It’s hot out side, the cicadas are making a racket, girls are dressed in Yukatas and letting off fireworks. It’s summer in Japan and perhaps one of the best excuses to slack off from posting anything on Learn Japanese Pod. Well, that’s the story I’m going with. However I thought I should post an update into what’s going on here at the Learn Japanese Pod Professional Recording Studio Language Learning Complex also referred to as “my kitchen”.

I think a quote from the Presidents of the United States Of America is fitting. “Moving to the country, gonna eat a lot of peaches”. It’s true as I am traveling to Yamanashi famous for peaches, beautiful lakes and of course Mount Fuji. I’m going to stay at the Solar Cafe which is part of the Earth Embassy, an organic farm and center for learning about Permaculture and sustainable lifestyles. I’ll be helping out my friend and owner Jake to do some farming, build a house and work on the Earthship project that fell by the way side recently. But I’m also going there to escape Tokyo for a while and recharge the batteries. The Solar Cafe has a spectacular view of Mount Fuji and some awesome hiking and biking trails. It’s going to be fun.

Also if you feel like paying us a visit then come along by all means. There’s a lot to do around there and the more the merrier. Don’t forget we are also doing the Learn Japanese Pod Party here on 29th and 30th August.

So drop me a line at info(at)learnjapanesepod(dot)com. You can also check out the Earth Embassy and Solar Cafe Facebook group or the Earth Embassy homepage for more info.

We’ll also be putting up a few podcasts soon so stay tuned! Take care and have an awesome summer!

Just when you thought it was safe to hang out in Tokyo, the beer pong monster is back to destroy the town. On the heels of the successful Beer Pong I comes Beer Pong II. It seems it has been so successful that it has become a regular night held every 3rd Saturday at the Ruby Room. So get your ping pong beer swilling ninja skills together, come out and enjoy the fun.

This is a continuation from the original Learn Japanese Pod Translation post. Basically we are behind scehdule with the new online lessons. Therefore in the mean time I was thinking about translating the first three lessons notes for the first three shows. The work load is pretty light, I doubt it would take more than half an hour to translate. Plus we can see if we can work together as a team and see what needs to be improved or added.

The texts to be translated are:

http://learnjapanesepod.com/01-show-notes/

http://learnjapanesepod.com/02-show-notes/

http://learnjapanesepod.com/03-show-notes/

Again, this shouldn’t take much time, 30 minutes tops. If you are interested please send an email to info(at)learnjapanesepod(dot)com with “Translation project” in the title. I will then send a group email to everyone so people can organize together. I wouldn’t want two different people translating the same page.

Please remember:

1) Submit final translations in HTML if you can

2) All you need to do is just change the English to your native language.

I will give credits to people on the translated pages so feel free to submit your own blog or website addresses to promote them on this site. Feel free to email me with your comments, questions and suggestions.

よろしくお願いします