Gaining Confidence in Speaking Japanese before Travel This article was created in partnership with Preply, who provided lessons for me to experience the platform ahead of my upcoming travels in Japan. All thoughts and experiences are my own. I began learning Japanese when I was 15, visiting Japan as a student with my high school and staying with a host family in Sapporo, Hokkaido. As a shy teenager, I wasn’t great at speaking, instead learning polite phrases like ‘hajimemashite/nice to meet you’...
