Hello there,
since this is my first post I'll introduce myself. If anyone feels like, I'd be glad if someone would look over it and point out possible mistakes/bad style. I'll also provide a translation with what I intendet to say.
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Translation:
I'm 25 years old and live in Germany. The constant in my life have been drums, which I practice multiple hours each day, I have an open musical mind and play anything from Jazz over Disco all the way to Metal. I've always been fascinated by Japanese culture and started learning the language 4 years ago. In fact I have so much respect for this country I wouldn't want to bother anyone with horrorble Japanese, so I've coupled my time of visit with the moment I achieve JLPT1 level. My method of study is quite odd, you may think: I've been memorizing the Jouyou kanji table and try to allocate what I hear to kanji when doing listening practice. It's important for me to be able to write kanji from memory, I've always found them quite aesthethic, I remember being amazed seeing shodo as a child, as I am today. I spend around 2-3 hours a day writing down new vocabulary and reviewing previously written flashcards. By now I have produced around 10000 flash cards of english words, whose Japanese translation i could recite after 8 months without reviewing the individual card (the last step of my spaced repetition circle, which is 2-10-50-240 days). Here is a picture of my workspace using a fude and fountain pen if anyone is interested:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1qZ7CJHFqt89K7nRNjSELpXLIwauTRaHMI understand about 80% of what I hear or read by now, so I am quite confident with my endeavors, however I have to admit when it comes to the active part I'm quite slow, but this route of practice has proven to be working for english, so I think it will come naturally with Japanese aswell once I get to talk more frequently.
My favortie Japanese artists would be Masamune Shirow (Currently reading Orion, using the dictionary quite a lot here), Hiromi Uehara, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Joe Hisaishi, and, of course, Hayao Miyasaki.
Okay, here my plan and my questions:
1. I want to go to Japan next spring with a tourist visa, taking along only my dearest cymbals and snare drum. As far as I could find out, there's no tariff on instruments. I will buy a bike (I know I'll have to register it - but is that just for Tokio or is it national?) and drive around looking for Jazz clubs and other places to make music. Optimally, this will coalesce into something you'd call "freelance musician": getting work to pay for your travel. Now what I couldn't find out is if I need to upgrade my tourist visa into a working visa to accept any payments, or if there is some limit. Of course I would pay the taxes I'm due.
2. I want to ride from Tokyo to Kyoto by bike and experience the nature. Is it okay to camp on the way?
3. Im going to do Kanken 3 - in regards to that - is there even a point in doing JLPT1?
4. Are there some sort of rentable short term practice rooms for musicians? Would it be rude to ask at small factories if I could practice there for an evening?
5. Other than Tokyo - which would be good places to visit as a musician?
Much thanks in advance!
