Have a Kindle? Want to use it to learn Japanese? This eBook might be a good place to get started. Learn Hiragana on the KindleTheJapanShop has an inexpensive Kindle eBook available that will teach you...

The next podcast recommendation is Nikkei Veritas Moyamoya Talk by TV Tokyo Announcer Oe Mariko. Moyamoya Talk with Oe Marikoとーく！！！ Just a quick Japanese print culture lesson. Seeing と...

Profile! I'll never be featured on this Podcast...This podcast is called 上田の仕事人名鑑　プロファイル! Basically, the host will go out somewhere in Japan to find hardcore Japanese peo...

Last week I noticed a sign for a CosPlay convention happening here in Kunming China, so I decided to take a peek.Despite living in Japan for 7 years, and also having lots of Anime-loving friends in th...

Thanks for entering everyone!The winners of TheJapanShop.com giveaway contest are… *drumroll please…*@meggiEm00m00 via TwitterMary via the Comments Abhishek Duggal via the Comments Nataliya via th...

Got great feedback from the first Podcast Recommendation post, so here’s another one! A podcast for your artistic sideThis video podcast will introduce you to the ancient Japanese poems, Manyoushuu....

Hello everyone!As you may or may not have noticed, TheJapanShop.com has a new website!In celebration of this momentous occasion I’m collaborating with TheJapanShop.com to give away $25 dollar TheJap...

I’ve been meaning to put together a list of my favorite Japanese Podcasts for quite some time now, but never seem to get around to it. So, in order to stop the slack, I’ve decided to just do it on...

Learn Kansaiben the Daichen style! (チンピラ？）In order to, “add value,” I have provided the Japanese text of the Kansai-ben.Starting from 0:41 in the videoだまれってゆっとるやろ...

Hello JapanNewbies! Today we’ve got another interview for you. A “getting to Japan” success story if you will. Akeem has been accepted to work in Japan as a CIR in the JET program and will be ar...

Try this tool from RealWay Media to work on your Japanese reading comprehension.Here’s a screen shot. Click it to enlarge. Learn with the Realway Media PlayerIf you like what you see go check out th...

Hey Everyone! This one is for the actual Newbies out there.I learned through the White Rabbit Press newsletter that they now have a Level 0 Japanese Graded Reader. This means that no matter how newbie...

Hey everyone!Japanese 101: Particles will be on sale from Friday to Monday!(Not sure which time zone Friday it will start and when exactly it will end, but it’s more or less Friday to Monday!)The re...

More great music from Japan. This one is all instrumental so it won’t do much for your Japanese language abilities, but who knows, maybe the Japanese vibe will help get you in your Kanji grinding gr...

Big news.Tae Kim’s incredible, and free, Guide to Learning Japanese is now in iPhone/iPod Touch form.There is no reason not to have this on your iPhone… Unless I guess you are out of disk space…...

HearJapan turned me on to this Japanese band called Hanumaan. I picked up their album and it’s really good stuff. Energetic. Fun. Fast. Somehow rustic (maybe it’s the grainy video).They recently t...

Big sale on Japanese Phrases for iPhone. Normally it’s $9.99 but for a short time it’s $4.99. This app is made by our friends at TheJapanShop.com, and it’s hot fire!I probably don’t have to te...

まったく関係ないけど、写真がなければ寂しいでしょう。Hey JapanNewbies!A fellow JapanNewbie (but actually not so newbie Newbie) contacted me with a request for help. I figured ...

Hello JapanNewbies!Many of you enjoyed the interview with @sandkatt, so I decided to find another willing Japan-head Twitter friend and put them on the spot as well. Meet @Durf! Durf and his Peeps at ...

Found this Kansai-ben converter on the web.関西弁変更システムAfter giving it a few tests…Input: わかりません → Output: わかりまへんCool!Input: もう我慢できません → ...