Hello everyone!!! Thank you for watching!! 😇 I hope you enjoyed my off-key singing 😆 I was thinking about doing a Q&A video about Japanese since I get a lot of questions about it!! So, let me know down here in the comments or by sending it to me on Instagram (@allistudy)! Can be anything related to learning Japanese or in that general realm 🥳

@dianebaker5243

2 жыл бұрын

What is your favourite time of year in Japan please. P.s.loved your new sandals. 👍🥰

@adamc4784

2 жыл бұрын

What minimum level of JLPT do you recommend for a leg up in getting into the JET program, if any?

@anniebush21

2 жыл бұрын

What types of courses/programs do you suggest foreigners should be taking when moving to a school in Japan?

@anniebush21

2 жыл бұрын

Is living in Japan hard for someone who isn't fully fluent in Japanese?

@jules6259

2 жыл бұрын

How do you afford living alone in Tokyo while being a full time student? Did you get any scholarships?

I'm in my early 30s and single and I absolutely LOVE doing things alone. I agree there's something so freeing about just living life as you choose without needing to comrpomise with anyone else.

Girl, you sing so damn well!

@AllisoninTokyo

2 жыл бұрын

🥺💕

14:41 the guys in the chair the put the ✌️ sign up so coolll!!

hey, i have been watching all your vlogs on repeat for the last two weeks now. i really enjoy them. thank you for your videos! they are calming and interesting and its nice to see you having fun and living your life. :) makes me feel happy!

Hey Allison! I'm a PhD student moving to Japan soon to work at a Japanese university. I've been really anxious about the idea of getting lonely living by myself, but watching your videos has made me feel a lot better about the whole thing. Thank you for sharing your experience! ☺ (p.s. I also love Genshin!)

Tokyo is so beautiful 🥲🥲 I’ve lived in the suburbs my entire life and living in a walkable city is such a dream to me

@AllisoninTokyo

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I grew up in the suburbs so I totally understand 😭 it is nice

Thank you for always bringing positive vibes 😊😊 Sometimes I feel lonely in Osaka, and your video made my day

Living in Germany was the same situation with groceries. I used a huge hiking backpack including two quality grocerie bags each run.

I think this is the first comment I'm leaving on a video with this account in the seven years that I've had it haha. I just had to say that I love your videos and binge-watching them has been such a comfort. As someone who still gets super anxious about having to go anywhere or do anything alone, it's so cool seeing the other side of it. Thanks for being you! :-)

I totally agree, living alone teaches you so much about yourself!

@AllisoninTokyo

2 жыл бұрын

I am a new person 🙏😇

Allison, thank you for this video. You inspired me to try Karaoke, I will go with my 27 yr old daughter or by myself! I always wanted to try this but thought I needed to be a part of a group to do that. So I love that you went by yourself! Thank you!

Not only are your videos wholesome, you’re an awesome singer!

I love the walking around the city, how lovely. More please.....thanks

I just discovered your channel the other day. I also live alone in Tokyo and it’s so nice to see other people doing almost the same things I do alone 😄

Solo karaoke! Who knew!?! What fun!!!

i love your outfits you're so pretty!! i love your videos and can't wait to watch them everyday :))

I much prefer to do things alone instead of going with someone or in a group with others. Mostly that is due to a psychological condition I have but I am never truly alone thanks to having my service dog with me. I have been longing to go places with others recently though but that is because I have done pretty much everything local by myself and want to share with people what I have found.

I love your vlog style! Your personality and the way you talk is really funny and easy to listen to. This will be great inspiration for me when I move to Japan and start vlogging 🥳 p.s. Your singing voice is very lovely

@AllisoninTokyo

2 жыл бұрын

thanks so much 🥺

Love your videos. Love your adventurous spirit and independence.

Thank you Allison, and my DVD K Missing Kings just ended.😊

I still have a long way to go in my Japanese learning journey but I am curious to ask about writing and journaling in Japanese. I’ve seen some Japanese learning channels recommend trying to journal in your target language and/or write down thoughts in your native language and translate them into your target language. I’m having a hard time getting to the level of expressing myself in Japanese and I can’t imagine how hard but also fulfilling it must feel to be able to write a paper in Japanese. Anyway, I am just wondering what are your thoughts on writing and journaling in Japanese, how you approach remembering and increase vocabulary, and how you began authentically expressing yourself in Japanese. Also, it’s truly inspiring to watch your videos. It’s a gift to be able to get your insight on living in Japan and being a grad student in Japan. I hope to eventually go to Japan for grad school in Ethnomusicology. Thank you for being an inspiring example. I’m glad your presentation went well! Many thanks!!

OMG. That meal looks so good !!!!!

I really enjoyed this video. Your lemon cake looked yummy. Thanks for sharing 👍😊

I just learned the word hitori today so I got so excited when you talked about hitokara( what a fun way to learn another new word!!)

these are my favourite kind of video you do. yay!!!

@ryanbrown7440

2 жыл бұрын

(but to be clear all your videos are great :))

I really love your videos! Keep it up :)!

05:07 Oh DAYUM, the watermelon popsicle!!! Now I know you are my people.

You’re an amazing singer! Love your videos. I lived in Japan as a student in the 80s when I was your age so your videos are so very natsukashii! ❤

Good job on the cake! Wonderful vlog as always, looking forward to next week! My question: thoughts on sports anime? 🥰

I envy you so much! Not just that you get to live in Japan, but you can use japanese to get around and you can enjoy the culture at any time. Also I agree with what you said on being alone and I sometimes think that today people tend to underestimate the importance of me-time. You can learn so much about yourself by just being on your own, so I admire you for putting it out there as it seemingly isn't very in-style to spend time alone at the moment, which is the wrong way to go about it I think. I love your videos and thanks for the hard work you put in to edit them and show us around Tokyo!😊

i really enjoyed the video , i think i will watch your videos more often , i really this type of videos

Watching from rainy Salem, MA. This cheered me up. Love your videos! Looking forward to more like this one too as I thought about living in Japan - alone too.

@AllisoninTokyo

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! ☺️

Your videos are always a breath of fresh air and gives me hope that one day I too can have a life in Japan :) Thanks for sharing your life on here- I don't know how you make time for youtube, school, and work!

@AllisoninTokyo

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!! Some weeks it can be hard to fit everything in, but since I enjoy making the videos I try my best 😩🔥

This was such a lovely vlog! I really enjoy watching how you spend your days, it seems like you live a charming life in Tokyo 💖 I really want to do some hitokara now hahah

@AllisoninTokyo

2 жыл бұрын

thank you 🥺 hitokara lifestyle 😎

Okay, so I just stumbled upon your channel, and your vids are like so refreshing and calming and its like not tooo much compared to other vloggers. lol ☺💖

@AllisoninTokyo

2 жыл бұрын

thanks so much 🥺

ほっこりと温かくなる動画でした。

I felt that in my soul when u said you're buying a hand mixer after this😂

I WANNA GO TO KARAOKE ALONE IN TOKYO SO BAD

you as a student.... i felt that!! all during my undergrad i would do assignments/papers the day of or night before haha!! love to see i'm not the only one who works best under pressure (or believes so)

@AllisoninTokyo

2 жыл бұрын

Believes so is key….😂

Love watching your videos, a great way to end a super chaotic 6 straight days at work. That cake looks so good! If you want to avoid overbrowning next time you can tent it with foil when it's about as brown as you want it to be. Looking forward to the next video!

@AllisoninTokyo

2 жыл бұрын

Wow 6 days, good job 😳! That's a good idea!! Everything in my oven always cooks too quickly on the top 💀

Karaoke alone is a mood

I really enjoyed this video! I really love the fact you do ヒトカラ, i will 100% do this when I am able to move to Japan. I love that you also don't like ordering drinks when a person has to deliver them to your room because of the awkwardness, haha I am the exact same. My question about learning Japanese would be: how do i get more confident with speaking? I am ok when it comes to reading and writing (probably around the lower N4 level so i am still a beginner) but when i have to speak i just kind of freeze and forget all vocab or the wrong words come out and just end up sounding really silly. How did you get speaking practice in the beginning? and how did you get confident speaking? :)

Cake looks delish!

HELLO HAVEN'T FINISHED THE VID YET BUT THAT SINGING DANG GIRL, you've got some power there!!

@thembugs

2 жыл бұрын

Man but I hope I can be like you when I get over there. My mood keeps swinging around after being upgraded, and I'm currently thinking about how I really am gonna be all by myself in a foreign country for at least a year, without even classmates to be semi friends. I really hope I'm able to grow like you did!

@AllisoninTokyo

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🥺🥺 Don't worry about it!! The first few months may be difficult but you'll definitely make some friends and find a rhythm eventually!

Do you have a video on tips like living alone like savings and perks of being independent ☺️?

when you talked in @10:10 I felt that's the deepest thing I ever heard .. Thanks for the lovely words^0^

Maybe we have this in common--living alone doesn't bug me at all (do your students ever say, "Oh, you live alone? Do you drink every night?" Bc I got that A LOT, lol.) But one time a friend came to visit me and stayed at my place for about two weeks. It wasn't a romantic thing, just friends. But after he left I felt devastated!! It was so weird. I thought, What is wrong w me?? But after a couple of days I was back to normal. And now, whenever my husband leaves on a long trip, it's the same thing. I cry, I hold his pajamas and lie on the bed...but again, after a couple days, I'm fine. It mystifies me. It's embarrassing.

omg. that karaokae bit was wild. Where was it? Gonna go next japan trip

Charming! Did you bake the cake using a toaster oven?

newer subscriber, so sorry if you've mentioned it in another video (trying to catch up on them all!!), but how long did you study Japanese before moving, and was it enough to get around on your own by then? edit: ahhh genshin!!! :)

I read in the description box that you what kind of jobs are available for work as a grad student in Tokyo if I may ask?(I’m applying for graduate school there and already thinking about the future like I got accepted 🤦🏻‍♀️😅) thank you and I really enjoy your vlogs they’re so relaxing!

your videos are

@AllisoninTokyo

2 жыл бұрын

thank you so much 🥺 I use the free version of DaVinci Resolve!!! Considering migrating to a paid one soon though 😭

I would love to move to japan one day

On the subject of doing things alone, I relate to that so much. I used to *dread* eating alone at the campus cafeteria bcuz I didn’t want to be seen by anyone I know. I would always just buy food to eat in my room instead. People are usually out with friends in groups where I’m from so I always felt so out of place for being alone. I agree it’s a loooot easier to do things alone in Tokyo (travelled there alone few years back). I’m better at “being seen alone” now hahaha funnily bcuz I had to go for my Japanese classes & have lunch alone every week (weekly training 😂). Another nice vlog, thank you for sharing tidbits of your life with us! 🙆🏻‍♀️❤️

@AllisoninTokyo

2 жыл бұрын

Yesss I felt the same way in college 😭 I'm glad you've gotten used to it more 😂 Having to eat lunch at work alone in college was my training 😆

i also live up a hill from the supermarket🥲so thought i'd suggest getting one of those personal shopping trolleys where its like a tall bag with a handle and two wheels!!.. i have one and it has helped a lot with getting everything i need in one go ;-;

@AllisoninTokyo

2 жыл бұрын

I thought about it but I usually stop there on my way home so I don't think I'd use it really 😭😭 They looks super helpful though 🥺

Wow！I come so early！

Awesome Video

I've done Karaoke many times in Los Angeles, but strangely never in Japan. Do they have any English songs. I guess I assume I won't be able to sing any of the modern Japanese songs and they might not have many English songs.

💙💙🌸

omgggggg i had to pause the video because i was like "wait that station is so familiar!" is it Ka------i? ahhahha

@AllisoninTokyo

2 жыл бұрын

haha it is!!!! don't worry I'm not doxxing myself, I don't live there 😂😂

What would be a good tip for memorizing Japanese words? I live in South Africa where there is no Japanese at all. I learn words and forget them because I don't get to practice using them....help😖🙈

@isabellasansome2814

2 жыл бұрын

Ok sorry this is going to be a long comment but I hope this helps. I’ve found that doing spaced repetition flashcards is really helpful, the spaced repetition aspect is that it changes how often the card shows up/the length of time it takes before the card shows up again based on how difficult you found the card. It’s good because the cards you find easy get longer and longer intervals, while the ones you find difficult stay frequent. Also if you miss a card you usually find easy, then it makes it more frequent again etc. The most common app for this is Anki, it’s free on desktop and a small price on mobile. The user interface is pretty minimal, but it’s really easy to make it prettier with add-ons (it also has add-ons to support furigana readings above the Kanji characters if you need that). It also has a bunch of decks made by other people that you can download, like the Core 2k/6k decks (basically the 6000 most commonly used words in a newspaper I believe, so you could theoretically pick up a newspaper and read it nearly perfectly if you memorised all the words), I also use decks with the JLPT N5 vocab as a focus, or you can make your own. It’s a great way to practice regular recall without having other people to practice with. I’d also recommend Drops which is a mobile app for vocab, the free version has 5 minutes every day, and it’s quite generous with giving extra minutes for keeping your activity streak going etc. I like it because it has a bit more of a game feel to it, it has more of a multiple choice format to it, and with it requiring just 5 minutes it’s a great way to integrate it into your daily routine. I always find it’s the regular practice that helps keep it in your head so this is an easy way to keep Japanese at the forefront of your mind. Duolingo might also be in the same vein as this, but honestly I do have my issues with the Japanese course on there, and I think generally it’s better as a supplemental tool rather than your core way of learning. Otherwise, things like JapanesePod101, both the podcasts and the youtube channel have some good stuff. I’ve just been doing an N5 listening practice exam they have, testing yourself is always a good form of active learning. Immersion is great, are there any Japanese songs you like? Look up the lyrics in Japanese, see if you can see any familiar words. When you pull up the English translation, are there anymore you can see now you know what words to look for? Go through each line and translate it, see how it all clicks together: the words, the grammar etc. Say the words out loud to practice pronunciation and maybe try writing out the words as well to get better at writing. You could do the same for Japanese books or anime, any type of Japanese media really. I do find this is better when you’re a bit more proficient so you’re not looking up every single word, but it’s a good way to immerse yourself without natives around you. Plus it helps to put the words into a more practical context, rather than just learning them in theory you now have an application of how they are used and that can help them stick in your mind. I would also suggest language exchange apps that let you connect with native speakers, but honestly that idea freaks me out so I’ve never tried it, ah social anxiety 🙃. But yeah I hope that one of these methods helps, I think the most important thing is just to keep doing a little bit but do it often.

the quality tho

New members from nepal.

aiba kunnn

Hi im always watching your videos. Im from Philippines Hope we can collab soon. Im from kanagawa🥳 I also want to make a day in my life nxt time hahaha😁

will you still be there next year "aug" moving there by next year for at least a year *FRIENDS! *i am a halfie btw but my Japanese isn't the best xD

Does everyone dress modest? No showing any skin even if it’s warm?

You are cute and I love your skin.

Anybody who goes to karaoke and chooses John Denver and the Carpenters in basically Japanese. I think it's time you started learning some enka! If I ever come to your neck of the woods, let's please go to karaoke together!! Yes, let's happy singing!

Hi, came to mind that to bring the groceries why don't you use a small cart (shopping cart for groceries) ? i bought one and it's my life saviour