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Festivals in Japan Festival = Matsuri まtすり Do you celebrate any festivals? Do you know any myths or legends? Tanabata たなばた is celebrated in Japan every July July = shichi getsu しちげつ The origins of Tanabata date back thousands of years. Today, people in Japan still celebrate Tanabata and the coming together of Orihime おりひめ and Hikoboshi ひこぼし every July しちげつ. To honour their togetherness, people write messages of love, friendship and peace on brightly coloured pieces of paper called Tanzaku たんざく 🎋  ✍🏻 Want to keep practicing? Download the practice worksheet 
Sightseeing in Japan Stella shared some of her travel photos from Japan in a previous post. Now we'll learn a little bit more about some of the places she went to on her trip. Have you been to Japan? Do you have a favourite city or sight? What do you like most about it? In today's lesson we'll learn: 🎡 Some places you should visit while in Japan ⛩ 🗻 Climbing advice if you decide to hike Mount Fuji 📐 A bit of math since a lot of the sights we saw were very tall 🗼 📃 Basic sentences in Japanese Ready. Set. Let's Explore!  💻 Prefer to watch the video? ✍🏻 Want to keep practicing? Download the practice worksheet
Continents & Countries What does your country's flag look like? Can you describe it? What colour is it? Are there symbols? Today we'll learn about geography & flags. We'll learn: 🌎 The names of continents 🗺 The locations of some countries 🗾 The names of some countries 🇯🇵 Country flags We'll also learn some basic phrases in Japanese to communicate where you are from and your nationality. Ready. Set. Let's learn about the world!  💻 Prefer to watch the video? ✍🏻 Want to keep practicing? Download the practice worksheet
Hiragana 101 Do you remember at the beginning of the blog that I mentioned there are 3 writing systems in Japanese? Hiragana Katakana Kanji So far I've been writing in Hiragana. That's all I'll do for this blog. If you look at something written in Japanese, typically you'll see a mix of all three. When you are first learning Japanese, I believe it is easiest to start with Hiragana. If you want to learn Katakana or Kanji, then there are lots of online resources. One of my favourites is Smile Nihongo. The teacher is Yuko-sensei (ゆうこーせんせい). She is an excellent language instructor and a native Japanese speaker. Stella & I really enjoy her lessons. For now, let's start to gain a better understanding of Hiragana. We'll start with the basic characters Ready. Set. Let's learn Hiragana! Hiragana Characters  Modified Characters    Cities in Japan 🇯🇵🗾 Do you know the names of any cities in Japan? What do you know about those cities? Stella's favourite city in 🇯🇵 is Tokyo とうきょう🗼 We are going to learn: 🗾 The names of some Japanese cities 🏯 A little something about some of the cities Stella's visited Are you ready?   💻 Prefer to watch the video? ✍🏻 Want to keep practicing? Download the practice worksheet
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🥇 Olympics: Tokyo 2020 Do you have a favourite Olympic sport? Stella's favourite is swimming. Have you been watching the Olympics? 🇨🇦 has: 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇 🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈 🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉 🥉🥉🥉 In the Paralympics 🇨🇦 has: 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇 🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈 🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉 Sports are important for you physical 🤾🏽♀️ and mental health 🧘♀️ They teach you: 🏄🏽♀️ perseverance 🥋self-discipline ⛹🏽♀️ teamwork 🏊🏻♀️ hardwork What sports do you like to play? Ready. Set. Let's get active!  Transportation: Getting Around There are so many ways to get around a city. We are going to explore: 🚙 🚆🚲 Getting around on land ✈️🚁 Getting around in the air ⛵️🛶 Getting around on the water It’s important to know what direction you are headed. That’s where a compass ✛, map 🗺 & phone 📱 help. Have you ever used a compass or read a map? Do you have a favourite way of getting around? Stella’s loves to fly ✈️ Airplanes are her favourite way to get around. Are you ready to learn the names of some different modes of transportation? Ready. Set. Let’s get ready to move ✈︎  💻 Prefer to watch the video? ✍🏻 Want to keep practicing? Download the practice worksheet
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AuthorsSheri & Stella like to travel and learn new languages. Join Stella on her Japanese language learning journey. 
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