Author Hoshio Sanae writes 140-character stories, records them, and posts them to Tumblr (with transcripts). Great micro-listening practice, especially if you're just starting out.

http://hoshiosanae.tumblr.com/

EDIT: Also, here's Hoshio-san discussing the project with Tumblr staff (日本語):

http://nihongo.tumblr.com/post/106550247626/tumblr

Nice find! This is a great resource as I'm starting to develop my listening skills.

Awesome, thanks!

Wow, these are great. Thanks for the tip.

Thanks! I didn't even know that there were Japanese users of Tumblr. This is great news. Though Japanese Tumblr may well be a totally different ecosystem than the English-speaking version.

brambles Wrote:Thanks! I didn't even know that there were Japanese users of Tumblr. This is great news. Though Japanese Tumblr may well be a totally different ecosystem than the English-speaking version.

I've seen quite a few. Their style of blogging is a lot different.

Quote:とてもさびしかったので、少女は鳥になりました。白い羽で空に飛んでいきました。それでもさびしかったので、少女は雲になりました。

Damn it! She's quite a poet.
Here's another one:
http://tomato33.seesaa.net/

By the way, how do you pronounce 'Tumblr' in English?

buonaparte Wrote:By the way, how do you pronounce 'Tumblr' in English?

I subvocalise it as 'tumbler' myself, though I don't think I've ever had occasion to say it out loud.

gaiaslastlaugh Wrote:Author Hoshio Sanae writes 140-character stories, records them, and posts them to Tumblr (with transcripts). Great micro-listening practice, especially if you're just starting out.

140 character stories...I thought Twitter was for that.

john555 Wrote:

gaiaslastlaugh Wrote:Author Hoshio Sanae writes 140-character stories, records them, and posts them to Tumblr (with transcripts). Great micro-listening practice, especially if you're just starting out.

140 character stories...I thought Twitter was for that.

https://twitter.com/hoshio_s yep lol

john555 Wrote:

gaiaslastlaugh Wrote:Author Hoshio Sanae writes 140-character stories, records them, and posts them to Tumblr (with transcripts). Great micro-listening practice, especially if you're just starting out.

140 character stories...I thought Twitter was for that.

Read the Tumblr article - she explains how she started on Twitter, and why she's now posting to Tumblr.