Hiragana Brainwash!

I found this very cool video on YouTube. It might seem like brainwashing at first, but it actually helps one to memorize Hiragana. Props to GenkiJapan!



QOTD: Do you know of any other cool Japan or Japanese-Learning related videos floating around the internet?

Efforts to "Uncomplicate" Japanese Learning

Day 2. Well technically still the same day, just after midnight now, hehe. I decided that Roseta Stone will not do alone in case of Japanese. It is still a great tool, but it was much more... how to say, self-explanatory of a language program when I migrated from a European language to another European tongue. Japanese, as I quickly found out last time, is a whole new ball game. And that is exciting as well as scary for me. After some internet research I have decided that Hiragana is probably the first thing one should master... naturally this assumption might be wrong, but how would I know mate? To my pleasant surprise I have also found many tools for learning Hiragana online! The one that stands out the most, as it teaches you the writing stroke order is this 3-part YouTube series by MasamuneJJ (see lesson 1 below!) ...I just hope that it is accurate, as again, I have no idea how good it really is. On another topic, I'm checking with my university tomorrow to see if I can get into an introductory Japanese class this fall. Will report on that shortly.

Question of the Day: Name some good tips on how to learn Japanese? What study habits or study methods do you use?