Basic Kanji Book Vol.1 and Vol.2 are the books that got me started in learning Kanji and that I always recommend to people that is starting to learn Japanese. During my first year in Japan I used these two books intensely and was very happy with the results. The two volumes teach 500 basic kanjis [...]

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I usually receive lots of emails from people who is going to travel to Japan asking me tons of different stuff, so here you have a few basic tips: 1.-Do not worry Yes, Japan is very weird, very different, but the Japanese aren’t going to eat you raw as if you were sushi! Japan is [...]

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