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Learning Japanese with Snacks # 1 - Koala's March (コアラのマーチ)

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These snacks were bought in Paris at the Japanese district These bite-sized cookies are very light and not too sweet.  You can get chocolate or milky strawberry filling.   Artificial strawberry flavors in Asian snacks are particularly tasty! And with the koala stamps on each cookie, you get the cuteness factor as well.  That's the beauty of the Japanese food industry!

Practicing some Japanese with Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp

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Video games are a very fun and challenging way to practice languages. I am currently in the beginning stages of learning Japanese so, needless to say, there are multiple books and resources online that are excellent tools to help build up vocabulary and grammar for beginners like me. However, on days when motivation is lacking, that's when video games come into play! T hey are a great way to get a couple minutes of studying on days when you're not really feeling up to it.  I've already been leisurely studying a bit of Japanese through "Game Grammar"'s videos on YouTube where he plays games such as Animal Crossing and Pokemon, as well as the Japanese Game Analysis series on the YouTube channel "Learn Japanese from Zero!". I really enjoy these videos and greatly appreciate the precious help and entertainment they provide. That being said, nothing beats playing games first hand! I have always enjoyed the Animal Crossing series ever sinc...