Hi, I’m Seijiro. You can call me Seijiro sensei. I am a Japanese language teacher from Kumamoto, Japan. I currently live in Melbourne, Australia and I have been teaching Japanese since 2015. I speak Japanese and English. I like to climb mountains. I have climbed Mt. Fuji 3 times. My favourite food is Unadon (Eel and rice bowl) and I like anime and travelling too. I love meeting people from all over the world and learning about their culture and I’m interested in linguistics, anthropology, history, sociology, cognitive science and philosophy.
I would like to explain this blog. I have realised that among the many blogs for learners of Japanese that already exist, there are not many blogs that I find interesting. There are many blogs that deal with anime and Japanese pop culture or introduce grammar knowledge in an easy-to-understand way. However, there are not many blogs that introduce academic knowledge of Japanese history and culture. In addition, most articles on Japanese grammar on the internet only explain the grammar, and there are very few blogs that provide a linguistic or historical analysis of why the grammar is the way it is. In this blog, I would like to share the Japanese language, which has not been introduced very often so far.
I have also noticed that there are very few blogs that systematically summarise Japanese grammar using diagrams and other information. From my many years of teaching experience, I have researched how Japanese grammar can be organised and introduced. The systematic knowledge I introduce is highly appreciated by learners and will be useful in Japanese language examinations such as the JLPT.