Learning Hiragana!
Well as some of you might know, I have been studying Chinese and Korean now for almost two years! Both of these languages have improved considerably, except I probably do not study or practice as much as I should. But this year has been different. I have been studying Chinese at least twice a week and Korean twice a week since the New Year! I had studied Japanese some time ago while I was in high school, but when your in high school, you are not really focused on your studies. Plus since I have not studied Japanese for so long, I have actually forgotten the little I knew.
My teacher at the continuing education class that I was taking at FTCC did not teach us Hiragana or Katakana. She would only write everything for us in Romaji. So I took it upon myself to buy these flashcards and learn the Japanese alphabet! Both of them! This past weekend I actually learned Hiragana, so now if I see the letter I know what it is. Now I am working on recalling all of them from memory and trying to write them from memory. This is a little more challenging, but I have good faith I can do it. I really liked these flashcards because they were high quality and they had some pretty clever mnemonics to help memorize the letter. I found them on Amazon for around $14 USD. So I would highly recommend this set of Kana Flashcards to anyone who is interested in learning how to read or write the Japanese alphabet! Both Hiragana and Katakana are included. 
now all you need to do is learn kanji