Nicholas' Journey to Japan

 こんにちは！ This week we learned how to talk about what we like in Japanese. Here are a couple of things I like: わたしわにんてんどのげえむとそぽおつがすきです。 Some of my favorite Nintendo games are the different Mario Kart, Pokemon, and Zelda games. I am currently playing Mario Kart World and Zelda Tears of the Kingdom. I also like sports. I grew up watching baseball, but since coming to ND I have been addicted to college football. I still occasionally watch basketball or baseball, but football is definitely now my favorite sport. I've heard that baseball is popular in Japan. I think it would be cool to go to a baseball game there! ありがとうございます。See everyone in class!

こんにちわ！Welcome back to my blog! Even though we have had just four weeks of class, I already feel like I am beginning to understand にほんご. I am proud that I can now introduce myself in Japanese, and I look forward to doing so when I visit Japan in less than a month. はじめまして。わたしわNicholasです。Nootoru damu だいがくのよねんせえです。わたしのせんこおはbiologyです。しゅっしんはVirginiaのViennaです。どおぞよろしくおねがいします。 This weekend, I watched My Neighbor Totoro by Studio Ghibli. This was one of my favorite movies growing up, so it was fun to rewatch it but with a new appreciation for the Japanese language. Even though I watched the English version of the movie, I was still able to see some hiragana throughout the movie, such as when the cat bus displayed the destination as "めい". I highly recommend My Neighbor Totoro to anyone who has not seen it yet, and I cannot wait to watch more Studio Ghibli movies! あっりがとうございます for reading my blog, and enjoy the Super Bowl!

こんばんは！Today I watched a video about Ghibli Park in Aichi, Japan. Studio Ghibli is one of the most famous and recognizable animation studios in the world, so it makes sense they would have their own theme park! Ghibli Park has many attractions modeled after scenes from their movies. I particularly liked seeing the cat bus from My Neighbor Totoro as that was one of my favorite movies growing up. After seeing all of Studio Ghibli's movies displayed I definitely need to go through and watch all their movies.  Here is the link to the video if you would like to watch it. Until next time! じゃあまた