Abstract
Recently more and more people studying Japanese come from regions or countries where Kanji is not used. This study is aimed at discerning what these learners' motivation is for learning Kanji, what their Kanji-awareness-level is and what Kanji learning strategies they use before, during and after their stay in Japan. This research is also aimed at finding out what process divides "learners who are good at learning kanji" and "learners who are bad at learning Kanji". The survey results make clear that there are learners who feel that "As I am living in Japan I should use my environment for the studying of Kanji," while other learners feel: "I like Japanese but I can't learn to love Kanji."
