This week we interviewed Shibuya Kaho 澁谷果歩, ex-JAV actress and content creator who was also previously a guest on the Trash Taste ! We hear about her current projects, how she learned English, her favorite content, anime, and more. youtu.be/wKBBz34q1L0

just uploaded a video of how I initially passed the JLPT N1 in just one year. probably one of my highest level production/effort video yet. would appreciate it if you checked it out! youtu.be/x6_HYOaunmE

Legend says a special dog stares upon the KoreKara logo somewhere in Shibuya..

have not uploaded on KoreKara Podcast in 6 months yet views are suddenly spiking lol. is it time to upload again

For my Japanese learners out there, I'm introducing the KoreKara newsletter where I will send you weekly immersion content, Japanese tips, and interesting words to accelerate your progress. First e-mail will go out next week but you can sign up now! 🧑‍💻 Link below👇

You won’t get fluent just by immersing in Japanese 24/7. You have to speak to natives, make mistakes, and actually make the language a part of your life. Yes, listening and reading are important - but speaking is arguably even more so. Enough with Anki, go use your Japanese.

Anki should be used in the same way athletes take supplements for working out. It can accelerate your growth, but it can never replace the real work that needs to be done, which is death by a 1000 cuts talking to natives in real life.

It doesn’t matter how far you are along with your Japanese, you might as well sign up for the JLPT N1. Chances are setting a deadline will get you further than if you didn’t know where you were trying to go.

When I first spoke Japanese with a native speaker after immersing for months, I was terrified. I felt like I would be exposed for not being fluent in Japanese, and was ultra careful with not making mistakes. No matter how hard I tried I knew they could instantly tell I sucked

Ignore people that tell you Japanese is hard and that you’ll never be fluent. Language is complex, grammar is hard, but the steps to fluency are simple and straightforward. Millions of people have done it before you and millions of people will do it after you. The only people

”I can understand anime, but I don’t know how to properly order food in Japanese” Do you resonate with this? That was me when I first started out learning Japanese. I had been grinding Anki-ing hard, 10-30 words a day, immersion for 2-4 hours a day, and doing my best to talk