Last month, when I was staying at the Stratosphere Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas Nevada, I discovered the most wonderful thing! TV Japan. NHK programming without subtitles or voice overs. Of course I really didn't understand all that much, but I was able to decently follow along. It was so much fun being able to watch real Japanese programing, which, since I've never been to Japan, I've never had the opportunity to experience. I do watch NHK World which we get on a local Utah channel, but now I wish I could get "TV Japan" as well. It seems pretty expensive, so I enjoyed the little bit I was able to see.
A kid show where they were singing about breakfast and bread ("Pan," they've borrowed the French word for it).
There are all these different types of programs! My favorite shows were the type of cultural or emotional programs where a celebrity watches with the audience, and you watch their reaction to what is being shown. They show up as little boxes with their faces showing (you can see that in the first and last image in this post). In the below picture these two guys were traveling in a town, and the show was live; the celebrity/person in the bottom left corner was commenting on what was going on while it was happening, and the two guys were talking to her as they visited a shrine, etc. Honestly it was pretty cool, and a fun way to learn, too.
Most of all it was fun realizing that I was able to pick out words every sentence or so. Makes me want to study harder.
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