My little wish

[AsahinaKimi]

I want to visit Osaka again!

The last time I was there was when I was 6 months old to visit my grandmother in Osaka. I am not quite fluent, which is why I plan to go back to school in January. I need to learn to read Kanji, katakana and hiragana and improve my grammar and language skills. I also want to visit my cousin, Sachiko, who came to visit me in the USA when we were just about 15. She and I are the same age. I don't have sibblings and my parents live on the East coast. So to see my cousin again would almost be like having a sister!

Sachiko and Kimiko
She is a nurse at a major Osaka hospital now and has her own place. We still keep in touch though her English is not that good. She wants me to very much come visit her! I hope I can get my passport renewed and go visit her in 2011. By then my language skills should be improved. I wish I could see all of Asia..but right now, I hope to go to Osaka in a few years to visit. I so want to go!

Watashi wa Oosaka ni ikitai desuyo! Honto honto desu!

Ganbariyo!

[unpossibles]

1. very cool!

I'd love to go to Japan. Osaka looks very beautiful.

Good luck and have fun!

[AsahinaKimi]

8. Thank you

arigatouuuuuuuuuu!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear AsahinaKimi!

That is a very good wish, and I hope you get to live it!

Sounds like it would be really good for both of you, plus you get to see a beautiful place too...

Good luck, sweetie!

:hug:

[AsahinaKimi]

3. Thank you Peggy

Sachiko is such a sweet girl! I miss her! When she came to San Francisco I took her everywhere and we had such fun.

[marzipanni]

4. I got on a plane to fly from Massachusetts to California to visit my cousin 42 years ago

The rest is history, though I did spend a bit of time back east, too. I have three brothers, and no sisters, so she's my sister!
Where on the East coast do your parents live?

[AsahinaKimi]

6. My parents

Live in Long Island New York. He is a Dentist and my mom is his assistant. She gave up being an English Teacher to learn to become a nursing assistant.

[elshiva]

5. Your family is so lovely, including you!

Sachiko is a sweet name, too. :) :hug:

[AsahinaKimi]

7. awww ! Thank you so much..

That is sweet! Elshivia~san wa totemo yasashii desu ne! You are very kind.

[oregonjen]

9. I lived in Osaka for a couple of years

The whole Kansai area is wonderful. I hope you get to go!
Kyoto and Nara are amazingly beautiful.

Have you heard of the JET Program? That's how I was able to go and work there. That's the best way to learn any language, go and immerse yourself! Are you college age? Is there an exchange program where you are studying? I also went for a year to Waseda University in Tokyo through my university.

Best of luck! :hi:

[AsahinaKimi]

10. I have heard about the program

I really don't want to live there, as much as I just want to visit. If I can improve my skills enough before I go that will be fantastic. I hope after doing well to go back to school and start learning Korean. It would really be great to speak to my other grandmother in her own language.

[oregonjen]

11. I love watching Japanese dramas

Another good way to brush up your skills. Do you know this website? http://www.mysoju.com/

[AsahinaKimi]

12. Yes but

I usually watch them from a private website, whose name I will not reveal, as they have some great stuff from Asia, and don't wish their free streaming programs to be taken down. They have a vast Asian library of programs, from movies to drama. They even feature some films from the Philippines and have some Taiwan dramas.

I know its a great way to help my language skills..because I do try to listen to what is said and check the subtitles for verification. (I know not all the subtitles are accurate, but they are pretty close, and I check on things I am not sure about.)

[Lydia Leftcoast]

15. Waa, sugoi!

Sonna saito ga aru to wa shiranakatta.

Doumo arigatou!

[kimi]

13. I hope you get to go soon

my family lived at Misawa AB for a few years, and we learned to love Japan. The snow monkeys, the wild ponies, the festivals, all of it, and we have Japanese friends there too, so we want to visit again. And one of my cats is named Kimi, since we lived there. I always wanted to see Osaka, I imagine it's beautiful.

[AsahinaKimi]

14. Osaka is one big beautiful city

[AsahinaKimi]

16. Arigatou Mina san

Watashi nara dekiru. Jinbun o Shinjiru wa! Ganbariyo!
(I can do anything. I believe in myself.. I will do my best)

[AllenVanAllen]

17. May your wish become reality.

Very soon! :hi:

[AsahinaKimi]

18. Hai !!

:hi: arigatouuuuuuuuuu!! Sank yooooooooooooooo!!!