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Click on the video below to learn about Setsubun for FREE! Setsubun (the Bean-Throwing Ceremony) is celebrated on February 3rd in Japan. Can you talk about this holiday in Japanese? In this special Weekly Words lesson, Risa will teach you about the customs and vocabulary related to Setsubun. You can also get the lesson notes, review the vocabulary and try fun quizzes on our lesson page. >> Click here to visit the lesson page on JapanesePod101! Want to find out more about Setsubun? >> Check out our FREE advanced video on JapanesePod101! Are there any events like Setsubun in your country? Let us know in the comments!

Hi there Listener! Hope you’re not too tired from smashing your Japanese learning resolution and just generally being awesome (you are pretty awesome). We wanted to swing by and quickly update you on what happened this month. We’ve got new lessons, new vocab lists and some awesome free features! Keep reading to find out how you can upgrade your Japanese in 2015. In this month’s newsletter: New Vocab Lists! Learn Faster with our NEW Vocabulary Lists New Lesson Schedule! New Weekly JapanesePod101 Lesson! New! My Account Updated! Customize Your Username & More! New Animated Series - Learn Japanese with Innovative Japanese! 1. Learn Faster with NEW, Redesigned Vocabulary Lists! Want to learn vocabulary more... Show more

Hello Listeners! If you want to become better at speaking, writing and understanding Japanese, you NEED to know more words. (We’re sorry listeners, there’s no way around it!) If you want to learn vocabulary fast, you must be able to read and understand it instantly! That’s why we've redesigned our vocabulary lists to help you learn faster (and make your eyeballs happy too). All it takes is a few minutes to review a list. And the result? You know more Japanese. But, let’s get into what’s new with your Japanese Vocabulary Lists! Click here to see the new design and learn more vocabulary! Pretty spiffy, right? With bigger text, more space, a shiny new font and the ability to zoom in on words and look up their definitions,... Show more

Welcome to 2015, Listener! Making New Year’s resolutions is easy. Keeping them? That’s the challenge. But 2015 is going to be different for you. How? This year you’ll be armed with a secret weapon of your own: JapanesePod101 Premium Challenge yourself to mastering Japanese in 2015 and we’ll give you the lessons to SMASH through your resolution AND 45% savings on 12-Month Premium. That’s an entire year of Premium Access for just $99! Welcome to the Innovative Language Learning Inner Circle With JapanesePod101 Premium, you have access to our complete learning system, which was created with busy students in mind. But tools alone won’t help you improve your Japanese. Every successful language student knows that in order to succeed,... Show more

Hi Listener, Want to speak more Japanese in 2015? You need exposure to native Japanese conversation from day 1. You need a Japanese speaker to explain it all – the words, the grammar, and cultural nuances. And you get all of that in every single JapanesePod101 lesson. In fact, we’re starting up a brand new season just in time for the New Year! Starting January 5th, 2015, we’ll be publishing brand new seasons of Audio and Video Lessons to get you mastering Japanese the fast, fun and easy way! Want to know what you can expect? Here’s JapanesePod101’s Lesson Schedule: Monday: Lower Beginner Series - Season 2 Tuesday: Introduction - Culture Class: Holidays in Japan / Video Series - Japanese Listening Comprehension ... Show more

Hello Listener, The year’s about to come to a close. While you were improving your Japanese, we were busy churning out great new updates, features and lessons. 2014 was a fantastic time to learn language with us. Here are a few reasons why: 3,343+ New Lessons spanning over 31 languages published this year. 300 Million Lesson Downloads across all sites, since our start in 2005. 2 New Language Learning Sites: CzechClass & DanishClass101. That's a total of 31 languages you can learn with Innovative Language. Innovative Language 101 App launched for the Android, iPhone, iPad & Kindle Fire so you can learn Japanese on the go. New Features: Vocab Lists, Season Vocabulary & Premium PLUS My Teacher... Show more

Season’s Greetings Listener! You were told there’d be 10 Japanese deals in the 2014 Big Holiday Countdown. Here’s one more. Pick your favorite deal, any deal, and jump into the Japanese language! We’ve re-opened our incredible 2014 Holiday Offers and there are only 101 spots left per deal. Consider it a special gift from us to you, our beloved listeners. Choose your favorite deal from the past 10 days and enjoy huge savings on our best Japanese learning tools! Having a hard time choosing? Here are our favorite deals: 24-Month Premium for 55% OFF – That’s one of our biggest offers of the year! 47% Savings on Any Basic or Premium Subscription! – Choose our most affordable plan or the fastest track to fluency. ... Show more

Hello Listener, Either you’ve waited all year for this... Or you’ve just popped into JapanesePod101 and are wondering what in the world is going on. The biggest and best Japanese learning deals and discounts of 2014 start today! Serious about mastering Japanese in 2014? Join the Holiday Countdown as we count down the holiday season with 10 days of the 10 BIGGEST deals on Japanese Apps, Audiobooks, Software Subscriptions and much much more. The Big Holiday Countdown starts today, December 8th, until Friday, December 19th, 2014. Here are a few crucial things you must know in order to snag some amazing Japanese learning gifts before they’re gone forever: There are 10 deals total. One for each day of the Countdown. Each deal... Show more