In-Depth Reviews

    Spending money is one thing, but what about time? We've done the work and found which Japanese learning products are worth your time.

    A Review of the Japanese Phonetics Course by Dōgen

    Take a Deep-Dive Into Phonetics for a Massive Pay-Off in Your Spoken Japanese

    written by | Ian J. Battaglia

    A Review of Yotsuba&!

    What Makes the Undeniably Popular Slice-of-Life Manga よつばと So Special?

    written by | Ian J. Battaglia

    A まるごと Review of the "Marugoto" Textbook Series

    How Marugoto Was A Godsend To My Japanese Class

    written by | David Honeycutt

    A Review of Bunpro

    A Valuable Companion App for Grammar Studies and More

    written by | Ian J. Battaglia

    A Review of JapanesePod101.com

    Is It Really an Audio Textbook You Can Take On the Go?

    written by | Ian J. Battaglia

    The Definitive Genki Textbook Review

    The quintessential review for the quintessential Japanese textbook

    written by | Michael Richey

    Review: Japanese Stories for Language Learners — Bilingual Stories in English and Japanese

    Traditional Folktales and Modern Literary Staples with Beautiful Translations and Useful Features for Japanese Learners

    written by | David Honeycutt and Kanae Nakamine

    A Review of the HelloTalk App

    A Language and Cultural Exchange Social Network Like No Other

    written by | Ian J. Battaglia

    Todai Easy Japanese News App

    A Great First-Foray Into Regular Japanese Language Content

    written by | Ian J. Battaglia

    A Review of "Quartet: Intermediate Japanese Across the Four Language Skills vol. 1"

    Is Quartet the Best Next Stop After Genki?

    written by | Ian J. Battaglia

    A Review of "Polar Bear Café"

    Is "Shirokuma Café" Really The Perfect Book For Beginners?

    written by | Kanae Nakamine

    Satori Reader

    Level-Appropriate Japanese Reading and Listening Practice

    written by | Kristen Dexter

    Womansword

    What Japanese Words Say About Women

    written by | Kristen Dexter

    Are You An Echo?

    The Lost Poems of Misuzu Kaneko

    written by | Michael Richey

    A Review of Anki

    A Spaced-Repetition System That Grows With You

    written by | Ian J. Battaglia

    Short Stories In Japanese

    A New Penguin Parallel Text

    written by | Kristen Dexter

    A Guide to Reading and Writing Japanese

    A Comprehensive Guide to the Japanese Writing System

    written by | Kristen Dexter

    The Kodansha Kanji Usage Guide

    An A to Z of Kun Homophones

    written by | Kristen Dexter

    Warau Eikaiwa

    Studying Japanese? Have to laugh so you don't cry.

    written by | Rich

    Exploring Japanese Literature

    Read Mishima, Tanizaki, and Kawabata

    written by | Kristen Dexter

    Reading Japanese with a Smile

    Nine Stories from a Japanese Weekly Magazine for Intermediate Learners

    written by | Kristen Dexter

    Jazz Up Your Japanese with Onomatopoeia

    Beep boop pow meow bop shhhhuuuuupah

    written by | Kristen Dexter

    Nihongo Sō-Matome

    JLPT Study Guide Series

    written by | Rich

    Breaking into Japanese Literature

    Seven Modern Classics in Parallel Text

    written by | Kristen Dexter

    Japanese from Zero! 1: Progressive Edition

    The perfect Japanese textbook for young learners.

    written by | Michael Richey

    Kodansha International's Bilingual Books Series

    Practice your Japanese and become a better translator

    written by | Kristen Dexter

    Read Real Japanese: Essays and Fiction

    Essays and Short Stories by Contemporary Writers

    written by | Kristen Dexter

    Making Sense of Japanese

    What the Textbooks Don't Tell You

    written by | Kristen Dexter

    Influent: The Virtual Language Memory Palace

    Your own mini Japanese sandbox

    written by | Michael Richey

    Japanese for Travelers

    The totally dispensable guide to Japan

    written by | Kristen Dexter

    HiNative: The Review

    Can it answer "The Question?"

    written by | Koichi

    A Dictionary of Japanese Grammar

    Just about the only time when a physical book will have more information than all of the internet, combined

    written by | Koichi

    Japanese the Manga Way

    Learn real Japanese that real Japanese people read! Also comics.

    written by | Michael Richey

    Japanese Respect Language

    When, why, and how to use it successfully, at least, when you are able to read it

    written by | Kristen Dexter

    Ni No Kuni - Reinvigorating Hopes for the JRPG

    Substance over style

    written by | John

    Tampopo: Zen and the Art of Making ramen

    How I Learned To Live Life Via Food

    written by | Koichi

    Skritter: A Great Way To Practice Kanji, Stroke Order

    Learn the strokes, folks!

    written by | Koichi

    Rhinospike

    Or How I got Native Japanese Speakers To Record Me Free Audio

    written by | Koichi