-term plan to be employed in Japan.
For people who wish to prepare for career in Japan and master true proficiency in Business Japanese at the same time, check out the Business Japanese Class of Tokyo Galaxy Japanese Language School.

A Guest Seminar for Career in Japan

Only students who have obtained a competency level in Japanese comparable to or above JLPT N2 can take this program. It is because the class is focused on oral practice so rigorous conversation drills in the classroom. Students constantly receive feedback on their conversational skills. The Business Japanese class is effective for students who reached certain level of Japanese, and have no fear of speaking.

The Business Japanese Class of Tokyo Galaxy Japanese Language School holds various seminars that are useful for business situation in Japan. Teachers draw each student’s potential ability as much as possible for their successful employment. Bear in mind that the Business Japanese Class begins in April or October each year, students must obtain JLPT N2 level or above, and enrolled students must have class attendance record of 80%. Study in Tokyo Galaxy Japanese Language School for your career in Japan.