Let's learn hiragana: first book of basic japanese writing, paperback/yasuko mitamura

There are three types of Japanese script-katakana, hiragana, and kanji.

It is possible to read Japanese knowing only a limited number of kanji, but it is not possible with only a limited number of katakana or hiragana-one must know all of them.

Lets Learn Hiragana, and its companion volume Lets Learn Katakana, is a textbook that introduces the learner to the basics of one of these fundamental Japanese scripts.

Being a workbook, it contains all the exercises that allow the student to master hiragana by the time the book has been finished.

Lets Learn Hiragana is a classic in the field, and the huge number of students that have used it successfully is a sign of its preeminence as a self-study guide.