Well folks, I finally found it. A Japanese class for clueless foreigners like myself! The class is an hour and a half once a week in Nishio, the next city over. It is taught by volunteers, so it is surprisingly inexpensive (2000 yen/year!), but there are enough volunteers that each student gets a one-on-one teacher. After my first class last week, I am practicing my hiragana (Japanese syllabary characters) and I am overusing introduction phrases to the point of driving my co-workers mad, originally with laughter, but now more with annoyance. Hajimemashite. Watashi wa Kara Pilon to mosh imas. Kara to yonde, kudasai. Over and over and over. Of course there is more, but I don't want to drive you mad as well! Well, maybe a little. I also learned that "kara" means a few different
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