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.
Yeah! I'm glad you like it. We try to keep the Yonde Miyo~ books fun. :)
I love the stories, they make you forget you are learning because you are reading a nice interesting story. Difficulty is n4 worthy is my opinion. Some stories stil require looking at the explanation a lot, but this is easy! It is right below. I am a big fan.
Thanks! N4 is about where we are shooting for with these stories--except for names and some historical concepts. Those can be... hard, but important eventually. Thanks for the review! We really appreciate it.
Excellent collections of contents, one of a kind. Learning Japanese through the haiku of Basho, Issa and Shiki... I couldn't have wished for more, thank you so much!
Thank you for your kind words and positive feedback! We are so glad to hear that you are enjoying our Japanese Culture BUNDLE and finding it one of a kind. We will add more books on haiku soon. Thank you for your support!
Thank you so much! Let us know if you have any questions.
I am amazed with this bundle and a few bundles I bought recently.
I can read the book either in pfd format of epub format in my iPad.
I can listen to the sound track while reading the material. Some books in Kindle can have the text-to-speech feature that texts are highlighted while listening. It is a good feature for new learning like me. I am sure that other reader like that as well. I hope we can have text-to-speech feature with your product.
Thank you for your positive review! We are glad to hear that you are enjoying our JLPT N5 Bundle and that it is helping you with your Japanese learning. We are constantly striving to improve our products and we appreciate your suggestion for a text-to-speech feature. We will definitely take it into consideration for future updates. Happy studying!
This book is so interesting and enlightening! It gives access to many wonderful haikus. By explaining what would otherwise be lost in translation, it enables the reader to better understand these poems, and thus enjoy them even more. Thank you!
Thank you so much for your kind words and appreciation! We are thrilled to hear that our book has given you a deeper understanding and enjoyment of Japanese haikus. It's our privilege to share these beautiful poems with you and we are grateful for your support. Happy reading!
Thank you! I'm glad you like it. Let us know if you have any questions as you go through it.
Clay was very helpful in sending me HARD COPIES after a few emails as I did not make it clear when I first Ordered the Package.
Thanks,
Malcolm
Thank you Malcolm! You are awesome. Just let me know if you have any questions as you go through the materials.
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
Danke schoen! I'm thrilled to hear it is helping. We are here if you have any questions. Hope you keep at it this time. :)
I finished Frank to Obaasan yesterday. It was magical, especially the ending--I always did wonder what happened to a certain class of character when they grew up and got old.
All the books I've looked at so far have been great for review and further learning. The only improvement I could suggest would be to add workbooks to the readers, or maybe exercises in the books themselves.
Thanks again for the useful and enjoyable products.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed Frank and the Obaasan.
We are actually working on workbooks. I think we have the first Hikoichi book in the Learn Japanese with Stories series done. But excellent idea. Thanks!
Thank you for your kind words. Happy studying!
Wow! Thank you. :) Let us know if you have any questions. Have fun with learning Japanese.
I have starting studying the material and I think it is great!! I feel they are very helpful adding more information to the staff my teacher is giving to me. The voice things are perfect and so are the practice exercises. Thank you!!
Thank you for your positive feedback! We are glad to hear that our JLPT N5 Bundle is helping you in your studies. We hope you continue to find it useful but let me know if you have any questions.
Awesome! Glad to hear you like it. Please let me know if you have any questions.
I haven't delved too far into this bundle yet, but the books are really well done. Every sentence is walked through so you get an understanding of how sentence structure works as well as learning words etc. It's good fun to learn about a subject while learning Japanese! I genuinely feel a sense of achievement, and like i have actually learned something when i finish a section. The audio is very helpful, to check I'm reading with the right pronunciation, though can be a little awkward on my phone as I have to jump between audio and books, but that's a phone issue, nothing to do with the bundle. Well worth the money.
Thank you so much for your kind words and for taking the time to leave a review. I hope you continue to find success in your Japanese learning journey. Let me know if you have any questions as you go through it all.
I was able to send an email and rather than sending a quick answer I got a full page of information. Everything was very useful! When using this website and it's resources it will be worth every penny!
Glad to help! I really appreciate the review--let me know if you have any other questions.
The actual content is good, but it is very bland and not as engaging as I would like. Very boring presentation and visuals make it seem more like a chore... like having to read a long drawn out contract. Every time I try to use their books I get easily distracted and can't continue. I really wish it was more engaging and fun.
I purchased the Learn Japanese with History because of my studies (personal) on Japanese Culture and got more than I expected and definitely worth the price. You get more bang for your buck.,
I love to hear that you are getting more value than you expected. Thank you!
I haven't had the time to look it over. I purchased it in advance for when I had time to peruse it. I have 4500 books on Japanese in my library.
I bought both the Beri Beri Shoushinsha and Japanese Reader Collection bundles and have slowly been working through the content at my own pace. Everything is laid out in a very straightforward, easy to understand format and the stories are short, fun and practical for learning grammar basics and everyday words. I also love the various print-friendly worksheets for practicing writing, including fun things like crosswords. Thank you Clay and Yumi for making such fantastic learning resources available!
Thank you for your kind words! We're so glad to hear that you're enjoying our Learn Japanese with Stories Bundle. Thank you for choosing our bundles and let us know if you have any questions as you go along.
These books are a lot more then you think. The book is jam packed with great information, basically starts off with dialogs of the topic. I love it because it has furigana over the kanji. It then thoroughly goes over the explanation of the dialog and explains relevant kanji that is used in the sentences. There's QR codes to get audio playback if you want to practice your hearing comprehension, in two speeds, slower and normal speeds, which is great. The kanji to me isn't trivial and is perfect for what i was looking for which is more kanji reading practice. Anyways, highly recommended if you're at the level to start reading more kanji.