Robins Japan

I did it, I was back at my language school in Tokyo. It just took me 3 years to do so. I had some extra holiday cause of changing my job, so it was my chance to come back. This time only two weeks. I was actually nervous cause I studied Japanese mainly by myself in the last years and didn't know which class I would fit. Beforehand I did an online test which already pointed out my weaknesses: grammar... At the first day at school I did another test plus an interview to check my level. So my vocabulary were good, my kanji knowledge, my listening and talking but my grammar pretty much sucked. I had the choice to enter two different levels. I chose the higher one and got additional homework to match up with my classmates. But even the higher Level was much lower what I studied in my current book. But it was good. Through the test I found out I cheated my way around many grammar rules and in the class I finally understood some important points. Apparently I was not the only one in

So this year I'm in Tokyo in December and will return shortly before Christmas to Germany. First I thought, here I will feel less of a Christmas spirit then at home. I was soo wrong. So while in Germany we have of course the Christmas markets and much dekorations outside, the Japanese seem to enjoy the decorating even more. Nearly everywhere I go there is Christmas dekoration, the staff has Christmas accessories, there are special Christmas offers, special Christmas food and some places have really beautiful illuminations. Ah and don't forget that you will hear mainly Christmas songs in the cafés or departments. In some places there are even Christmas markets. But i haven't yet time to visit one due to of a busy schedule (I'm studying Japanese at a school this trip) and a cold. But my Christmas spirit feeling here is quite higher than I expected. We will not stay for actual Christmas here. While the decoration here is really good, the Celebration is different. Fo