Intro
Tuesday, September 26th, 2006この記事の日本語版はこちらをご覧下さい
Welcome to my new blog! I’m currently teaching English in Japan, and in the coming months I’m going to be sharing my experiences and observations with you. In future posts I hope to give you an insight into what life in Japan is like (for me anyway), focusing on my interaction with the people and analysis of the language and culture.
As the title Big On Japan implies, I love this country. That doesn’t stop me from viewing things around me with a critical eye however, and I’ll be writing about both the positive and negative aspects of living here, regardless of whether they show the country in a good light or not.
Because of the subject matter I’ll be focusing on, Big On Japan will probably be of most interest to other gaijin (foreigners) living in Japan, as well as anybody with an interest in the country’s language and culture.
As this blog is about Japan though, I’d also like Japanese people to be able to read it and will therefore be including Japanese translations of my posts, as well as focusing on some aspects of English language and western culture that will hopefully be of interest to Japanese readers.
Of course, the risk of trying to write for two audiences is that as the old saying goes, ‘you can please some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time’. Never mind, I’ll just have to try my best.
Enjoy…
Majestyk.
Your homework:
What are the best and worst things about living in Japan?
Post your replies here, or email me at bigonjapan(at)gmail.com