Rebecca Shiraishi-Miles 
Japanese summer is coming, and it’s going to be a hot one! As you probably know, the four seasons are very important in Japanese culture. In Japan people love to honour the flowers, plants, events and weather of each season. Summer is no exception. Summer in Japan is hot and humid. Lots of seasonal flowers … Read more
The is a revolutionary audio language course with outstanding reviews. Now available in three separate packages for Japanese, we were curious to take a look. Take a look at our review to find out if the could help you learn Japanese! Who is Michel Thomas? Before we dive into our review of this Japanese course, … Read more
Learning languages is awesome. It’s fun, challenging, exciting, rewarding… But it can also be tough. It takes a lot of dedication to learn a foreign language well. If you’ve got your eye on the prize of fluency, you have to just stick at it, trusting that all the effort will be pay off in the … Read more
A Japanese language exchange is a great way to learn conversational Japanese. Language exchanges work by meeting up with someone who speaks your native language. You chat for an hour or so in each language, and you both get some great speaking practise. You might even make friends too! If you want to know how … Read more
Love sushi? If you’ve landed on this site, it’s a pretty safe bet that the answer’s yes! Wanna learn how to order your favourite sushi in Japanese? Check out this awesome infographic showing some of the most popular sushi names in Japanese: Thanks to Wafu Blog for the cute visual guide 🙂 We’ve also listed … Read more
Conversation is an essential part of language learning. If you’ve recently started learning Japanese, you’re probably excited and nervous about having your first real live conversation with a native speaker! Maybe you’ve travelled to Japan, found a language exchange partner online or made some Japanese friends in your hometown. Your first few conversations in your … Read more
Smartphone apps are one of your best secret weapons in your mission to learn Japanese. Even busy people have a lot of free time during their day in small chunks in between other tasks. Traveling to school, commuting to work, waiting in line, waiting for a friend: don’t waste this time mindlessly scrolling through your … Read more
Today we’re sharing this awesome infographic which explains why you should learn a second language, as well as how to learn a second language in the most effective way. As you will see in the infographic, if you don’t speak a second language, you’re already in the minority! 65% of the world’s population is bilingual, … Read more