Japanese books for Kindle from TheJapanShop
Posted by harvey in Books, Gadgets, Language on 30. Aug, 2010 | No Comments
Have a Kindle? Want to use it to learn Japanese? This eBook might be a good place to get started. Learn Hiragana on the Kindle TheJapanShop has an inexpensive Kindle eBook available that will teach you Hiragana from scratch. I highly recommend Hiragana as a starting place in your quest to learn Japanese. Once you [...]
Japanese Podcast Recommendations – Part 4
Posted by harvey in Culture, Gadgets, Language, Media, Society on 28. Aug, 2010 | No Comments
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 とーく, with it’s と and く in Hiragana placed around a katakana vowel extender ー thing may seem a little weird. Basically, this is トーク which [...]
Cosplay in Kunming China
Posted by harvey in Crazy Consumers, Travel on 13. Aug, 2010 | 7 Comments
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 the States, I had never been to a CosPlay convention before checking this one out. From the pics [...]
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 [...]
Start at the Beginning – Level 0 Reader
Posted by harvey in Books, Crazy Consumers, Language on 18. Jul, 2010 | 1 Comment
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 you are, you can use this to start reading Japanese. No more excuses! You don’t even need to know [...]
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 [...]
Japanese Phrases for iPhone 50% Off!
Posted by harvey in Gadgets, Language, Media on 30. Jun, 2010 | No Comments
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 tell you how awesome this app is. It’s got thousands (+2,700!!!) of audio clips. Just read the reviews on the [...]
Zonjineko Reviews Japanese Particles App
Posted by harvey in Gadgets, Language on 05. Jun, 2010 | No Comments
Zonjineko has written a review (including video!) for the Japanese 101: Particles App! Zonjineko already had the Particles App when I asked him if he would be interested in writing a review. He even created this great video introducing the app. Good stuff. Read the review on Zonjineko.com, and check out the YouTube video that [...]
