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Learn about ice hockey in Japan and some of the best ice hockey fans in the world! Yes, there is ice hockey in Japan! In fact, Japan's nation team is quite strong team when compared with teams outside the perennial powerhouses of North America and Europe (Russia and Ukraine, included). More than that, ice hockey fans in Japan are absolutely AMAZING!! Today we introduce you to Asia League Ice Hockey, one of ice hockey's the best kept secrets with teams from Japan, Korea, and China, Kokudo Ice Hockey Team, and some of the best ice hockey fans in the world! You don't want to miss this edition. Asia League Ice Hockey Kokudo Ice Team�

Learn Japanese with Sasahara-sensei, the latest edition to the JapanesePod101.com team. We would like to officially welcome our new Grammar Guru, Sasahara Yuko- sensei. In our continuing quest to improve our lessons and provide our listeners with the best possible Japanese Language Learning Lessons possible, Sasahara-sensei is plays a crucial role in our structure. In addition to being a fully qualified Japanese Language teacher, she has over 5-years of experience teaching Japanese to foreigners. Her addition to our team is vital as all material we present has Sasahara-sensei's official "seal of approval."� We feel a responsibility to our listener's to provide fun and, at the same time, professional language education. We want you to feel... Show more

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

From everyone at Japanesepod101.com, Happy Lunar New Year!

Learn Japanese with podcasts and Videocasts! Yes, Japanesepod101.com videocasts are back and better than ever. Today we introduce you to the Japanese taxi, which we covered in Survival Phrases #5. This is some rare footage that you don't want to miss! To view the video please subscribe to Itunes Audio and Videocasts. Please keep the feedback coming! Currently available for itunes users only. Version for all users coming next week.

The newest edition to our team, Kazushi Takada, a graphic genius came up with our new logo! Please let us know what you think of it!

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 have amassed some really good video footage that is scheduled to be editted very soon, so Mou chotto matte kudasai. I actually got footage of a Japanese cab and of how the door opens. You don't want to miss this one. So just a little longer.

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