About Us

はじめまして!Nice to meet you!

Thank you very much for coming to our website!! I'm Masashi Harada, the main author of this website! I am a Visiting Assistant Professor at Grinnell College, and I teach Japanese and Japanese linguistics as well as doing research on linguistics (see my academic website). We will do our best to help you better understand Japanese language and culture, and love Japan even more!!!

In my spare time, I enjoy cooking ~~~ 🍣🍛🍙

2023 -: Assistant Professor in Japanese (tenure-track) at Williams College
2022 - 2023 : Visiting Assistant Professor in Japanese at Grinnell College
2022: PhD in Linguistics at McGill University
2017: MA in Linguistics at the University of Kansas
2014: BA in Linguistics/Education at Waseda University
2011: Japanese culture intern at Taiwan

My name is Nicole, a Japanese language learner LIKE YOU! I will feed learners' perspectives in the topics and contents of this website!

2019: MA in Educational Psychology at McGill University
2017: BA in Linguistics at Fudan University

I'm Choppa! I've got this name because I'm as cute as Chopper, a reindeer in a Japanese anime One Piece (see below). I will ask Masashi various questions on your behalf!

2022: I joined in my current family!

Chopper

2022年7月14日