Kyoto Prefectural International Center at Kyoto Station building holds regular Japanese classes for foreign residents. The classes are aimed at beginners who want to learn practical Japanese they can use in their every day life. Check this link for details: Beginners Japanese Course Other Japanese classes in Kyoto Prefecture are listed here: Learning Japanese. … [Read more...]
Japanese Kanji & Kana – A Review
Japanese Kanji & Kana A Complete Guide to the Japanese Writing System Authors: Wolfgang Hadamitzky & Mark Spahn Paperback: 424 pages Publisher: Tuttle Publishing; Revised edition (April 10, 2012) Price: $24.95 Order direct from Amazon.com here. This book is designed to help students of Japanese learn the first 92 basic kana characters and the 2,136 standard … [Read more...]
The Ultimate Japanese Phrasebook
I've never really used phrasebooks as such. Stopping mid-discussion to look something up always seemed like a conversation-killer. However, Kit Nagamura kindly sent me this one for free and having looked at it I have to admit that it's a pretty good reference and learning tool for improving your colloquial Japanese. This from the publisher: The book contains 1800 sentences … [Read more...]
