Sorry we've been off for so long. Lots of "stuff" is going on in our lives. If you are a subscription donator, please send Hitomi your questions and let her know you are a subscriber - we will always make an extra effort to answer your questions ASAP. ...

Apparently this lesson was recorded, but never made it into the iTunes feed. We're not sure what happened, but enjoy anyway! Japanese Lesson #77

Unfortunately the first Lesson 76 was killed by my computer. Hitomi kindly re-recorded it today, so it's missing the intro music, etc. We're going to take the summer off, but subscription donators will still get episodes sent via email. We'll see you i...

In order to reward those of you who have set up subscription donations, we've decided to go back to splitting the lessons in half. There is still plenty of great free Japanese to be learned here, but to those of you who donate your hard-earned money to...

This lesson is for you intermediate listeners and you beginners who want to test your vocabulary. Listen carefully and write down any words you don't recognize. Japanese Lesson #74 As I mentioned in the show, here are links to follow us on various so...

This week's episode is sponsored by our new friends network. Meet Japanese girls and guys who are looking for language partners, travel partners, pen pals and more. Head over to the show! Japanese Lesson #73

This week's episode is brought to you by the brand new Japancast Friends Network. Head to and sign up for your free account today to meet Japanese girls and guys who are looking for penpals, language partners and more. In this lesson we cover the ofte...

This week's episode is brought to you by the new Japancast Friends Network. If you're looking to find a Japanese friend, penpal, language partner or even boyfriend or girlfriend, head over to and sign up now. We hope you had a wonderful Easter. We're ...

Thanks to everyone who's donated to keep this podcast going. We truly appreciate your support. This lesson is based on some suggestions in our forums. Remember, our listeners detere the direction of our lessons, so keep those suggestions cog! Japanese...

Thanks to a listener for cog up with an idea for this weeks lesson. Remember, if you have an idea for a lesson you can create a short (less than 60 onds) MP3 file and send it in for consideration. Thanks to everyone who donated to make this show possib...

Hitomi is busy eating bon-bons and drinking martinis at the moment, so you're getting a bona fide lesson for beginners. Thanks to everyone who posted suggestions over at the Japancast Social site. If you haven't visited them take a moment: Japancast So...

Thanks to everyone for putting up with all the changes and issues over the past couple of weeks. For those of you who only get this in the podcast, we've got a totally new "social" site. Check it out here: Japancast Social. Thanks to all of our suppor...

Greetings everyone! Time for our first video podcast. Of course, this didn't go off without problems. Noticeably are the following: The sound just stinks. I left our big screen TV on in the room, so you can see flickering on us. Also, because we're no...

Wow - what a delay! Sorry it's taken so long. Well, in this lesson we cover one of the biggest and most common mistake we see our listeners making. Listen carefully! Also, we're giving away a prize in this lesson, so make sure you listen to the entire ...

This week we're taking on a subject that every beginner and traveler to Japan should know - TIME. Japanese Lesson #65 See you in 2008! Thank you for all of your support. Paul & Hitomi

Christmas List 2007 So for this episode we decided to come up with our Japancast Christmas List 2007. For all your family members who always ask you "what do you want for Christmas" and you never can come up with anything on the spot - this list is f...

In this weeks lesson we have Momotaro for the intermediate-advanced listeners, and donation subscribers get a bonus manga lesson! Japanese Lesson #64 This week's episode is brought to you by donations from listeners like YOU. Thank you to all of you ...

hisashiburi desu ne? Well, it's been an interesting couple of weeks. I guess you know you are in bad shape when the first thing the doctor says is "I think I'll start you on some morphine". But we're back! Please enjoy this lesson and we'll do our be...

This week's lesson is a special listening comprehension edition. Can you figure out the story Hitomi is reading? Listen carefully! Special Edition 05