Hi. I’m a big YouTube guy. I spend a ton of time watching YouTube videos. But for the life of me, I can’t seem to enjoy Japanese YouTube. I do enjoy watching SOME vtubers occasionally when they play fun games. Other than that I don’t really read much unless it’s on reddit/lemmy or github. Someone pointed me to a Japanese mastodon instance but it has a pretty intense VPN block.

What do you guys watch/read in Japanese?

  • Auster@thebrainbin.org
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    6 days ago

    In case it’s still useful, on video materials, don’t have much to suggest as I don’t follow many, but maybe you could check Nico Nico? It’s a streaming platform similar to Youtube. There’s also Apple Podcasts which apparently you can set the region of the algorithm.

    And about instances, maybe follow people from the one recommend to you through another? Also from what I can tell when following Japanese folks from either Misskey (part of ActivityPub) and Twitter, they seem to like boosting/retweeting posts a lot, so discoverability I’d imagine that’d be good.

    Also on reading materials, maybe check Japanese blogs too? Also if they have RSS, chances are you can get them posted to the fediverse too.

  • ludrol@bookwormstory.socialEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I personally am going through tadoku catalog right now to get up to a level where I can watch and read random stuff.

    I tried a YT method with Russian but I only found 2 youtubers that ware making enjoyable stuff. It was very easy to just switch accounts so a bit of willpower to get through unfun recommended stuff was necessary. Try to use the Algorithm to your advantage. It wants you to stay on youtube. (Sadly I don’t want to learn Russian so I didn’t keep going)

    For Japanese Fediverse look into Misskey (and forks). They have a LOT of Japanese speaking people.

    I am already reading a bunch of LN and Anime so switching for me will be easy. I also have a backlog of interesting looking YT channels: ずんだもんの定理, あらゐけいいち and Clear Usui

  • tatterdemalion@programming.dev
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    11 months ago

    I don’t know what level you’re at, but I enjoy the Japanese Super Immersion podcast geared towards Japanese listening practice: https://www.youtube.com/@JSI55

    I’m still mid-late beginner so I find this really helpful and entertaining. But I could see how more advanced listeners might find it too fundamental.