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Location:Japanese Teahouse Shikoh-An   \nThe Speakers  \ngetting a job as well.  \nbecause you don't cause any bother for other peopleand they don't cause any bother for you.  \nMy First Encounterwith Japan  \nV:In Vietnam,there were a lot of companies thatgive you an extra salary allowance if you have a  \nA:I couldn't agree more.Rules make life mucheasier.  \nJLPT certification,so it's also  \nuseful if you want to get a  \nThe Shikoh-An cat,Mii-chan  \ngood job in your home country.  \nMy Great Discoveriesin Japan  \nVuong Thi Nguyet(V):I got interested in Japanwhen I was 17.I made friends with a Japanese girlwho was visiting Vietnam.We became pen friendsand I started to study Japanese because I wanted tounderstand more of what she was saying.We're stillgood friends today.  \nS:And the things llearned for  \nVietnam  \nthe test are really helpful for  \nmy daily life now in Japan.  \nV:I think so,too.The  \ngrammar I studied for N2 is  \nS:I like the residential areas in Japan.In China,mostpeople live in apartments,and only the wealthypeople own detached houses as their residences orholiday homes.Japanese detached houses may besmall but they are welllooked after,and the rows ofthose houses look so cute.I really like the peacefulscene of an old lady cleaning up the street in front ofher house every morning.That's why when myparents come to Japan I want to show them thestreet where l live more than the Tokyo Tower.  \nreally used a lot in  \nSyu Ensen(S):That's really nice.Japanese culturemade inroads into China early on and the TV dramasstarring actress Momoe Yamaguchi were popularamong my parents'generation.I really got into J-popwhen I was 12,and that made me want to knowmore about Japan.I'm off to a Morning Musume'sconcert today.  \neveryday conversation,and  \nwhen I'm talking with  \npeople at work I often  \nthink,\"Hey,that's straight  \nVuong Thi Nguvet (28)  \nout of an N2 paper!\"  \nJapan in 2010.Got a job  \na Japanese language  \nAnna Smiałek(A):I got interested when a friend ofmine told me about Japanese pop culture.I liked theanime \"Gin Tama\"and would watch it very often.  \nPhrases that ReprsentJapanese Culture  \nschool for a year.  \nCurrently works at a  \nV:There's no litter in the streets of Japan and thetowns are really clean.And I really admire the waythat the Japanese always keep their homes so clean.In Vietnam,there's a lot of litter in the streets,soit's  \nvocational college.  \nEnjoys watching  \nWhy the JLPT isWorth It  \nher day off.  \nV:What amazed me when I came to Japan was howoften I hear the phrases \"'m sorry\"and \"thank you.\"Those two phrases are not used lightly in Vietnam.InJapan,parents even use them to their children.S:We don't use them much in China either.Forexample,we use the phrase \"sorry\"only when weare clearly in the wrong.When I was back in Chinaand inadvertently used it to attract the attention ofa shopkeeper like I would in Japan,well,itcompletely floored him.  \nbeen a good lesson for me.  \nChina  \nA:I like going for a stroll through the  \nShinjuku Gyoen National Garden.It has  \na big,peaceful Japanese garden,and is  \nS:I majored in Japanese at a university in China andwe had to pass the JLPT Level 1 (the old test)tograduate.I found it hardest to study for the listeningsection.In those days I didn't have much chance tohold conversations in Japanese,and a lot of the testquestions were from everyday conversation,so itwasn't just the grammar.I tried to get a grasp ofJapanese daily life and culture,for example,bywatching Japanese TV dramas.  \nreally relaxing.I've just arrived in Japan,so  \nI'm really looking forward to seeing and  \nexperiencing lots of different aspects of  \nJapan.I haven't tried a hot spring bath yet,so that's  \nsomething I want to do.  \nV:I really recommend that.They make you feel so  \nSyu Ensen (27)  \ngood.Mind you,I was embarrassed at first because  \nA:We use both of 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