Why struggle with conjugations when you can take an intimate tour of modern Japan along the ancient Tokaido Road - and learn key signs and phrases along the way? Choose your own path through more than 150 lessons and quizzes on topics ranging from the bullet train to Japanese table manners. Underlined words are pronounced aloud, and male or female native speakers (your choice) guide you step by step as you record and replay your own voice. Useful kanji characters come to life in ingenious animations, while nineteenth-century wood-cuts, musical passages, and a traditional "snakes and ladders" game delight the eye and ear.