I speak a little Japanese- nihongo wakarimasu! There are ways to immerse yourself into the culture, I listen to a lot of Japanese music and its helpful!

I really appreciate that. I am trying to find ways to get immersed. I’m listening to podcasts and even trying watching some Anime and turning off the
subtitles for a little while. May not catch a ton, but words and patterns start to jump out. Music would be great. If you have any suggestions for any I might want to check out that would be great.

I a m always posting videos: https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1250

exceptional enunciation.”. 6 seasons. Season 1 is about 24 episodes

Someone told me once that the area of the brain that processes music also does language, so you are getting a double benefit when you combine the two. Doing this greatly helped me with French and Mandarin. You don't even have to consciously listen to words all the time to get the benefits, just put the music on in the background and let it run constantly. If you have a Spotify account, search for Japanese songs, you will find so many different offerings. Children's songs are especially good, because they are slower, and simpler, and more repetitive. I tried listening to Italian radio online, but with most of the stations, every third song or so was in English, so not that helpful. Spotify is great.