Today’s answer is Fukuoka・ふくおか・福岡
The most populated city on the island of Kyushu（きゅうしゅう・九州）and home to Ayumi Hamasaki　はまさきあゆみ・浜崎あゆみ, Japan’s Britney Spears and Madonna all roled into one. If you know one star in Japan, she is the one to know.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayumi_Hamasaki

Hey guys, today’s lesson was really sugoi! We had a really nice conversation practice and lots of useful words. I also voted for you guys for this excellent podcast show. I have seen other Nihongo podcast sites, but this one really amazes me all the time. Conversation really improves our fluency in a language. You guys teach some words during the course and then put them all together into practice in a conversation - thats amazing!!! Doumo arigatoo gozaimasu Sakura -san,Peter-san,Natsuko-san and Kazunori-san for this sugoi site! Bai bai

チャヌンさん、毎度ありがとう！Please keep the posts coming!

Marcos-san! Thank you for posting and the complements! Please keep them coming! We have your request and we’re working on it! Be sure to itune in Sunday!

一徳さん、ピーターさん、桜さん、なつこさん、
I’ve just found out that my name can actually be written out in Japanese in more than one way! Well, when I write my name on a Japanese homework, I’d write チャナン。Also, does 一紀さん　 prefers to be referred to as 一徳さん (that’s いっとくさん　right?) ??

I realize this is an older podcast, but I just wanted to comment on ここ、そこ　＆　あそこ. First, great lessons, thanks so much for doing them. I have been listening to the back “issues” of your podcast and enjoying them very much. I wanted to ask for clarification though about how you used koko, soko and asoko in the podcast. You said koko should be used for here, soko for there (but very close, within reach) and asoko for there/over there (in sight but out of reach, barely in sight). I had learned that soko was for “there” when the object was close to the listener and asoko was for “there” when the object was distant from both. My question is, if something is close to a listener who is far from the speaker (shouting across the street, for instance, or talking in different rooms of the house) should you use “asoko” or “soko”? I had always assumed “soko” but it seems in the podcast that “asoko” would be more likely? Which is correct?

Thanks again for all the great lessons!

Hi! first of all, thans so much for the show! It’s incredible to find something so useful and almost free! I think you guys are introducing a new way of language learning!

I ‘d like to know why there is no vacabulary drill for this lesson
i was looking forward to the kanji for friend, house, toi, chikai

thanx again

Oops sorry this is the kanji for toi 遠い

Hi everybody!

Just a little question about the word for supermarket : is it “supaa” ? I wasn’t sure when I heard it, and didn’t found it on my dictionnary…

thanks

どうも ありがと

In the lesson “House” is being explained as uchi, but in the PDF it’s listed as “ie”??? That’s not even a noun…

おつからさまです！
よこ　＆　隣　they both mean “beside or next to” but is there any difference between the two ? or can they be used interchangeably ?

ありがとうございます！
ケビン

Hi guys!
Thank you so much for making all these lessons…they’re incredibly helpful! I was just wondering if there was ever a time when you would use “jitaku” instead of “ie” or “uchi”. I work at a Japanese high school and once when I was filling out some forms I was told to write “jitaku” for “my home”. Is that ever used in conversation? Or just on official paperwork?
Thanks! =)