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Title: Remembering the Hiragana: A Complete Course on How to Teach Yourself the Japanese Syllabary in 3 Hours by James W. Heisig ISBN: 0-87040-765-1 Publisher: Kodansha Pub. Date: 01 April, 1990 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $8.00

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Average Customer Rating: 4.47 (17 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: The fastest way to really learn Hiragana
Comment: If english is your native language and you're at least a teenager or older, I think this is the fastest method to learn Hiragana. I struggled for many years trying to memorize Hiragana. I really was convinced I would never learn it. With this book and spending less than one hour a day for three days on the lessons, I can honestly say I really LEARNED to read and write Hiragana. My friends and family are truely amazed. I am so happy to have achieved this milestone I am now moving on to learn Kanji.

The author takes advantage of the imaginative portion of your brain instead of conventional brut force memorization. He also uses this method to teach you proper stroke order which is essential to write Hiragana proficiently.

Rating: 5
Summary: Superlative; the best book for learning hiragana.
Comment: An unqualified triumph. As someone who struggled to learn the hiragana characters through "brute force," with attendant frustration and slow progress, I was amazed at how easy and effective this book made things. It doesn't coddle you, either--most Japanese books baldly assert "this is how the characters look, period. No deviation from them is permitted, nor will any ever be encountered." This is, of course, hogwash--variant forms of the characters run rampant. Heisig's book , however, admits this, and even shows you a handfull of different forms, from block print to flowing script. An excellent, indispensible book. Buy the katakana book, too--also well worth your time!

Rating: 2
Summary: A Last Resort
Comment: The biggest failing of this book is that the "alphabetical" order is treated as an afterthought, sing a song to yourself and you can remember it. In fact this is extremely important and would create a huge problem.

I'd suggest at least trying the old fashion approach, learning from a chart of all the characters. Those characters you can't remember or confuse make up your own system.

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