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Build the habit, step by step
The ladderStart free, keep climbing — grab the Starter Pack, then play the web app.
A slow listening diary from Tokyo — and a whole shelf of free ways to play with it.
Start hereReal Tokyo Japanese, read slowly — a new one every morning since Jan 2026.
Three steps, one minuteListen, shadow, read — the whole method, shown with one real sentence from a morning diary.
The ladderStart free, keep climbing — grab the Starter Pack, then play the web app.
Need the script?Step 3 is read it — and the podcast gives you sound only. Every diary’s kanji, hiragana and English in one place, so you can study a whole month at a time — as a download or in print.
One card, one choiceTwo small ways to taste the real thing before you commit — a single audio card, or the first chapter.
Editor's pickStart with Kana Quest — our most-loved game, straight from the meadow at sunrise.
