The Japanese language has three types of characters: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. Hiragana and Katakana are phonetic symbols, each representing one syllable while Kanji is ideogram, each stand ...

The new JR Matsuyama Station building in the city of Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, opened on September 29. It was the first ...

Hiragana Flashcards (For printing out on Avery 5371 Business Cards.) This website was co-developed by Andrea Shea (ashea@csus.edu) and Professor Masuyama (kmasuyama@csus.edu) at Sacramento State.

A crane game called "grape catcher" is gaining attention at a tourist farm in the city of Mimasaka, Okayama Prefecture. The ...

Katakana Flashcards (For printing out on Avery 5371 Business Cards.) This website was co-developed by Andrea Shea (ashea@csus.edu) and Professor Masuyama (kmasuyama@csus.edu) at Sacramento State.

The autumn festival of Munakata Taisha shrine in Fukuoka Prefecture kicked off with the Miare Festival on October 1. The ...

Snack maker Yaokin, based in Tokyo's Sumida Ward, announced on September 24 that it will raise the price of "Umaibo" from 12 ...

He was worried from the outset. "The language has three writings – kanji, hiragana and katakana," said Dustin. "But I only know hiragana." Dustin Coronado from the Philippines learning basic ...

The training notebook consists of 10 chapters to improve hiragana, katakana and kanji writing skills. Each chapter requires the reader to learn how to write 80 characters. Their first task is to ...

This course provides students with introductory level proficiency in Japanese listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. Students learn romanised script, the two phonetic scripts (hiragana and ...

or more” and “those wanting to send cash through parcel delivery services” in simple hiragana and katakana characters. The manual has been distributed to all FamilyMart stores in the ward ...