any mums out there that have Japanese husbands?

[miku]

am looking for connections!!!
and where is that sakura39 when you need her??

Yes, I have a Japanese husband!!

Oops, sorry girls - just noticed this.
What's up, Miku?
don't think you sent in your details for MIJ..I did send a mail...
hahasan, do YOU know about MIJ? (blatant recruit-drive for new members)

Never heard of MIJ sakurarose. Can you tell me what it is please!

Its an online forum for non-Japanese women who are married or in a relationship with a Japanese man. Click on the link in my post of 04:21. There are over 900 members. Its a Yahoo group so you have to join Yahoo, but its easy to join. I am the co-moderator

Finally signed up I think, been so busy that my brain couldnt quite register that i would have to check the yahoo site to see if i had any mail.
cool.
where abouts are you hahasan?Im in North London, where i know lots of Japanese mums, and a few that are married to English men, but not Britishers and Japanese husbands.....we both have japanese nicknames, so you could be Japanese, or not????

Hi miku. My husband is the Japanese half, I'm not!! It's pretty unusual, I know! Are you Japanese? I'm in N3 by the way.

Im British.....my husbands the Japanese half too.Im in NW9, so that makes us neighbours.My dd goes to maeda gakuen, and now surpasses me in the Japanese lingo.....I try..!

Hi Miku, my ds is not old enough for school (only 1) but we are now thinking of taking her to some kind of Japanese lessons/group on a Saturday morning. I'm just wondering if you might know of any in the area so that she can start to mix with other Japanese children and learn the language.

yes sure....theres a playgroup in Finchley next to the library where lots of Japanese mums go,its a mother/toddler group, and not sure when its on but Ill find out for you.and get the proper address. watch this space!!!
oh, just re-read your msg, saturday morns....hm.Maeda gakuen do have sat school but its from 5yrs up I gather.Ill still ask around though.

Thanks miku. I know the building beside the library at Finchley Church End and I've seen Japanese mums going in there so that would be handy to where I live. Any info would be really useful, thanks.

I know that Ai can mean love, but it also means something else.....KANJI! its impossible!!!doesnt sound like run of the mill, but people pick different kanjis to create a name with a specific meaning. My dd name means 'beautiful chime' with 2 kanji combinations but also sounds very French, so very suitable for here too.
Hahasan, havent managed to get any info for you yet but am on a mission!!!

LOL Califrau!!!!glad you didnt try kanji cos we'd be here all week!!I only know 'ladies' n exit in kanji anyway!!!

hiragana is a syllable system....actually now ive re-read yer description of the letters....SPOT ON!!A-I-RA. ( the japanese dont have a la, so they use ra instead)
Im impressed at your descriptive skills

think I crossposted.YEH!!! I remember doing that too, and getting hopelessly lost, ending up miles away from where I needed to be, and missing the right trains.Glad i didnt start off in Tokyo, or I would been a total wreck!

dare I? yeh go on then!
HOW do you describe R the RN reindeer??

No, but i yearn to go to Japan constantly. It would be fabulous fro my graphic design. I adore the culture, well the media representation of the culture as obviously i have not had first hand experience of it. Just mostly Adam and Joe Go Tokyo! I'm so intelligent i know, i should write travel articles.

how do you do the RR bit? my sister wanted to learn sigh language and did it for a bit, n I remember trying it with my dd before she could talk-simple stuff like drink, eat etc.just tried to do the finger/chin bit......oh my this is way off the original thread, but fun!

i meant SIGN language.....