Hi! My name is Ash. My favorite color is turquoise and I love learning languages. I'm a figure skater, but I love the arts in general. This includes: reading, creative writing, and drawing to name a few.
Now that you know a little bit about myself, I want to bring your attention to the reason why you're here and why I'm learning Japanese.
- When I first started studying Japanese, it was because I wanted to understand the lyrics sung from my favorite Japanese artist: Hikaru Utada. My older sibling is the one that got me into their music and I wanted nothing more than to understand. This first exposure to the language had me wanting to know more about the culture and the history of Japan. With that being said, I didn't study it from the time I hit middle school until now.
- I dove back into the language because I have a love and deep appreciation for the East Asian culture. It is the first foreign language that I started learning and I want to continue learning a language I have loved for so long.
Hey Ash-- so cool that you like Hikaru Utada! I've come across their songs before, and now with your recommendation, I gotta go listen to them again. I'm really into the Japanese Rock/Metal scene, and I've been listening to Ado (a utaite) a lot recently. Maybe we could exchange our favourites some time!
ReplyDeleteI'd really love that!
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ReplyDeleteI also appreciate some Japanese music, and I hope to able to better enjoy them once I have a greater vocabulary. I think it's cool how people from across the world can both take interest in the same art.
ReplyDeleteNice to meet you Ash! Me too enjoy Japanese music, and are there any other Japanese artists or songs you would recommend? Thank you!
ReplyDeleteAs one commenter said, Ado is a great one. I also love listening to Aimer and The Yoshida Brothers (think more of a traditional sound)!
DeleteDo you have a long term approach for continuing to learn Japanese, even if you don't end up taking the continuation to this course?
ReplyDeleteOne of the ways I want to continue my acquisition of the language is through media exposure. That would be listening to songs in the language and picking them apart and finding patterns. Another way I can also pick up the language is by reading Japanese news. What about you?
DeleteHi Ash. I also enjoy Japanese music. One of my favorite Japanese musicians is Susumu Hirasawa. I really like his album "Technique of Relief", and the work he did for the Berserk soundtrack.
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