Yes, there are some Japanese markets -- and many restaurants... but I think the Japanese are a little bit conservative. There is no Japanese festival unfortunately. But I still try to practice every week my Japanese. Mai shu kan nihongo o renshu shiteimasu. Honto ni ganbatte imasu yo. Nihon in iku toki, tabun jozu ni narimasu. Ano toki, aitai desu, soshite, cafe ni itte, nagai jikan hanasu koto ga dekimasu. Dou omoimasu ka?

"たんじょうび　おめでとう！" to arigatou gozaimasu ! :)

Hi - Thanks for the message on my wall! Living overseas is great - everyone should do it at least once - for some reason I picked Manchester!

こんにちは。

私のワールの上に　書く　ありがとう　ございました。　外国に　すむ　ことが　すごい　ですね。　それから　みなさんは　外国に　りょうこします。

じゃ　また。

Not too bad. Chotto ne. Demo ne, tonikaku, nihongo ga dai suki desu. jozu / heta, tabun wakaranai kedo, kono gengo ga dai suki. Gotandi ni sumimashita, demo are wa, mukashi mukashi da ne...

Thanks for your note, and ore ni message o kaite ne, dozo...

(ore no nihongo wa, chotto hen, honto ni wakarimasu yo. ;-) )

Well, as i'm back in the UK right now, i really want to get back to Japan, haha, but it's all good, i'm back there next week. Another place i'd like to go to would be iceland. It's a great time of the year to go, not too cold and so ideal for getting out and about.

How was France?