Taiko No Tatsujin - super awesome fun time!!!

We've discovered a series of Japanese video games that we are currently a wee bit obsessed with: Taiko No Tatsujin.

It makes me feel like we're learning Japanese sounds…or at least the words to the Mickey Mouse Club theme in Japanese...

Learning Japanese

So, learning the Japanese syllabaries was a gazillion times easier than I assumed it would be.  One little word:  memorization. 

Rote memorization via flash cards and iOS apps...

6 days later:

• Purpose - ability to read menus (we don't want to accidentally eat sperm filled squid testicles)
• Progress
• Katakana - super easy
• Hiragana - slightly harder, but barely
• Kanji- it can be fun...
• Studying - methods
• Useful apps/tools
• Sticky Study
• Anki
• Links
• Tae Kim's Learning Japanese