Learning Japanese often feels like an unending marathon with lots of effort but little to show for it. Over the years I have found that comic relief is essential and really does help with learning the language.
Here is a clip that we usually watch when we have visitors from outside Japan, if you have studied Japanese at least a little you will probably get a lot of enjoyment out of it:
A Group of Cats Learning Japanese (you will need flash installed to view this clip)
SHIMBASHI – The Yamanote Line
CHIBA – Japanese Prefectures (Thanks to Stephen Shores for the tip)
[Scot's note: these are both done by the comedy duo "The Ramens", who also did the video series I posted a little while ago]
If you have found a fun way to learn Japanese that works for you, please leave a comment.
There’s another related one out there that I think is even funnier…google ‘chiba.swf’ and you should find it. Here’s one: http://www.dra-mata.com/misc/flash/chiba.swf
Left by Stephen on August 27th, 2008