Even though Japan is a small country, we have so many dialects. Some of you might be wondering what Tochigi is. It’s one of the prefectures where I live. Even within Tochigi, we have various dialects. I know many of you want to learn Kansai dialect, but Tochigi dialect might be funnier for people from Tokyo because it sounds really countryside. But a friend of mine from Kansai told me she couldn’t even distinguish between Tochigi dialect and standard Japanese. For me, they are very different. I