―What is difficult about learning Japanese?―On the contrary, is there anything to be careful of in Japan?―You are actively working as a bridge between Hawaii and Japan. What are your future goals?―Please leave a message for readers in Hawaii who are thinking about studying in Japan.―What were your impressions of visiting Japan? Are there any stories that you would like to share?have been to Japan many times. There are many people who can speak English in Japan, and when you get lost, you can ask the people around you for directions and they will help you. Young people are good at English and are very kind. It seems that Hawaii is a familiar place for Japanese people, and some of the people who showed me the way told me that they would like to go to Hawaii. There were a lot of people who actually visited. Those who were interested in Hawaii were particularly kind.―Please tell us about your current job in detail.― What kind of part-time jobs have you had?IIBWKIIOTITIKIThursday, February 28, 2019“KZOO Radio” is a radio station officially endorsed by the state of Hawaii that broadcasts in Japanese and mainly caters to Japanese and Japanese Americans in Hawaii. The station broadcasts Japanese news from various angles such as the latest news, information, topics, sports, entertainment, etc. At the same time, they play a wide range of genres of music from J-pop, traditional pop songs, Enka, children's songs, and nostalgic songs to Hawaiian music and western music. There are also time slots that broadcast programs from Japan, which is well received from listeners as it depicts the real Japan.The Shinro Shimbun Hawaii Edition11In 1987, when she was working as an announcerRobyn Furuya grew up in Hawaii as a Nikkei Sansei and is now active as vice-president of the radio station “KZOO Radio” in Hawaii. The station is broadcasting 24 hours in Japanese and plays an important role in conveying Japanese news and culture in Hawaii. We asked Ms. Furuya, who has been working as a “bridge” between Japan and Hawaii, to look back on her past experiences, and leave a message to readers who are thinking about studying in Japan.was born and raised in Hawaii as a Nikkei Sansei. I can speak Japanese because I studied at a local Japanese language school. There were many Japanese language schools in Hawaii. At that time, it was common to attend Japanese language schools after attending the local school. Studying was pretty difficult where only about four students graduated even when 30 students enrolled. These days you can attend a Japanese language school after you graduate from a local school and it is even possible to advance to university. I think that the environment to study Japanese is better now.have experienced various part-time jobs that required Japanese from my senior year in high school until I graduated from college. One of those jobs was at a radio station called “KZOO Radio” which I now work at as the vice-president.ecause it was difficult to work full-time in my school days, I worked part-time at various locations and times. At the radio station, I worked as an announcer.hen I worked part-time at Nippon Travel Agency where I started to actively use Japanese, I experienced working at hotels and airport. At the hotel, I arranged tickets for dinner shows according to customers' requests and also led tours to sightseeing spots. At the airport, my main job was to provide tourist information, but I also arranged luggage and provided flight information.ZOO Radio is a Japanese broadcasting station. At first, I was working as an announcer, but now I am working on activities to spread Japanese culture to Hawaii through sales activities, etc. Listeners are mainly tourists visiting Hawaii from Japan and people living in Hawaii who understand Japanese. During the lunch hours, we broadcast Japanese programs. We value both local Hawaii news and Japanese news.would like to become better at introducing Japan to the people in Hawaii. And I would like to support people who are interested in Japanese culture through radio broadcasting.think it's better to actually go if you want to visit Japan. The timing is perfect because of the Tokyo Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games will be held in 2020.n the other hand, I hope people in Japan will visit Hawaii. There are a lot of Japanese Americans in Hawaii, and there are many similarities in terms of culture. For example, “The Sakura Matsuri Festival” sponsored by the Honolulu Japanese Junior Chamber of Commerce has a long history compared to other ethnic events in Hawaii and this year is the 67th year it is being held. This is a contest where Nikkei women compete for their beauty, knowledge and poise and the Cherry Blossom Queen is selected. I participated in the competition before and it was a great opportunity to learn about my Japanese roots and culture.o continue living in the same place for a long time could narrow your view of the world, so I would recommend that you go to Japan even if it's for a short period of time, so you can expand your world and become a knowledgeable adult, I would be happy if more people became interested and thought, “I would like to go to school in Japan!” because of the Japanese culture that we share.KZOO President David Furuya and Vice President Robyn Furuyahere is a culture of “Enryo (to restrain oneself)” in Japan. It's not to say that I particularly had a hard time with this concept, but in regard to the differences in cultures and manners, I think that it is better to learn from others and to follow their example.―How did you improve your Japanese?t is hard to improve without actually using the language. If you have friends around you who can speak Japanese, it would be better to grasp the major points while talking to them, such as “You should rephrase that part.” and “We don't use that expression too often.” Your Japanese will improve if you study abroad in Japan, but you may easily forget if you do not use it after returning to Hawaii. In my case, I also use Japanese at work because the staff members at the station are mostly Japanese. The announcers at the station are people who have worked as announcers in Japan and many of them moved to Hawaii as a result of their marriage.anji is diffi cult. I studied kanji, but it is difficult because they can be read in many ways. I will forget a kanji right away if I don't keep writing it. However, thanks to technological development, smartphones can now read Japanese sentences that include kanji, which is very helpful because there are many cases where you understand a word but cannot read it.f you can speak Japanese, you can expand your career options because there are many travel-related jobs in Hawaii. Even if studying abroad is not directly related to work, it will be a very important experience that will certainly help you in the future. If you have the chance to study abroad, it would be a great opportunity for you and your future endeavors.Being able to speak Japanese broadens your career options and possibilities―Ms. Furuya, can you tell us about your life?Working as a bridge between Hawaii and Japanese culture through radio broadcastingThere are a lot of kind people in Japan Many people can speak EnglishMs. Robyn FuruyaHot AngleSeize the Opportunity to “Study in Japan” to Expand Your HorizonsKZOORadio
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