Aussie in Japan

Welcome on board BWL

Can you speak Japanese? Isn't it complicated to understand Japanese people when you're a foreigner?

Take care,

Julien

I speak basic Japanese.  Most Japanese try to help you out by speaking slowly, using gestures or even speaking English.

I'm Australian too, married to an Australian living in Spain.  Japan, that is so exciting, I'd hope to visit Japan one day, I struggle enough with life in Spain and the small differences that blow my mind here.

Do you like sushi?  I miss sushi a lot, it is very rare here in Barcelona, there are a few places to go for it but nothing near my work.

Jaime.

Konichiwa & Hello BWL!

Where in Japan do you live? I lived in Kobe for three years and really enjoyed it, especially the food and art. What is hard to get used to for you?

Do you sometimes come across situations where you speak perfectly understandable Japanese, but nobody will understand you, because, they say, they don't understand English? That happened to me on numerous occasions. It never seizes to amaze me how expectation moulds perception.