Comments on: After Kanken 2009

By: Doug M

Doug M — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:37:01 +0000

That’s good to know actually. Vancouver is about 3 hours drive from Seattle (border crossing notwithstanding), so it’s a feasible thing to try. :)

I did Google search a few different permutations for the test on Google for the US, but found nothing, whereas the JLPT has a dedicated site for it, so either the site just doesn’t exist, or it’s not offered at large. Ah well.

By: ロバート

ロバート — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:07:46 +0000

There is a school in British Columbia that offers it. Maybe closer than the US centres. (You’re in Seattle aren’t you?) I’m surprised it isn’t on offer around there I thought it was a big centre of Japanese immigration after San Francisco.
http://www.kanken.or.jp/kojin/kaijyou2.html

But it’s hard to take this test outside Japan it seems. The books and papers are good study resources even if you can’t sit the test.

In Japan it seems to be held three times a year for individuals not attending school.

By: Doug M

Doug M — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:50:21 +0000

I checked and sadly it’s not offered anywhere outside of Japan besides the UK. Nothing for a guy like me in the States to do. :(

Oh well, I’ll still look into it should I have another trip to Japan or something. :)

Best of luck on your scores by the way.

By: ロバート

ロバート — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:31:22 +0000

I’m still waiting on results. I thought it was meant to be faster than this, in Japan I believe they mark it on the spot and you get to take away the exam paper. Maybe I’m mistaken.

I don’t really need to write kanji but I find it very satisfying.

By: Doug M

Doug M — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:11:34 +0000

I know little about this test myself, but you certainly piqued my curiousity. Writing kanji is the one skill I’ve barely ever developed, outside of some high-school level Chinese language courses, long forgotten. And it is kind of embarrasing to study kanji, but not be able to write them out, so I should really look into it.

Thank you,