LIVING IN JAPAN

An Old Woman’s Strategy for Remembering Facts and Achieving the “Impossible Dream”

Tips I used in passing the Japanese National Tour Guide Tests

Some of the cards I wrote in preparation for the Japanese Tour Guide History test. (©Diane Tincher)

After a seemingly endless two-month wait for the results of my Japanese Guide Test Oral Exam, the final step to getting certified as a National Tour Guide, I nearly fell…