Katakana is evil, and you can’t convince me otherwise

Welcome back to our study abroad post! Sorry for not posting last weekend, but I took a trip to Kyoto and had have been dying from homework ever since. After another busy week of learning Japanese, I thought I would talk to you about my biggest pet peeve with the language, which is Katakana. Now, [...]

Welcome to the adventure! ようこそ、皆さん

Welcome to the Gaijin Japan adventure blog! Where American Bridget and Polish Julia (two friends who are studying abroad over the next year in Nagoya and Tokyo) share all of their thoughts, observations and struggles of traveling and studying in a foreign country. I hope you’re all as excited as we are about taking a [...]