When Fija first started studying Uchinaaguchi, there were no classes for people wanting to learn the language, so he surrounded himself with elderly speakers and organized a small group of people who shared his interest. It took Fija 12 years to reach his current level of fluency and he's determined to smooth the way for future students.

Most Japanese textbooks only go over a small subset of what you need to learn Japanese, typically covering a certain amount of grammar and vocabulary with a smattering of dialogues and readings. However, mastering a language requires much more than just learning grammar and vocabulary. What most Japanese textbooks fail to recognize is that they can't possibly hope to cover all the necessary vocabulary and kanji (Chinese characters) to obtain full fluency. This guide fully recognizes that it cannot teach you everything word by word and character by character. Instead, it will give you a solid understanding of the fundamentals with a wide collection of dialogues and examples. In addition, it will go over various techniques and tools to enable you to teach yourself. Essentially, this book is a guide on how you can learn Japanese to complete fluency by actually using Japanese in the areas of reading, writing, listening, and speaking.

There's also a katakana quiz and various kanji training exercises.

Click on the parts that are in the kanji you are looking for. You can click on them again to de-select them.

As a game for katagi (yakuza slang for "civilians" or "non-yakuza"), it's tremendous fun — but what do the yakuza think of this game? How do they rate it? I was able to get three reviewers from the major crime groups who do not want to be identified by their real name. (While yakuza fan magazines do exist and the yakuza are not a hidden part of Japanese society, due to recent crackdowns by the police, the "reviewers" here choose to remain anonymous.) Midoriyama is a now-retired former mid-level faction boss. Shirokawa is a high-ranking boss from a different group connected to Midoriyama through a ritual sake exchange. Kuroishi knows them both but is also from a different group.

I almost never play computer games, but the screenshots of gameplay in Kabukichô make me want this one...

Here are a few manner posters that appeared in the Tokyo subways between 1976 and 1982.

It became rich as America's compliant vassal state. Now Japan's efforts to move on are being thwarted by the US.

Convert Kanji (漢字) and Websites to Romaji or Hiragana (and translate Japanese to English, too).

A resource for studying Japanese and kanji, improving vocabulary or reading manga & anime.

With most nihongo, the translator has an accuracy rate of about 99.5%.

I had been looking forward to The Lockup in Shibuya ever since arriving to Tokyo as I kept hearing how very weird it was. At another location (there are several Lockups throughout Tokyo), apparently you and your party get placed into a darkened room and if you find the secret opening, then you make it into the restaurant. I had no idea what to expect so when we see the sign indicating we are to go to Basement 2, we follow, hesitating. The entrance looms and there is a genuinely spooky atmosphere given by the extremely dark and winding hallways, cold rush of air and cackling and screaming sounds around us. We inch around the corner slowly, as to not to fall (it’s a lawsuit waiting to happen and this would never happen in a litigious country like America or even Australia) and what happens next frightens the hell out of me, a man strapped to an electric chair, Clive Barker from Hellraiser sans pins, rocks back and forth screaming with lights flashing.

店内は戦国時代の忍者屋敷を模した個室が迷宮のように複雑に配置され、滝や池があり、風の音、すず虫やコオロギなどの鳴き声が流れています。そんな環境の中で和食をベースにしたヘルシーな創作料理をお楽しみいただけます。また忍者がお客様のお部屋を回り忍術（テーブルマジック）をご披露いたします。 ヘルシーな料理と驚きのプレゼンテーション、エンターティメントにあふれたレストランです。

Allegedly awesome, but pricey, ninja-themed restaurant in Akasaka, Tokyo.