TheJapanShop.com CONTEST OVER!

TheJapanShop.com CONTEST OVER!

Posted by harvey in About, Crazy Consumers on 08. Aug, 2010 | 3 Comments

Thanks for entering everyone! The winners of TheJapanShop.com giveaway contest are… *drumroll please…* @meggiEm00m00 via Twitter Mary via the Comments Abhishek Duggal via the Comments Nataliya via the Comments and… Ken via the Comments! We’ll be contacting you by email to tell you how to use the prize! If you don’t hear from me in [...]

Contest: Win $25 of TheJapanShop.com Goodness!

Contest: Win $25 of TheJapanShop.com Goodness!

Posted by harvey in About, Books on 05. Aug, 2010 | 16 Comments

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 TheJapanShop.com gift certificates to 5 lucky readers! How to Enter the Contest: Do all of the following: In the comments on this post, let us [...]

SALE! Japanese Particles for iPhone

SALE! Japanese Particles for iPhone

Posted by harvey in About, Gadgets, Language on 09. Jul, 2010 | 5 Comments

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 regular price is $5.99, but this weekend you can get it for the low-low (relatively speaking) price of [...]

Numbers App Updated

Numbers App Updated

Posted by harvey in About, Language on 11. May, 2010 | 2 Comments

Released a big update to the Numbers App! Now, by popular request, you can do a fill-in-the-blank type quiz! New Fill in the Blank Quiz. So mysterious… In this quiz format you will hear the number spoken by a native Japanese speaker, and then you have to use the keypad to enter the number that [...]

Particles on Sale This Weekend Only

Particles on Sale This Weekend Only

Posted by harvey in About, Gadgets, Language on 30. Apr, 2010 | No Comments

The price of the Japanese 101: Particles App has been reduced to $3.99 for this weekend only! After this weekend it will return to the regular price of $5.99. On Sale This weekend ONLY for $3.99 The sale will automatically end on Sunday some time… whenever the iTunes Store auto sale mechanism decides to turn [...]

Updates in the Works for iPhone Apps to Teach you Japanese

Updates in the Works for iPhone Apps to Teach you Japanese

Posted by harvey in About, Gadgets on 28. Apr, 2010 | 2 Comments

Hey everyone! We’ve got some significant updates in the works for two of our most popular iPhone Apps, Japanese 101: Numbers, and Japanese 101: Particles. Currently with more than 140 exercises! Covering BIG numbers in a "yen" context. Both of these Apps take a listening-focused approach to drilling your particle usage and large number recognition [...]

Particles App Updated

Posted by harvey in About, Language on 11. Apr, 2010 | No Comments

Updated! An update to our Particles App was just released! This adds 47 problems to the JLPT 4 (N5) category, and also makes the possible answer sets richer. It’s pretty cool for a free upgrade! If I do say so my self. Plans are underway to add more content to the JLPT 3 section as [...]

Japanese 101: Particles updated with New Content

Posted by harvey in About, Language on 06. Jan, 2010 | 2 Comments

Particles Cover Shot The Japanese 101: Particles App was updated today, and the download, free for those who already have the app, should be available worldwide in the next 24 hours. Now there are 20+ new JLPT 3 level particle questions you can study and quiz yourself on. This brings the total number of problems [...]

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