Well I just got back from Vegas. Ran into a couple Japanese people and Japanese speaking people. They all mistook me for Japanese and started speaking with me instead of me approaching them. Most of the time I panicked and could only tell them, "Iie!"
I avoided the non-Japanese who spoke in Japanese to me since I'd feel awkward in the case THEY were trying to learn Nihon-go. I got comfortable with one Japanese female who asked me to donate against human trafficking. I slipped in a few Japanese words and sentences in between and she said my accent was really convincing. Of course I understand it at a grade schooler level still.
But I realized that the most fun thing about learning Japanese is the odd and random chance you might run into a native to speak with.
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I have to say, I really enjoyed learning from YesJapan's language book Vol 1. The most irksome part about it are the small errors, but if you're inquisitive, it could actually help you memorize better. It's packed with lessons on grammer. I slacked quite a bit towards the end of the book and now I'm reviewing my Kana with a Kana specific book until I head into vol 2. A fast learner could finish the book in 2-3 weeks , whereas I took a 1 month and a half.