Learn Japanese from other listeners of JapanesePod101.com!! Today we want to thank Minty Fresh-san and Frank-san from Canada for providing two great learning resources! Minty Fresh-san provided us with this hilarious video! I didn't know if they were serious or not, until half way through. Very, very funny! (first video) You definately want to see this! Thank you Minty Fresh-san! Please keep up the great participation! Frank-san provided us with this great article related to "Osu". This is an amazing article, well written, informative and well worth the read! We highly recommend that you check it out. Thank you Frank-san! Please keep the great participation coming! Appropriate Usage of "Osu" by: Rob Redmond

Today Natsuko and Sakura said: Osaka(Oosaka)・おおさか・大阪 Located in the Kansai region, located in the middle of Honshu Island, it is the third largest city in Japan with a population of 2.7 million. Osaka is the historical commercial captial of Japan. People are proud of and speak with a distinct dialect, Oosaka-ben, akan and honma are two popular words.

In today's lesson Sakura said, "Ohayou, Sapporo!" Sapporo・さっぽろ・札幌 - located in and is the capital of Hokkaido Prefecture, the second largest island and the largest prefecture of Japan. Famous for Sapporo beer, miso-flavored ramen, and the Sapporo Snow Festival held every year in February. Thank you for listening!

We received this great information about "Osu" from John-san in NY. "A little information on the word "osu". I have studied karate in New York for 8 years and osu is the way that karataka greet each other both in and out of the dojo." We will be looking into the orgin, so if anyone has any info, please keep it coming! Arigatou Gozaimasu! Thank you John-san Peter

Got the most, I-can't-believe-I-didn't-think-of-that email today from Jack-san. He went on to point out that the Japanese unlucky numbers 9+4 add up to 13! The unlucky number for us! Great catch Jack-san!� 晴らしい！（すばらしい・Subarashi!) Great thing there weren't auditions for my job! A huge Arigatou Gozaimasu to everyone out the who ituned in and then headed to the poll!!!!� 皆さんは凄いです！You guys are the best. Also thank you for the emails and feedback. Troy-san you're hired, please be at Narita at 12 noon Wed. to start your new position over here! A car will be waiting. Mouse Mouse (Nezumi, nezumi, ねずみ、ねずみ・� 、� ）Thank you for your すごい post! Absolutely awesome! I'm reading as I write this. Big Konnichi wa to everyone at work! Rudd-san!... Show more