アドラービリーの日本語のブログ

I found some photos from my 2012 Japan trip.  I thought it would be cool to share these photos. Tuna being carted away at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo. Riverfront in Osaka My school group and I outside Osaka Castle. Close-up shot of Osaka Castle. Cherry blossoms outside Osaka Castle. The Umeda Sky Building in Osaka. Close-up shot of the Umeda Sky Building. Okonomiyaki. おいしい。 Cherry blossoms in Kyoto at night. A backstreet in Kyoto at night. Riverfront in Kyoto Torii (temple-gate) at the Fushimi-Inari Taisha Shrine (Fox Shrine) in Kyoto. Me at a walkway near the Fushimi Shrine. Me and my school group at the Fushimi Shrine. The Kinkaku-ji (Golden Pavillion) Temple in Kyoto. Me and my school group outside the shrine at Nara Park. Deer at Nara. Sign at Nara warning the deer aren't as friendly as they look. Imperial Palace Garden in Tokyo. じゃあ、また。

Kon nichiwa mina! (Hello, everyone!)  My name is Billy (ビリー) Adler (アドラー).  I am a sophomore from Los Angeles, and I am half-Japanese.  Japanese has had an influence in my life ever since I was a child, so bear with me; my reasons for studying Japanese may require a long explanation.  To make a long story short, here is an abridged version of why I want to study Japanese: I grew up listening to my mom and grandparents speaking to each other in Japanese all the time.  When I was younger, I sometimes wondered what my mom and grandparents were saying to each other, but I really didn't pay much attention to what they were saying.  In kindergarten, my mom put me into Japanese Saturday classes.  I actually did study Japanese from kindergarten to fifth grade, however, I didn't really want to study Japanese, so I didn't learn as much Japanese during those five years as I should have (I admit I have forgotten most of what I learned).  Although the Japanese classes did not convince