日本を旅しよう
Made by a native Japanese speaker
Learn Japanese on a journey across Japan
Start from zero. Meet a ninja in training, soak in a hot spring, walk under a thousand shrine gates, and read your first manga scene in Japanese.
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こんにちは！
konnichiwa: hello!
Who makes this
Made by a native Japanese speaker
KonKon Japanese is made by someone who grew up speaking Japanese. You learn the language and the customs as people in Japan actually live them.
Meet Kon, the little fox who travels with you. Together, you will pick up a few words at every stop, read your first conversations, and discover the places and people along the way.
Japanese as people really speak it
Words and lines you would hear on the street, with notes on when to use them and when not to.
Culture from the inside
Bows, shrines and hot springs explained the way people in Japan see them, including where the popular image of ninja and samurai is off.
How it works
Two-minute lessons
Five characters at a time, with a memory hook for each shape. Short enough for a train ride.
A journey, not a list
Every lesson moves you one step along the road from Tokyo to Kyoto, Osaka and beyond.
- Coming soon
Read real scenes
Each episode ends with a short manga scene written only with what you have learned.
Season 1
Twelve stops, one road west
Episode 1
Now open渋谷
Shibuya, Tokyo
Arrival and greetings
Episode 2
Coming soon秋葉原
Akihabara, Tokyo
Anime, manga and games
Episode 3
Coming soon東京の路地
Tokyo backstreets
Shops and small streets
Episode 4
Coming soon箱根
Hakone
An inn in the hills
Episode 5
Coming soon富士山
Mount Fuji
Mountains and hot springs
Episode 6
Coming soon伊賀
Iga
The ninja village
Episode 7
Coming soon伏見稲荷
Fushimi Inari, Kyoto
Shrines and a thousand gates
Episode 8
Coming soon祇園
Gion, Kyoto
Kimono and tea ceremony
Episode 9
Coming soon奈良
Nara
Deer and the Great Buddha
Episode 10
Coming soon大阪
Osaka
Takoyaki and comedy
Episode 11
Coming soon姫路城
Himeji Castle
Samurai and castles
Episode 12
Coming soon夏祭り
Summer festival
Fireworks and food stalls
You will not travel alone
Sora
The traveler
That is you. A stamp book in hand and a whole country to cross.
Shinobu
Ninja in training
On her way home to Iga. She never quite stops training.
Gen
The old master
You will cross paths with him on the road to Himeji Castle. He is kinder than he looks.
Miyabi
Tea host
You will find her in Gion, tea in hand and a story for every cup.
Forgotten words come back as yokai
Characters and words you are about to forget return as mischievous spirits. Train with Shinobu the ninja and answer correctly to send them off. The timing follows how memory fades, so each one comes back just before you would forget it.