Beri- Beri- Shoshinsha for Absolute Beginners of Japanese [Digital Download]

Every sentence is broken down and explained in easy steps that helps the reader understand the structure of Japanese, something I have found to be missing from other media.
The included worksheets and flash cards means you always have a source available instead of having to scour the internet for them.
You can feel the passion that Clay and Yumi have for the Japanese language in the materials and it helps to keep you progressing.

My 9 year old granddaughter asked me to teach her some Japanese about six months ago. Now she and her 11 year old brother study with my on Zoom for an hour every week.
A few weeks ago, I started using Beri-Beri-Shoshinsha, and we are all enjoying it very much. The short stories are a great way for them to practice reading hiragana, and they always get a laugh out of "Kurei-san's" misadventures in Japan.
The sentences and dialogues feel very natural, and serve as a good introduction to Japanese grammar and syntax.
Since the stories (so far) seem to highlight unique features of Japanese life and culture, the children find them fascinating.
Much more interesting than Rosetta Stone, and much more realistic than DuoLingo.
Thanks!!!

An excellent help for learning Japanese! not only suitable for absolute beginners but also helpful for learners who already have some knowledge of the language. The grammar explanations are detailed and easy to understand. The content is interesting and never boring, helping to improve your skills step by step. I can highly recommended it.

Great starter bundle and even better now that it's available in the Makato+ app.

Very satisfied with purchase. A lot of material to help with learning Japanese.

I posted a review, a fairly critical one, explaining that I found the beginner bundle disorganised and confusing. Clay replied, thanked me for the feedback and very soon after produced an updated bundle which has an easily followed and encouraging bundle. I plan to start my studying soon for a trip next year - the new bundle gives me confidence that I will have at least a few useful phrases and an understanding of basic signs when I get there!

The content is good but it's incredibly badly organised. An index or overview pdf would have been useful. Maybe a guide to using the materials effectively.
Not sure as a total beginner how useful it will be.
It is genuinely a bundle, which is a shame.

I am still amazed by the quality of the content and the quantity in this bundle.
I love that you get epub files. I love reading the short stories in bed every night.
This was without a doubt the best purchase in my Japanese learning journey!

I recently started this course and I have already learned to read hiragana and katakana! The books are very detailed and the mp3 files help with pronunciation. If you’re new to Japanese I highly recommend this course.

Excellent learning material for the money, and plenty in abundance as well. Thank you Clay & Yumi for making such educational material available.

I had already some basic knowledge in Japanese (because I was always into japanese content) and I have improved a lot thanks to Beri- Beri- Shoshinsha!
I purchased this bundle a month ago but I thought I'd post my review earlier that I anticipated~
I'm half into the 100grammar (I have yet to check the rest of the books in this bundle) and I practice some kanji (from the Kanji100) in my free time. This language is pure art and I'm very well into arts and crafts so as a beginner they feel like a piece of cake to me! I am also greek and I noticed japanese have few common things with greek; we pronounce words exactly as we see them, we just replace the suffix of words to direct time and to adress people (most of the times) and we don't need either a plethora of articles or other particles to produce a full meaning of a phrase/sentence - which helps me a lot in undestarding!
All in all, in combination with the knowledge I already had and Beri Beri Shoshinsha, I can already read and undestand basic japanese in just a month~!

Lastly I'd like to thank Clay & Yumi for their assistance and the love they poured into makind these books~!

And if any potential buyers are reading my review, I'd like to let you know that these books provide a thorough explanation and a large variety of examples to assist into learning the correct pronunciations (with addional sound files for everything)!

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I have loved all the Japan Shop books. The grammar books give clear concise explanations and you can easily access the sounds. Plus the Yonde Miyo series are great to read and listen to.

It's the third time I started learning japanese and I never came very far. With this set I managed to learn the hiragana in about two weeks and now I'm starting with the katakana :) The books are fun and easy to understand (even if your from Germany like me) and I'm looking forward to the moment when I really can understand the whole Storys. And a great plus is that you get free updates. Great work. I recommend it to everyone who's willing to learn Japanese

I love Beri Beri Shoshinsha! One gets so much material; perfect for beginners like me. The variety of materials cover all aspects of learning
(writing systems, reading, culture, etc.,) and even includes an Anki deck. I'm so glad to have discovered The Japan Shop. As I progress, I know where I will be getting the resources I will need and want.

I have a Japanese friend who looked over them and he was amazed as well.

Smells good, the case is awesome and I am addicted to opening and closing it lol

The worksheets are super helpful for practicing writing and the information is easy to follow. I don’t feel overwhelmed with this.

So much info in this package! The printable practice sheets for Hiragana and Katakana are worth the package purchase price by themselves, the practice sheets that I found elsewhere cost more than the entire Beri Beri bundle did. Great stuff!

Excellent study materials are easy to follow and to the point.

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I am a beginner and I really need something to read and I love these books!

Started last week and using the methods detailed in the first section I have already memorised 27 hiragana letters. The coure so far at this early stage seems to be working well.

This is a great bundle! Very useful for a very beri beginner. Two thumbs up!