Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! In today’s lesson, two friends are visiting Meiji Shrine, one of Tokyo’s most popular sightseeing spots! They’ve come all this way, so they decide to take a photograph in front of the big torī (gate) at the entrance of the shrine grounds. We have three grammar points today. One is the extremely useful sekkaku, which is used to express going to a lot of effort to do something (very Japanese). The others are -te ageru and nanta tte, which are covered in detail in the PDF. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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Learn Japanese & Have Fun at JapanesePod101.com! Today is the exciting conclusion of our Wasabi Kunoichi series. Last week Wasabi-chan discovered her kōchō-sensei (highschool principal) was behind all the missing wasabi. But now that she learned his secret, he has to eliminate her. What will happen to poor Wasabi-chan? Tune in to find out! After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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Eat Wasabi and Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Last week our intrepid ku-no-ichi went to a far away wasabi-batake (wasabi field) on a hunch that whoever was stealing the wasabi in Izu would probably go there. Strangely enough, her highschool principal eventually showed up in the field. What could he have come there for? You don’t want to miss this episode! Last week we covered -te iku, and this week we will look at a different use of -te iku. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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Learn to Speak Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Today we continue our story about Wasabi-chan. All the wasabi in Izu is missing and our intrepid heroine sets out for a wasabi-batake (wasabi field) to see if she can spot the culprit. Our grammar point is the construction -te kuru, used in this case to show doing an action and then coming back (last week was -te iku). After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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Learn Japanese on your own terms at JapanesePod101.com! Today’s story is about a high school student named Wasabi-chan. She came to her part-time job at the sushi shop only to find out that all the wasabi (Japanese horseradish) is missing!! Oh no! But that’s OK, because Wasabi-chan is secretly a ku-no-ichi (female ninja), so she might be able to get to the bottom of this. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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