Read Real Japanese!

I decided to put together an informational video about different methods that I have used to study Japanese. Obviously, everyone learns in different ways but I really wanted to showcase a few things that have done wonders for me. In particular, I wanted to showcase a book from Kodansha titled 'Read Real Japanese Fiction,' which is an excellent book that came out last year. It includes short stories (both in Japanese and English versions) from:
Hiromi Kawakami (川上 弘美)
Otsuichi (乙一)
Shinji Ishii ( 石井)
Banana Yoshimoto (よしもと ばなな)
Kaoru Kitamura (北村薫)
Yoko Tawada (多和田葉子)

Here's the official site from Kodansha for that book:
http://www.kodansha-intl.com/books/html/en/9784770030580.html

I also go over some other reading materials, such as different textbooks (the genki books), manga, japanese books, and video games. There's also a bit about electronic dictionaries and my favorite Kanji dictionary. Hopefully something in this video inspires you to find your own to better study the Japanese language. 頑張りましょうね。

more info on the New Nelson Dictionary:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Nelson_Japanese-English_Character_Dictio...

Online Japanese-English dictionary that I like:
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?1C

my blog, now with new updates and links on the side for teaching in Japan:
http://www.tokyoswan.blogspot.com

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[Jailbreak5150]

@DongripO he died of pancreitous? If thats how you spell it

[EMPERORMIKI]

@donGripo no I did not know him personally but found his videos (esp. the tokyoswan and iwateswan series) to be quite enjoyable and began watching his videos in late 2008. They are well made and very interesting I think and you should watch the videos when you can. He also posted many reviews of Japanese horror films and literature FYI. It is very sad what happened of course but his videos are still up and I'm sure he'd be quite glad about that.

[donGripo]

@EMPERORMIKI Did you know him? What happened? Very sad he was way too young to die. RIP and thank you for this informative video

[maddyK17]

Thank you so much! This is much more realistic!

[gohanDaniel1]

@MrAndy4587 i have heard of this My Japanese Coach it a great way to help your Japanese go to amazon and get yourself one

[MrAndy4587]

ok my question is how can i get some of theese books cos i certainly cant go 2 japan to get them sumone reply plzzz im really interested in learning japanese i pretty much have hiragana down but im not 100% yet soo any help wud be great

[shounenbat510]

@LifeFirst That's what I did. I bought the ICO novel because I already was familiar with the characters and story, and just looked up pretty much every word and every grammar point as I went through it. Vocab came easier than the grammar, I'd say, but it was worth it.

[steva30]

RIP buddy  wow

[TheFiremaster131]

Oh my god. I am so sorry. He looked so young.