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Category:Japanese Language

“The Cat Who Saved Books”
Categories Japanese Book Club Japanese Book Reviews

“The Cat Who Saved Books”

Japan FansPosted onFebruary 6, 2023February 6, 2023

In January 2023, the Japan Fans Book Club read “The Cat Who Saved Books” by Sôsuke Natsukawa. Japan Fan Elisa from Utrecht wrote a short book review.

Basic Japanese lesson 2
Categories Japanese Language

Basic Japanese lesson 2

Japan FansPosted onJanuary 17, 2023February 10, 2023

Upon popular request, we offer a free online beginner’s course in the Japanese language. This is the second part: Basic Japanese lesson 2.

Basic Japanese lesson 1
Categories Japanese Language

Basic Japanese lesson 1

Japan FansPosted onDecember 13, 2022February 10, 2023

Upon popular request, we offer a free online beginner’s course in the Japanese language. This is the first part: Basic Japanese lesson 1.

Autumnal Haiku
Categories Japanese Haiku Group

Autumnal Haiku

Japan FansPosted onDecember 6, 2022December 7, 2022

For those of you who did not know, yet: the Japan Fans Utrecht also organise a haiku group! This autumn, we asked some friends via our Japan Fans Mastodon group to write and send us their favourite haiku about the fall season. Please enjoy these three autumnal haiku.

10 tips to Write a Haiku
Categories Japanese Haiku Group

10 tips to Write a Haiku

Japan FansPosted onOctober 20, 2022December 6, 2022

Do you also love to read haiku, but feel overwhelmed to start creating them yourself? No worries, we got you covered! Here is our guide with 10 tips to write a Haiku.

Learn Japanese in Utrecht
Categories Japan Fans Community Japanese Language

Learn Japanese in Utrecht

Japan FansPosted onAugust 30, 2022December 13, 2022

Would you like to learn the Japanese language in Utrecht? Because we get so many questions about where in Utrecht you can take Japanese language classes (from English and from Dutch), we have created this page. This way you can contact the teachers directly, without intermediaries. Ganbatte!

Haiku for a cat
Categories Japanese Haiku Group

Haiku for a cat

Japan FansPosted onAugust 8, 2022August 9, 2022

A haiku for a cat written by Martine and read in our Utrecht haiku group. Dedicated to the “dojo cat”, that wanders around our dojo – the place where we practice budo – and one time jumped on her bike.

The Lost World Exhibition
Categories Japanese Book Club Japanese Events in The Netherlands

The Lost World Exhibition

Japan FansPosted onJune 6, 2022August 9, 2022

Maan means Moon and from the 16th of May onwards, she invites her audience to join her on a journey to the Land of the Rising Sun. This blog post is a personal reflection on the opening of Maan’s “The Lost World Exhibition”.

“The Travelling Cat Chronicles” by Hiro Arikawa
Categories Japanese Book Reviews

“The Travelling Cat Chronicles” by Hiro Arikawa

Japan FansPosted onMarch 11, 2022August 2, 2022

This month, the Japan Fans Book Club is reading “The Travelling Cat Chronicles” by Hiro Arikawa. Iqra is a Japan Fan from Pakistan who read this book (in English) and shares her impressions below. Thank you, Iqra! As John Butler explains (source), cats enchant the Japanese, who have a variety … “The Travelling Cat Chronicles” by Hiro Arikawa

Free Kanji Course – lesson twelve
Categories Japanese Kanji

Free Kanji Course – lesson twelve

Japan FansPosted onNovember 25, 2021August 2, 2022

Welcome to the eleventh lesson of our free online kanji course! With the help of carefully selected resources that are freely available online, we are going to remember all the kanji you need for JLPT level 5. Before we start with this lesson, let’s review all the kanji from the … Free Kanji Course – lesson twelve

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Japan Fans – Japanese Arts & Culture from the Centre of Utrecht

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