Why I want to speak good Japanese When I was in second grade we took in a Japanese exchange student! I heard so many cool stories and have been fascinated with Japan ever since! Now I am going to live in Japan for a whole year next year! It's so close! I am very excited to go, but my Japanese is definitely not very good. And I want to be able to have a good trip and make friends without the language barrier being a problem! I hoPe I can learn more here because all I know right now is introducing myself and a few little things! I want to be better but the question is: where do I go from here and how do I get there?