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Imagine you are traveling to Japan.

You must be so excited when you imagine shopping for your favorite anime or manga’s items in Akihabara or trying to put on a kimono in Kyoto!

In addition, you can also enjoy delicious Japanese foods such as ramen, tempura and sushi. When staying at a hotel, going sightseeing, and ordering some Japanese cuisines…

You need to have a conversation with many Japanese people.

Many Japanese people are not good at English.

Although there are some English-speaking staff available at famous sightseeing areas or hotels, English will not be spoken when you get lost in a city or order food at a local restaurant.

It would be sad if you came all the way to Japan and couldn't enjoy yourself because you don't speak the language. In “Nihongo Picture Book -John’s first solo-trip to Japan-”, you can learn some useful Japanese.

It’s a picture book, so you can imagine coming to Japan and learn how to use Japanese in a real situation. Through the story, you will learn some words and phrases.

Being able to use basic Japanese will make your trip more wonderful as you will be able to enjoy communicating with Japanese people in the area!

How is it different from other travel books?

This combines the best features of a Japanese language textbook for learning words and phrases and a travel book that only provides sightseeing information!

We guarantee you will get three benefits from this!

You can enjoy learning!

Simply gazing at words and phrases is boring, and trying to memorize them won’t help much.

The “Nihongo Picture Book -John’s first solo-trip to Japan” will help you to easily imagine actual situations with our original pictures, such as when asking a person for directions and asking them to take a picture…

Learning with pictures makes it easier to remember. In addition, the story style makes learning fun and keeps you from getting bored.

You can learn words and phrases that you can use starting today!

It does not end with just reading the picture book. Each section has its own vocabulary and phrasebook.

You can review all the words and phrases together, which makes them easy to remember and you can use them right away after reading the story.

You can read some columns with useful information!

It summarizes the information you need to know when traveling to Japan!

It covers money, climate,internet conditions, and more, so that you will be able to have all the preliminary knowledge you need for your trip to Japan.

How do I proceed with it?

Step 1

Read the picture book

Please read the picture book, imagining that you are traveling to Japan.

English translations are also provided so you can read along while understanding the meaning.
Step 2

Memorize words and phrases

Once you understand the story, you will learn Japanese using the words and phrases page. Please memorize them by reading them out loud or writing them down. It will be easier to memorize them when you have the story in your head.
Step 3

Read the columns and memorize useful information!

Take a short break from studying Japanese!
Please read the columns to learn useful information that you will need when traveling to Japan.
If you have any questions or concerns, use the chat service to ask them to our Japanese language instructors!

By repeating this routine, your knowledge of Japan and your Japanese language skills will improve!

Can I take the course from overseas?

The teaching materials are available online, so you can purchase them from anywhere.

Fruitful English is an e-Learning company dedicated to English writing, the first company established in Japan that offers online English writing correction.

We have won the Japan e-Learnig Grand Prize sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology / Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry / Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare / Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

We have been developing our business online since our inception.

Therefore, both the teaching materials and questions to our Japanese language instructors are all available online this time.