Reviews

Alrighty - I got this eBook series for one main reason and that is to use as a tool to improve my speech cadence and intonation. I’m using the audio primarily to shadow the sentences. The approach i use is to import the audio of each sentence into a program where I can create an extended audio file that has all 30 sentences doubled back to back. Each book comes out about 10 minutes in length. The program I use allows me to slow down the audio if I want and I can record myself speaking with the recordings to check my intonation. It’s been very useful. Also, the .pdf file for the book allowed me to quickly copy out the text of the sentences and create a sentence list to read along with the audio. Since I’m trying to wean myself off of looking at furigana this has been helpful for kanji recognition. Very happy with this series.

I have loved all the Japan Shop books. The grammar books give clear concise explanations and you can easily access the sounds. Plus the Yonde Miyo series are great to read and listen to.

I love the stories, they make you forget you are learning because you are reading a nice interesting story. Difficulty is n4 worthy is my opinion. Some stories stil require looking at the explanation a lot, but this is easy! It is right below. I am a big fan.

Excellent collections of contents, one of a kind. Learning Japanese through the haiku of Basho, Issa and Shiki... I couldn't have wished for more, thank you so much!

Very easy to follow great product

I am amazed with this bundle and a few bundles I bought recently.
I can read the book either in pfd format of epub format in my iPad.
I can listen to the sound track while reading the material. Some books in Kindle can have the text-to-speech feature that texts are highlighted while listening. It is a good feature for new learning like me. I am sure that other reader like that as well. I hope we can have text-to-speech feature with your product.

This book is so interesting and enlightening! It gives access to many wonderful haikus. By explaining what would otherwise be lost in translation, it enables the reader to better understand these poems, and thus enjoy them even more. Thank you!

Brilliant thank you!

Clay was very helpful in sending me HARD COPIES after a few emails as I did not make it clear when I first Ordered the Package.
Thanks,
Malcolm

Great

It's the third time I started learning japanese and I never came very far. With this set I managed to learn the hiragana in about two weeks and now I'm starting with the katakana :) The books are fun and easy to understand (even if your from Germany like me) and I'm looking forward to the moment when I really can understand the whole Storys. And a great plus is that you get free updates. Great work. I recommend it to everyone who's willing to learn Japanese

I finished Frank to Obaasan yesterday. It was magical, especially the ending--I always did wonder what happened to a certain class of character when they grew up and got old.

All the books I've looked at so far have been great for review and further learning. The only improvement I could suggest would be to add workbooks to the readers, or maybe exercises in the books themselves.

Thanks again for the useful and enjoyable products.

They are short but concise enough for a dictation every week.

Fantastic value in a variety of formats. Amazingly entertaining content for learning. Brilliant!

I have starting studying the material and I think it is great!! I feel they are very helpful adding more information to the staff my teacher is giving to me. The voice things are perfect and so are the practice exercises. Thank you!!

This is so much to work on and everything is wonderfully done and explained. Great buy

I haven't delved too far into this bundle yet, but the books are really well done. Every sentence is walked through so you get an understanding of how sentence structure works as well as learning words etc. It's good fun to learn about a subject while learning Japanese! I genuinely feel a sense of achievement, and like i have actually learned something when i finish a section. The audio is very helpful, to check I'm reading with the right pronunciation, though can be a little awkward on my phone as I have to jump between audio and books, but that's a phone issue, nothing to do with the bundle. Well worth the money.

I was able to send an email and rather than sending a quick answer I got a full page of information. Everything was very useful! When using this website and it's resources it will be worth every penny!

Got this for my daughter to help her with her Japanese class at school.

The actual content is good, but it is very bland and not as engaging as I would like. Very boring presentation and visuals make it seem more like a chore... like having to read a long drawn out contract. Every time I try to use their books I get easily distracted and can't continue. I really wish it was more engaging and fun.

I purchased the Learn Japanese with History because of my studies (personal) on Japanese Culture and got more than I expected and definitely worth the price. You get more bang for your buck.,

I haven't had the time to look it over. I purchased it in advance for when I had time to peruse it. I have 4500 books on Japanese in my library.

I bought both the Beri Beri Shoushinsha and Japanese Reader Collection bundles and have slowly been working through the content at my own pace. Everything is laid out in a very straightforward, easy to understand format and the stories are short, fun and practical for learning grammar basics and everyday words. I also love the various print-friendly worksheets for practicing writing, including fun things like crosswords. Thank you Clay and Yumi for making such fantastic learning resources available!

I loved all the material, it's really complete .
thanks a lot.

Perfect for beginners