Happy New Year and all that jazz! Here's a video in Japanese to start off the New Year!

Hello.

I've just returned from an extended vacation in the beautiful country of Japan and I'm "homesick." I use parentheses because I'm not from there so I can't really call it my home, but I have many friends and a lot of their parents feel like my own, so I can't help but consider Japan a second home country.

And because I am homesick, I've decided to start a video series in Japanese with a good friend of mine. About 2 years ago we got it into our heads to start a Manzai group called "The Kyonshiis." It was named after the Japanese name for a Chinese vampire. But, since no one in this generation seems to know what a Kyonshii is, we've decided to change our name. And our new name is, トカゲ•パラダイス (Lizard Paradise)！ Check out our video where we talk about some differences between Japanese New Year and American New Year. It could be good practice for anyone studying Japanese to hear two foreigners speak it. Hopefully. I hope you enjoy.