Anyone have any recos for learning introductory Japanese language and culture? (In NYC, in-person)

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Call the Asia society fora recommendation

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Fluent City is good too!

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Get yourself a NYPL card, they have free online language courses which can help supplement other things.

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Perhaps folks can provide more insightful answers if you give some more context? What’s the end goal? Just a basic overview and appreciation of the culture? Do you want to have remedial skills for interaction for a visit? Do you have a desire to maybe take a professional assignment there? Do you want to interact and show respect for a potential mate’s parents? Do you have a timeframe for this? Do you have a time limit on how much time you can spend per day/ per week / per month on this? Are you wiling to spend any money on this? Are you looking for just spoken language or writing as well? Are you a native English speaker? Have you ever taken another language? Are you opposed to some self study methods (like Duolingo or Rosetta Stone ) ?

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