Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles Good morning everybody So it is a Sunday morning here in Japan I hope you guys are having a great weekend where ever you are and I'm currently in front of this building and you might be wondering, "what are you doing there?" and I'm going to show you that today so come along with me Today I will be visiting the free Japanese classes offered by the city ward Of course there are lots of ways you can study Japanese However, I think this is a great way to study and also interact with the locals and your community So, lets go learn some Japanese It's been so long since I've actually studied Japanese There are many different classes offered depending on your level This one I went to is for a more intermediate to advance learners Check out your local wards Japanese classes on their home page and you can also see the other events going on in the community Japanese locals volunteer to help and teach foreigners here and it's a great way to build the community between foreigners and Japanese and to also understand and learn each other's cultures more This one is the easier version for Japanese learners to read and this one is the normal news the one for Japanese learners has hiragana on top of the Kanji and this is the original news that Japanese read Apart from the Japanese classes, the local ward also holds international events and sometimes after the classes you can go on outings with the other members Hey guys, I just wanted to pop on in and say a few things before I wrap up the video So a lot of people think that if you just come and live in Japan that your Japanese will also just naturally become fluent However, that is not the case Like many other things in life it takes effort and it takes time for you to improve your Japanese and what I see a lot of foreigners do is when they come to Japan they tend to stick with people that they feel comfortable around so, people with similar backgrounds, people with similar languages and that kind of defeats your purpose if you want to learn Japanese because you surround yourself with this environment that you're already use to back at home So what I encourage you guys to do if you want to improve your Japanese is BREAK OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE and really interact with the locals, surround yourself with more Japanese people because then you can improve your Japanese, right? you can speak it more! So, this is why I really like this idea of the free Japanese classes by the local wards I think Japanese are trying to open up more and I think it's really nice they're trying to build this community between foreigners and Japanese and not only do you learn Japanese here but you can also interact with the locals you can learn about their culture - the Japanese culture and you can also share your culture and also I think at the end of the day, language it's not about just the language but it's about the much more deeper meaning behind that the culture, the history, the people so I really encourage you guys to interact more with the locals, especially if you guys are coming to Japan definitely check out your local ward because you will know more things happening around your neighbourhood and it's always a good thing, to know your neighbours and your local stuff So, I hope you guys could take something away from this video and feel free to comment down below about any other videos you would like to see me do and I will see you guys in my next video see yaaaa (^-^)/~~
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