Japanese Videos: Beyond YouTube

  YouTube is an obvious place to look for Japanese videos and lessons, but I want to introduce you to two other sites that I find useful for learning Japanese. The first I'd like to mention is www.wonderhowto.com. Wonderhowto is a video sharing website that focuses on videos that will teach you how to do.. just about anything! Just type in "Japanese" in Wonderhowto's search bar, and all of your results will be relevant to learning Japanese. 

  The second site I recommend, you might be familiar with already; ニコニコ動画 (NicoNicoDouga). Nico is based in Japan and you can think of it as being Japan's version of YouTube. NicoNicoDouga is free to use for the most part, but there are a few videos that require you to purchase a premium membership in order to view them. I try to watch at least one video a day on Nico as part of my listening practice and I suggest that you do the same. In fact, stop using YouTube and replace it with NicoNicoDouga altogether if you want to take your Japanese studies to a new level. The total immersion of Japanese goodness will help you to learn faster! 

  *If you're not aware of it already, NicoNicoDouga requires that you sign up to their website before you can watch any of their videos. Since the sign up process is in full on Japanese, some of you may have trouble with it, but all is not lost, I plan on making a separate post about how to sign up with NicoNicoDouga soon, so check back often!*

*ニコニコ動画: http://www.nicovideo.jp/

*wonderhowto: http://www.wonderhowto.com/