In today’s Fun Friday podcast, Rob from News From The Other Side taught me an interesting way to learn Hiragana and Katakana using the application Kanatap.

Hiragana and Katakana are the two basic phonetic scripts used in Japanese which beginners should tackle to start being able to read the language.

Rob found Kanatap through his studies of Hangul which could also inform people how to learn the basic phonetic scripts of Hiragana and Katakana.

Other methods include using Anki and also watching youtube videos with basic vocabulary lessons on Japanese.

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Rob a.k.a El Gringo from News from the other side joined me today to talk about cycling in Tokyo. We covered various topics including the Tour of Japan, Jerome Sadou’s Fixed in Japan, Fixed Gear Girl Taiwan, Fixed Gear Girls Korea and other information about living the bicycle life in Japan.

If you want useful information on cycling in Tokyo or to network with other cyclists then Tokyo Cycle Club is a good website and forum.

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