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Starting on your Japanese path can be overwhelming. In the vast world of information available to you, it is hard to find where to begin. The aim of this site is to guide you along your studies in Japanese, from zero to fluent to legendary, in a step by step, easy to grasp manner. There is a lot to take in here, so please make sure you give yourself plenty of time. You don’t want to overdo it and abandon your travels before you even get to level 1.

Good luck on your journey. Welcome to Japanese Quest: The Legend of You.

New here? Check out the Japanese Quest Walkthrough (last update: 4/23/12).

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Most Recent Articles

JALUP Adventurers, Coco’s Journey 4: First Results

After discussing it over with Adshap, we decided to less frequently update the JALUP Adventurers, Coco’s Journey series. With this change, I will be putting a lot more action, reflection, and punch into each post, rather than having it spread out every week. Please keep in mind though that my journey has not changed at all. I will still be going all out just like … Continue reading →

Constructing Your New Voice

Ever wonder how you sound in Japanese to Japanese people? Unfortunately, this is something that you will never know the answer to. If you ask a Japanese person, if they are being nice (99% of the time), they will give you a vague compliment like “you sound great” or ” you sound natural.” If they are being honest, the best they will probably say is … Continue reading →

Boosting Anki’s Power With Media Enhancements 5: Subs2srs Magic

“Subs2srs”, more S’s than you could possibly ever want in an abbreviation, stands for “Subtitles to Spaced Repetition System (ex. Anki).” This powerful tool gives you the ability to turn any Japanese video into automatically made Anki cards with minimal effort. While it occasionally gets a bad name because it makes it easy to dump a whole show of sentences into your Anki deck which … Continue reading →

JALUP Adventurers, Coco’s Journey 3: Keeping Pace And The Power Of Fun

Time flies. When you do a project like this, you suddenly realize how short one week is. It’s scary. But let’s stay positive and enjoy the moment rather than worrying about time. My first big change has already happened. I now realize that during my pre-JALUP phase my Japanese studies were indeed studies. It was work, worry, frustration, ego, ambition, and self-consciousness. It kind of reminded … Continue reading →

Test Your Japanese Might: Final Stage

This is it. You’ve cleared stages 1 and 2 which means your Japanese is probably pretty damn good. You should be incredibly proud of where you are already, as you have already achieved a higher level than most Japanese learners will ever reach. But I know you Japanese learners out there that come to this site. Always seeking more. Always aiming for the top. This is the … Continue reading →

JALUP Adventurers, Coco’s Journey 2: Immersion Calculations and the Quadruple Play

I’ve made it through my first week. The first thing I’ve noticed is that immersion is not a given. Even if it’s “passive” you have to work for it. You have to put in the hours, develop a habit, making every single minute count, or you’ll never make it past 3 hours. I thought it would be easier – well it’s not. You have to … Continue reading →

Part-time Japanese Job, Full-time Japanese Success

On your Japanese journey, an English teaching job can be an easy vehicle for getting into Japan and surviving there. But it also has a lot of downsides: collapsing companies, shady bosses, low job satisfaction, and most importantly, it provides little opportunity to encounter or use Japanese. Even worse, plenty of eikaiwa schools actively discourage teachers from learning or using Japanese. The Japanese natives you … Continue reading →

Training in Tokyo, The Language School 1: Selection and Beginnings

In the summer of 2009 I attended a six week language program in Tokyo that changed the way I learned Japanese. Not only did the relatively short period in Tokyo improve my Japanese language skills and understanding of life in Japan, it also motivated me to work four times as hard when I got back. The second year of my BA Japanese Studies had a … Continue reading →

JALUP Adventurers, Coco’s Journey 4: First Results

Constructing Your New Voice

Boosting Anki’s Power With Media Enhancements 5: Subs2srs Magic

JALUP Adventurers, Coco’s Journey 3: Keeping Pace And The Power Of Fun

Test Your Japanese Might: Final Stage

JALUP Adventurers, Coco’s Journey 2: Immersion Calculations and the Quadruple Play

Part-time Japanese Job, Full-time Japanese Success

Training in Tokyo, The Language School 1: Selection and Beginnings

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