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Except for the first one, these are in no particular order.
1. TextFugu
First, I would like to start out with TextFugu. TextFugu was created by Tofugu (http://www.tofugu.com/). The person who runs it, Koichi, is one of the funniest people on the internet. He teaches Japanese in a way that is amazingly fun to learn. I am starting out with TextFugu (logo copied directly from (http://www.tofugu.com) becuase if it weren't for him, I would have never been able to learn to read Japanese. His blog was my inspiration to create this one. Thanks Koichi!
"TextFugu is an online Japanese textbook designed specifically for self-learners of Japanese. As of this post, it’s still in its early stages of development, which means it’s pretty perfect for beginners / complete beginners, though intermediate / advanced learners won’t find much here (yet). What makes TextFugu unique is its focus on all the main issues that self-learners run into. With most resources, quitter-rate is between 80-90%. TextFugu’s much lower quitter-rate is thanks to the interesting content, personal feel, and focus on inspiration / motivation rather than the good ol’ fashioned content shotgun approach."
- Coped from http://www.tofugu.com/
2. Rembering the Kanjihttp://www.amazon.com/Remembering-Kanji-Vol-Complete-Characters/dp/0824831659/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1302297034&sr=1-1
This book is amazing, it is one of the reasons I know how to read (Japanese). This book teaches you the meanings, not reading, but it is much better to know the meaning before the reading because... read here: http://japanai.blogspot.com/2011/04/why-you-should-learn-kanji-meaning.html
"The aim of this book is to provide the student of Japanese with a simple method for correlating the writing and the meaning of Japanese characters in such a way as to make them both easy to remember. It is intended not only for the beginner, but also for the more advanced student looking for some relief from the constant frustration of how to write the kanji and some way to systematize what he or she already knows. The author begins with writing because--contrary to first impressions--it is in fact the simpler of the two. He abandons the traditional method of ordering the kanji according to their frequency of use and organizes them according to their component parts or "primitive elements." Assigning each of these parts a distinct meaning with its own distinct image, the student is led to harness the powers of "imaginative memory" to learn the various combinations that result. In addition, each kanji is given its own key word to represent the meaning, or one of the principal meanings, of that character. These key words provide the setting for a particular kanji's "story," whose protagonists are the primitive elements.
In this way, students are able to complete in a few short months a task that would otherwise take years. Armed with the same skills as Chinese or Korean students, who know the meaning and writing of the kanji but not their pronunciation in Japanese, they are now in a much better position to learn to read."
- Product description
3. Playstation 3
Why sit around and play games on the playstation that won't teach you anything when you could be learning Japanese? Click the link!
http://japanai.blogspot.com/2011/04/using-playstation-3-to-study-japanese.html
