Hello!
What have you tried for learning Japanese? I am also an American and a total beginner with Japanese too!
Have you looked into Rosetta Stone? Have you looked up colleges near you that give foreign language classes? I just thought I would ask
Because I too want to learn but I want to know the best way to go about it
Because I would like to teach English in Japan one day. So I think it would be smart to learn Japanese first!
Though I have to admit I love listening to it as well! I've watched several Taiwanese movies and Chinese movies and one Korean drama...I always return to Japanese. It sounds SOOOO much...better, more comfortable. I don't know if that's because I have heard it for so long that I can almost pick out the words (minus the few I know) or what.
I watch dramas often and I listen to Jpop...I don't think Hikaru Utada is in that category but her too.
Luca