Whether you're a just starting out or are already familiar with the Japanese language, this book will help you with expanding your Japanese vocabulary and improve your Japanese reading and listening skills while having fun.

This book includes 2 entertaining and culturally interesting Japanese short stories for beginners and intermediate Japanese learners. The Japanese stories are written in Hiragana, Katakana, and about 250 basic Kanji characters which correspond to the advanced beginner and low intermediate levels. The stories are followed by line-by-line English translation, which will certainly speed up the learning process quite a bit. This book includes a chapter about Japanese language in general, its culture and language history. You can use this book as a language learning tool or Japanese text book to advance with your Japanese vocabulary skills at your own pace.

At the end of this book you can listen to the 2 stories in audio format. (Access to 1 downloadable mp3 file in Japanese language)