[godwine]

There are a few people on this forum offering language help, you can ask them to see if they are willing to exchange emails with you. I do that with a facebook user, there is a language exchange "program" on facebook

What I do to expose myself to Japanese culture:

1. I am constantly online looking at Japanese website
2. Read daily Japanese news on Asahi.com
3. As mentioned above, i do language exchange with some locals
3b. On the note of language exchange, there is a pretty stupid game call "Second Life", there are plenty of Japanese users that you can probably exchange language with. I did that for a coupld of days over christmas
4. Watch lots of Japanese Drama or TV show.. you can try keyhole for that
5. Use Wiki to read up on Japanese history from different Era

Thats about it, maybe there are few things on this list that will suit you