Well most of you reading this post will be a がいこくじん (ga-i-go-ku-jin : foreigner) in Japan so definitely there will be language and cultural differences. For some the cultural differences will be more and for some it will be less. For me as an Indian (South Asian) there aren't many cultural difference there are but not a lot but for some one from a western country the cultural difference will be more which is awesome because its fun to learn something new and we will be excused if we make any mistakes.
You would want to be a mangaka in Japan so you definitely need very high language skills to communicate with your editor, assistant and obviously to write manga.
I am not the best person to learn Japanese Language and culture from :P but I can tell you the best places to learn them.
To work or study in Japan you at least need to clear JLPT N2, without it forget about getting a decent pay job or enrolling into a college. JLPT conducts exams from N5 to N1 5 levels N5 being the lowest and easiest. It is to test your reading, writing and listening skills so that the people know that you can work and study with them efficiently.
Official Website of JLPT - http://www.jlpt.jp/e/
I have cleared JLPT N4, but I plan to study from N5 again in Japan (more on that in my upcoming blog "My plans for Japan")
Best places to learn Japanese languages are :
01. Japanesepod101 - They have many videos about basic Japanese, greetings, holidays and many more interesting stuff. Now they have a started a really creative way of teaching by animation, I personally likes it it's cool watch it - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6lXlpf-n6k
02. Givemeaflakeman - This guy is funny you wont get bored watching his videos, he also does video on language, greetings, holidays with tomoko-san but he makes other type of videos too like interviews, current events in japan, videos with gopro, debates and a ton of more stuff, I have learned a lot about japan from him and am still learning.
For culture I would suggest watching j-drama, j-movies, anime or read manga and I suppose almost everyone reading this post is doing that already. But check this out
01. Culture Japan - A site run by Danny Choo I wont ruin it for you, there is a lot of stuff on his sites, its very helpful.
Then there are site like Japan guide, Gaijinpot. You can find many more sites for it, good luck
You would want to be a mangaka in Japan so you definitely need very high language skills to communicate with your editor, assistant and obviously to write manga.
I am not the best person to learn Japanese Language and culture from :P but I can tell you the best places to learn them.
To work or study in Japan you at least need to clear JLPT N2, without it forget about getting a decent pay job or enrolling into a college. JLPT conducts exams from N5 to N1 5 levels N5 being the lowest and easiest. It is to test your reading, writing and listening skills so that the people know that you can work and study with them efficiently.
Official Website of JLPT - http://www.jlpt.jp/e/
Best places to learn Japanese languages are :
01. Japanesepod101 - They have many videos about basic Japanese, greetings, holidays and many more interesting stuff. Now they have a started a really creative way of teaching by animation, I personally likes it it's cool watch it - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6lXlpf-n6k
02. Givemeaflakeman - This guy is funny you wont get bored watching his videos, he also does video on language, greetings, holidays with tomoko-san but he makes other type of videos too like interviews, current events in japan, videos with gopro, debates and a ton of more stuff, I have learned a lot about japan from him and am still learning.
For culture I would suggest watching j-drama, j-movies, anime or read manga and I suppose almost everyone reading this post is doing that already. But check this out
01. Culture Japan - A site run by Danny Choo I wont ruin it for you, there is a lot of stuff on his sites, its very helpful.
Then there are site like Japan guide, Gaijinpot. You can find many more sites for it, good luck
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