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Today, we bring you another blog post from Motoko, JapanesePod101.com lesson creator, host and Office Party Planner! Motoko will be sharing more bilingual posts on our blog, so check back often and leave a comment! Hello everyone, Motoko here. Today’s post is a report from our bowling tournament! The full-time staff at Innovative Language Learning (which I’ll call just Innovative from now on) all took part in a bowling tournament. Initially we were going to have a team-on-team match, but we ended up playing as individuals. 　 A グループ対抗戦　(gurūpu taikōsen) means, just as you can see from the Kanji characters, competing as a group. Conversely, a 個人戦 (kojinsen), individual match, is when you yourself are your only ally and you compete... Show more

Today, we bring you another blog post from Motoko, JapanesePod101.com lesson creator, host and Office Party Planner! Motoko will be sharing more bilingual posts on our blog, so check back often and leave a comment! Hi everyone! Motoko here! A few weeks ago, we celebrated the marriage of Marvin. He's part of our Technical Team and is from Germany. The wedding ceremony was held in May – and what’s more, his bride is Japanese! In Japan, there are all kinds of wedding ceremonies. There’s the traditional Shintō shinzenshiki, which is held at a shrine, and the Buddhist butsuzenshiki, which is held at a temple; there’s also the kyōkaishiki, or church wedding, which has been gaining popularity in recent years. Another more unusual variant... Show more

Hey there Listener! Here’s a thought: The world around you needs to have little Japanese labels. Anything you see, you’d know its Japanese meaning immediately. Office building? Check. Train station and everything inside? Check. The items in your kitchen? Check. Learning Japanese would take half the time! With InnovativeLanguage.com’s Visual Dictionary Japanese iBook, you can do just that. This Visual Dictionary is the first of its kind. Even iTunes has noticed! Learn by Exploring the World in Japanese! Just tap and zoom through 26 different everyday scenarios. You see the word in its real-world context, read it and hear its pronunciation. From the city streets, to train stations, and right down to your own... Show more

Hello everyone! みなさん、こんにちは！ With 2011 almost coming to a close, we'd like to let you all know about the great lessons we have coming up for you in 2012. Here is our 2012 lesson schedule: JapanesePod101.com 2011 Lesson ScheduleMondays: (rotation) → Absolute Beginner Season 2  / Upper Beginner Season 1 Tuesdays: (rotation) → Upper Intermediate Season 5 / Audio Blog Season 5 Wednesdays: No Lessons Thursdays: Throwback Thursday: Old lessons from the archive Fridays: Visual Grammar Bank video series (Absolute Beginner) Saturdays: No Lessons Sundays: News (2~3 times a month) Mondays will see a second season of the popular Absolute Beginner Series, along with a brand new series, Upper Beginner (which focuses on keigo used... Show more

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Hello Listener, Once in a while, we like to pop in out of nowhere and ask: How you doin’?! As in, how is your Japanese progress going? How has JapanesePod101 helped you with learning Japanese, school, traveling abroad, or with your Japanese grandmother? We love stories from our listeners about why they started learning Japanese, the adventures they’ve been on, and how Japanese has become a regular part of their lives. Similarly, we also want to hear about your results and progress! Whether you have a crazy story for us or just want to drop a few thoughts on how JapanesePod101 improved your language skills – we want to know. Tell us your story – email us at testimonials@japanesepod101.com For stories from our... Show more

Hello Listener, (For maximum impact, read in Old Spice Guy’s voice) Look at our homepage. Now back to us. Now back to our homepage. Now back to us. Look different? It should! With the help of our wonderful users, like you, we’ve listened to your feedback and came up with this. Designing the homepage has been like watching a baby grow. Our iTunes logo has also changed. You can see it on our Facebook and Twitter accounts! So when you download our free audio lessons on iTunes and see a new logo… do not be alarmed. It’s still JapanesePod101. The Old The New We’ve decided it was time for a change here at JapanesePod101. Why the change? Well, We’re not just a podcast website - but a language learning system. ... Show more

Premium Members, your Premium Account just got a whole lot more powerful! My Flashcards now allows you to study the Japanese words you want by importing lists from audio and video lessons, your My WordBank and the Japanese Core Word Lists 2000. Here's a quick rundown of the new features: My Flashcards Dashboard: My Flashcards have a brand new interface. Import words from any audio and video lesson, My WordBank and the Core Word Lists. Create, edit and delete as many decks as you want! Create a New Deck: How you want to study is completely up to you! You control what displays on the front and back of cards. Create new decks out of the existing words in My Flashcards. Simple pick the words, name your deck and you're ready to... Show more

All eyes are on Japan right now. We've put together a list of resources we have found particularly helpful over the past week. These links will help you get caught up, stay updated and offer ways to help Japan. Our Story: JapanesePod101 After the Quake Social Media Heroes of the 2011 Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster English news from Japanese sources: NHK World Kyodo News in English Wall Street Journal's Japan Real Time Blog BBC World News On Twitter: hashtags: #jpquake #jishin_e follow: @TimeOutTokyo @makiwi @norishikata Japan DisasterTwitter Cheat Sheet via The Wall Street Journal Find Loved Ones: More Reading on Radiation Issue U.K.'s Chief Scientific Officer Professor John... Show more