First, spend some time with our animated Hiragana and Katakana guides to learn to read & write basic Japanese characters.
After you've memorized reading and writing Hiragana & Katakana characters, tackle a new lesson each day--each lesson only takes about 15-20 minutes to complete.
Finally, to continue learning Japanese, explore our links to a variety of online and offline learning resources.
Mainichi Japanese makes it easy to learn to read and write basic Japanese.