Well, I went to evening classes at Richmond Community College, just outside main London.
We used good ol' Japanese For Busy People, and Basic Kanji 500 (the red book with the cheesy but sweet drawings). Had a Japanese flatmate as well, who really helped a lot.
But, I came back to Cape Town in 2005, and there was to my knowledge just no way to facilitate studying Japanese anymore. (I got up to the first couple of chapters of JFBP2). I think you need to be immersed in the language to stay motivated and to progress. So earlier this year, I rediscover the awesome JFA, I discovered a growing ambition for Japanese in Cape Town, and I dusted off the old text books.
My top priority is now simply to see how fast I can learn Japanese, while balancing a 9-5 etc.
All help from you guys would be deeply appreciated. I want to just refresh all my existing knowledge, then make an appointment with CTNK.
Oh, I was browsing the Japanese Embassy page; then found a link to CTNK, which had a link to this site :-)
TEAM 日本、がんばって下さい!