Wagotabi is your daily companion for learning Japanese from scratch, at your own pace, and with maximum immersion. Learn to read, write, and understand Japanese in context, while retaining Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. Use your knowledge directly in context, by interacting with locals, and using Japanese in daily situations.
Discover real Japanese cities and culture while going on a quest to become a Japanese Grand Master.
Designed in close collaboration with +300 Japanese language experts, official Japanese prefecture tourist associations and thousands of early testers, Wagotabi provides you with an immersive approach to language learning following a graded reader approach. Words and grammar points are introduced according to the JLPT standard, beginning with N5.
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◆ START from zero: the game is beginner friendly: no initial Japanese knowledge needed. Concepts are introduced step by step and used right away in-game. Non-beginners will progress faster and equally enjoy the game.
◆ JOURNEY in Japan: Explore real cities, learn to introduce yourself, order food, ask your way to the locals and unravel hidden secrets!
◆ COLLECT new words, Kana, Kanji and get detailed explanations on grammar patterns and conjugation step-by-step. No more overwhelming Kana / Kanji / vocabulary lists.
◆ CHALLENGE Japanese Grand Masters in their castle to earn their respect!
◆ COMPETE with fellow learners on Kana and Kanji minigames and post your top scores to the leaderboard!
◆ PERSONALIZE your learning experience: benefit from our SRS tool pin-pointing your weaknesses, create your own avatar, set the game difficulty. This is your Japanese journey.
◆ ENJOY a fully ad-free experience without in-app purchase, the game can be entirely played offline!
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(Non-exhaustive) list of features :
Interactive dictionary (with illustrations, tags etc.), clear grammar explanation, interactive tooltips, fully voiced in Japanese, SRS powered smart tests, interactions with environment, quests, 2 minigames (Kana and Kanji), boss fights, Hiragana / Katakana / Kanji stroke order and calligraphy, Kanjidex, resembling Kanji, conjugation, cloud save, advanced progress tracking tools …
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The game is in constant development, with regular updates adding new content.
Currently available content:
+400 carefully selected words and grammar points
+195 Kanji
+600 example sentences
+2600 voiced Japanese dialogues
+350 unique NPCs in game
All words / grammar are used extensively and in context for better retention
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What our early testers are saying about Wagotabi:
"You guys are a blessing to bring this to the learning market!"
"I have been using some of the App's examples for my lessons and my students are responding to them really well."
"I don't have the budget to travel to Japan, however I'm totally immersed in this game, learning effectively and witnessing my progress daily."
"Thanks to this app, my kids are now self-motivated to learn Japanese and reconnect with their roots. This concept is so Kawaii!“
"I'm preparing a trip to Japan and will definitely go check these spots I already visited in-game."
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This is by far the best app I have ever used for learning Japanese and I have used *a lot* of them. It is engaging and immersive and combines elements of culture with well-explained grammar points. The puzzles are really fun to work through and feel more exciting than just a standard testing format. The characters are cute and fun and the story arcs tie in with each prefecture beautifully. As a language teacher, I was so impressed by some of the challenges and situations which were really clever ways of practising specific skills. I will say that it can be fast paced — I knew most of the content available already, but it has taken me over a year to learn, whereas this I was cracking through in a week or so as it was so engaging! Additionally, your experience will be better if you already know hiragana and katakana. In any case, I am eagerly awaiting new updates and I hope they come soon.
Developer Response
Thank you!It took us years to experiment while developing Wagotabi and finding the right balance between learning, fun and immersion!We are regularly adding new towns and learning content. Our vision is to add much more content step by step. First covering N5 and then above.Please tell people around you about Wagotabi, this helps us a lot!
Amazing tool/game!
Taymaraz
I’ve been learning Japanese on and off for years but I always have problems retaining vocab/how to build a sentence properly. This app has really hit to sweet spot with making me excited to learn and having fun whilst locking in what I am learning. And with the gradual exposure/replacement of English with Japanese, it’s incredibly rewarding 🧡My only pointer is, with the Kanjidex, I would like to see explanations/little sentences included with ways to remember the kanji. It might be further down the line or in a future update but if not, it would be an amazing addition! Thank you so much for creating this app, it’s exactly what I have been looking for!!
Developer Response
Thank you so much! It took us years to experiment while developing Wagotabi and finding the right balance between learning, fun and immersion!Our aim is that each learner can feel proud of their progress, because you all do a great job and deserve some celebrating! Each new step in the game contains some new content but also areas where you can appreciate and contemplate your progress!We are regularly adding new towns and learning content.Please tell people around you about Wagotabi, this helps us a lot!
Wagotabiわごたび makes Japanese so much fun
__craig59__
I was looking for an app to learn Japanese through immersion and so far it has been so simple to play and understand. I like it how they have combined resources from actual Japanese textbooks into the game. It’s easy to understand from the beginning as they start from the very scratch and gradually build up your phrase bank. You don’t have to stress much about doing your reviews as it is rather at your own pace. I have tried the demo before and have decided to fully support the authors. Looking forward to the game on Steam and Desktop platforms!!!
Developer Response
Thank you so much for your kind words! It took us years to experiment while developing Wagotabi and finding the right balance between learning, fun and immersion! It is a labor or love and we are so glad you feel it! We are currently preparing the Steam and Desktop platform ports, with the objective of having also a cross-device save system.We are regularly adding new towns and learning content.Please tell people around you about Wagotabi, this helps us tremendously!
The best!
FirePrince
I think it is by far the best Japanese learning game (or perhaps app!) available in iOS. The method is effective and the user can learn a lot with little effort. The story is engaging and the art is very cute, they both help to characterise the prefectures where the game is set and to teach also about Japanese culture and places as well as the language. As if this were not enough, the game has a free demo and it does not use predatory tactics such as subscriptions or always on internet access: you buy it once for an affordable price and it is yours for life! I couldn’t recommend it more.
Developer Response
Thank you so much for your kind feedback! You perfectly summarized what Wagotabi has to offer.Being Japanese learners ourselves, we went through the struggles of early stage learning, through all levels of JLPT exams, up to a high level of proficiency. We are willing to transmit the best practices we established during that long journey, and most importantly, with maximum respect to the user. Wagotabi is extremely affordable, no recurring fees, available totally offline: your long term companion for Japanese learning. We are updating Wagotabi regularly with new towns and lessons.
- Put back original kana audio
- Simplified puzzle clues for the Sand Museum puzzle
- Bug and localization fixes
Version 1.00.0524
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Information
Provider
WAGOTABI LIMITED
Size
200.6 MB
Category
Education
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
Apple Vision Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Languages
English and 11 more
English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
