Day 5 in London It's been almost a week since I have arrived in London. London is very beautiful. I am amased how people are diverse here. When you walk in the central area, you hear so many languages by people talking with friends, on the phone, etc. I came here alone so I had been feeling very lonely this week. But finally I could have met a Japanese girl who is living in the same building. She can't speak English at all, so she has been struggling rather than me. It reminded me of my days in Russia, and I really sympathised her. We went to the Couch Surfing BBQ together, but it seemed to be difficult for her to make friends there since the speed people talking was too fast for her. I recommended her to join Japanese learners club so she may be able to find someone she can be comfortable with. I am really hoping that she will enjoy her time here in the UK!

Looking for Tsugaru-Jyansen circle in the UK!

Hello, everyone.

I am Japanese woman who has just arrived to the UK recently and will be staying in London for 3 months.

I have learnt Tsugaru-Jamisen (Japanese instrument) in my hometown so I thought it would be great if there are some Tsugaru-Jyamisen circles and I could join(I didn't bring my instrument since it's heavy and was not sure if there would be places I could play. Just watching people practicing is fine).

I really appreciate if you could give me any information.

Thank you very much!

What do you think about passive aggressiveness of Japanese women? Hello, everyone. I'm Yuka, 32 years Japanese woman. I have ended up my relationship with non-Japanese man this spring.
He and I often talk about (it could be sort of argument sometimes) passive aggressiveness of Japanese women.
So I would like to know how you guys think/feel about the passive aggressiveness of Japanese women.
Of course it must be different where you grew up, culture, nationality, so I would appreciate if you mention about your nationality too.
I would like to hear your opinions as much as possible. 
Thank you very much!

My English study background 3 When I was 24 years old, I worked at board of education of a town as an ALT assistant. The town had 3 JET's ALTs there, but all of them left at the same time, so the town was worried about having new 3 ALTs at the same time. So they have decided to hire someone to help them until they would get used to live there. The job contract was for 6 months. I was happy I could work there. Thus, for 8 years since I was 21 to 29, I studied only American English because I worked and hung out with American people a lot. At the age of 29, I met a British man who became my best friend later. He was the first British who I became friends with, but I couldn't catch what he was saying at all for first couple weeks. To me, British pronunciation sounds so different to the American one. I started learning British English because I wanted to chat with him more. I bought some British English books, watched some British films and TV series. It’s been so much fun to learn differences between American English and British English. Now I love studying both :)

My English study background 2 When I was 21 years old, I got a job as an interpreter assistant. But I worked there for only 3 months. It was a Japanese construction company which had contracts with American main contractor. I went to the construction sites in the American air base in Misawa city, Japan, everyday. My job was setting up observation of American soldiers at the construction sites and translating plans. I really liked the job. I liked working with carpenters, electricians. They told me how to build scaffolds. But my boss was always upset with me staying at the sites too long. She told me off that we were not carpenters, we were site managers(I was an assistant). The director of the branch office was always angry too. My boss and the director always had arguments. 3 month later, I had an acute gastritis. I called an ambulance and I had to spend few days at the hospital. As soon as I left the hospital, I quit the job. I hated my boss and the director, but I loved other workers and the site manager of American company.

3rd April. 2017 I have a great news today! I was asked to be a tour guide for one day(or maybe two days) for Russian researcher in October! I wasn't motivated to study Russian recently since I don't have any chance to speak Russian here, in my hometown. So I haven't studied Russian language for a while. To be honest, I was even considering to give up studying Russian language. But now I have the reason to study Russian! I'm not christian, but it feels like it's a sign that I shouldn't give up. Though I believe that I can be a good guide since my first job was a tour guide(bus guide, in Japanese), my Russian is not good enough for now. I'll have to work on it very hard, and I hope I can go far enough in another 6 month! I'm so psyched !! X)

2nd April. 2017 My head was killing me. Sometimes I have terrible migraine. I couldn't get out of the bed for an hour after I woke up. I wanted to go to the swimming pool, but the migraine didn't get better, so I went to massage instead of swimming. I wasn't sure if it worked for the migraine, but I felt the knot have gone away at least :)

My English study background 17 to 21, with Australian teacher Besides mandatory classes at school, I started studying English when I was 17 years old. I went to the private conversation school which was run by Australian guy, once a week. I studied English there for 4 years since I was 17 to 21.

1st April. 2017 I love music. Not only listening, I also like playing instruments. Recently my best friend moved out, then he gave me his electric piano. I haven't played the piano for ages. I learnt(learned) how to play piano when I was 5 years old. But I quit soon. It wasn't fun at all. But now I know it's fun and it would be more fun if I could play better. I was going to go to the swimming pool in the evening, but I was watching a film(movie) and then it was already the time I had left. Even though I was heading to the swimming pool, I could swim only for 5 minutes. So I didn't go. It was a good relaxing day but I should be more careful to watch time.