JAPANESE, MAPPED FOR REAL LIFE.
Your map to Japanese.
From first kana to life in Japan.
Learn Japanese through English—for the JLPT, daily life, work, and care in Japan. Every guide shows where you are, what the language means, and where to go next.
英語を羅針盤に、日本語を旅する。
CHOOSE A DEPARTURE POINT
Start from where you are.
The atlas adjusts to your goal—not the other way around.
I am new to Japanese
Begin with hiragana, katakana, sounds, and flexible first phrases.
Open this route 02JLPT ROUTEI have a JLPT goal
Open the N5–N1 exam guides and follow a route built around your next level.
Open this route 03LIFE IN JAPANI need Japanese for life
Prepare for stores, city hall, work, hospitals, and everyday conversations.
Open this routeMY ATLAS · SAVED ON THIS DEVICE
Make every visit move you forward.
Read one useful guide, try one short practice, and leave with a visible next destination.
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JLPT EXAM GUIDES
One clear entrance for every level.
Choose N5, N4, N3, N2, or N1. Each page explains the target and turns it into a practical route.
Understand some basic Japanese and establish a dependable first study routine.
Open guide 02N4基礎をつなぐConnect basic grammar, vocabulary, and kanji into practical everyday understanding.
Open guide 03N3橋渡しのレベルBridge classroom Japanese and the language used in ordinary life.
Open guide 04N2幅広い日本語へHandle everyday Japanese and understand a wider range of clear, connected material.
Open guide 05N1多様な場面を読むUnderstand complex Japanese used across a broad variety of circumstances.
Open guideJAPANESE HISTORY
See the history inside the language.
Travel from the first communities to postwar Japan through everyday life, multiple perspectives, key Japanese terms, and sources you can open.
HISTORY · SOCIETY · LANGUAGE
A map of Japanese history: six eras that still shape the language
Build a first timeline from prehistoric Japan to the present, then connect each era to words, places, and ideas you still meet in Japanese.
Read the guideHISTORY · SOCIETY · LANGUAGE
Edo Japan beyond “closed country”: cities, travel, and four gateways
Replace the image of a sealed Japan with a clearer map of Tokugawa government, cities, roads, publishing, and regulated international exchange.
Read the guideHISTORY · SOCIETY · LANGUAGE
The Meiji Restoration: how a political change reshaped daily life
Trace the change from Tokugawa rule to the Meiji state, then examine schools, work, citizenship, empire, and the unequal costs of modernization.
Read the guideHISTORY · SOCIETY · LANGUAGE
Postwar Japan: the Constitution, reconstruction, and a new daily life
Follow Japan from defeat and occupation to the 1947 Constitution and rapid growth, while learning the vocabulary used to discuss war and postwar life.
Read the guideGLOBAL ANIME LIBRARY
Read the stories that travel worldwide.
Start with NARUTO, then open guides to ONE PIECE, Dragon Ball, Pokémon, Demon Slayer, Attack on Titan, My Hero Academia, and Jujutsu Kaisen.
NARUTO across languages: ninja words, belonging, and the work of translation
Use NARUTO as a map into manga history, fictional ninja vocabulary, character language, translation choices, and evidence of global readership.
Read the guideONE PIECE: a voyage through crew, freedom, and Japanese words
Read ONE PIECE through its publication history and the Japanese of voyages, crews, dreams, and justice—without turning a fictional world into a cultural stereotype.
Read the guidePokémon: names, evolution, exchange, and a world localized for many languages
Follow Pokémon from its 1996 game origins into animation and global localization while learning the Japanese of catching, raising, evolving, and trading.
Read the guideNEWS & CULTURE
Understand Japan as it changes.
Read the event, its cultural context, the Japanese inside the story, and the official sources behind it.
KANJI Memory Hint arrives in Indonesian: a multilingual route into kanji
An Indonesian version of KANJI Memory Hint 1–3 was released in August 2026. Learn how the app connects form, reading, meaning, and memory.
3 primary and official references · next review 2026.11.28Irodori adds a pre-intermediate route for life in Japan
The Japan Foundation expanded Irodori with a free A2/B1 level. See what changed, how culture enters the lessons, and which phrases matter.
3 primary and official references · next review 2026.11.30More people are learning Japanese worldwide: how to read the latest survey
A new Japan Foundation report shows record highs across four measures. Read the finding, its limits, and the Japanese used to report change.
2 primary and official references · next review 2026.12.15FIELD GUIDES
Japanese you can use on your next step.
Learn the language together with the place, relationship, and decision it belongs to.
START HEREJapanese word order: find the topic, details, and final verb
Japanese sentences often place the verb at the end. Learn to follow particles and build a sentence without forcing it into English order.
3 min guideONE PIECE: a voyage through crew, freedom, and Japanese words
Read ONE PIECE through its publication history and the Japanese of voyages, crews, dreams, and justice—without turning a fictional world into a cultural stereotype.
4 min guideDragon Ball: training, rivals, and the Japanese of getting stronger
Use Dragon Ball to learn the Japanese of training, growth, rivals, and signature techniques while keeping fictional energy and real-life language apart.
4 min guidePokémon: names, evolution, exchange, and a world localized for many languages
Follow Pokémon from its 1996 game origins into animation and global localization while learning the Japanese of catching, raising, evolving, and trading.
4 min guideTHE ATLAS INDEX
Explore eleven regions of Japanese.
Move between language knowledge, history, creative culture, current events, the JLPT, and the situations that shape daily life in Japan.
First Japanese
Kana, sounds, and your first useful sentences
Grammar & Sentences
See how Japanese sentences fit together
Words & Kanji
Build words and kanji in real context
JLPT
Plan a clear route from N5 toward N1
Daily Life
Shop, travel, and handle essential procedures
Work in Japan
Communicate with clarity in a Japanese workplace
Medical & Care
Find language for care, symptoms, and support
Culture & Communication
Read relationships, tone, and what is implied
History & Society
Trace the eras, people, and words behind Japan today
Arts & Anime
Meet artists, anime, and the language of making
News & Culture
Connect current events, culture, and living Japanese
HOW THE ATLAS WORKS
Know your position.
Follow one clear route.
A useful atlas does more than explain a word. It connects the language to a goal, a real situation, and the guide that should come next.
Open the route map- STEP 01Locate your starting point
Choose by level, JLPT target, or the situation you need to handle.
- STEP 02Learn in context
Use English guidance to understand Japanese form, meaning, and social setting.
- STEP 03Mark the next destination
Check your understanding and continue along a visible learning route.
THREE WAYS INTO JAPAN
A test. A counter. A hospital desk.
Japanese changes with the destination. Start with the one that matters to you now.
JLPT N5 to N1: choose a route from what you can understand
The JLPT has five levels, from N5 to N1. Compare the official reading and listening descriptions before choosing your next target.
Open guideConvenience-store Japanese: hear the question before the register
Prepare for common register questions about bags, heating food, points, and payment so you can answer with one calm phrase.
Open guideAt a hospital in Japan: from reception to the consultation room
Learn the language path through reception: state the problem, describe when it began, share essential information, and ask for language support.
Open guideFROM THE EDITORS
English is the compass.
Japanese is the journey.
We use English to make the route visible while keeping Japanese at the center. Official sources, clear dates, original examples, and real-life context help every guide remain useful and checkable.
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