Teaching English in Japan after Japanese language school: a viable career?
2025年6月11日
Teaching English in Japan is often seen as a way to live and work in Japan without necessarily knowing a lot of Japanese. But actually knowing the language will dramatically improve your quality of life in Japan, as well as improve your chances of developing your teaching career, including helping you land jobs at universities
Tackling Tsugaru-ben: Japan’s most difficult dialect
2025年6月3日
When you visit Aomori prefecture, the northernmost prefecture on Japan’s main island (Honshū), especially in the Tsugaru area, you hear a dialect very different from the standard Japanese you would hear in Tokyo. The dialect is called Tsugaru-ben and is known to be one of the most difficult dialects for non-speakers to understand. Today, we