Hi, my name's Will. I have visited Japan three times now. Most recently for five weeks in March and April of 2024 to visit friends and to do some backpacking and camping! I also spent seven months there on a working holiday visa before COVID sent me home :'( I really enjoy learning Japanese and would like to live there again for a while. I studied it to an intermediate level at university but have lost a lot of my grammar and speaking skills. The one thing I consistently do is study kanji with Wanikani - I know about 500 kanji! This is frustrating because when I try to read manga I recognise the kanji but not the grammar structures... I am using Bunpro to help me remember the grammar rules I once learned from the Genki textbooks. I would love to have a teacher on Italki who I talk with once or twice a week, to help me with my speaking and to prepare for the JLPT exam - I aim to take the N3 by December and am committed to working hard to get it.