いらっしゃいませ！

This is my journal for rambling about my study of the Japanese language and culture, hopefully so you all will learn something interesting, too. Here, you'll find various information: interesting cultural notes, vocabulary, kanji, and some accounts of the places I visited when I went to Japan in 2006.

And come March 2009, this journal will become my study abroad journal, to post my accounts and photographs from my upcoming stint at the Tokyo university, Jouchi Daigaku.

Fellow East Asian Studies aficionados are always welcome to correct me on any mistakes I might make!

Important links:
Hiragana Chart

Katakana Chart

More photoblog funtimes!

Because a few people were asking for it:

All the new clothes I've obtained so far!

Will probably only appeal to those of you with an interest in Japanese fashion, but hey. There's a yukata in there?

(Yes, that's a clickable link. It's really hard to tell, isn't it?)

Finally, something to use this blog for.

So this was supposed to be my Nippon photoblog, but as it turns out, I'm too lazy to convert my already huge collection of links to theO's HTML system. So I'm just going to link you to an outside source!

Picture Post Part One: First look at Japan, Fushimi Inari Taisha, Seimei Jinja.

Part Two: Imperial Palace area, Kinkakuji.

Part Three: Kiyomizu-dera, Kurama, Kibune.

More to come as I upload them!