The BEST Online Japanese Textbook??

Is this the BEST online Japanese textbook? I'll let you guys make that decision as we go through this genuinely surprising Japanese textbook! "Irodori: Japanese for Life in Japan" [いろどり：生活の日本語] is a FREE online textbook for N5-N4/A1-A2 Japanese according to it's publishing company: The Japanese Foundation! It's available for all Japanese language enthusiasts boasting over 1,000 pages between both elementary level books with some pretty impressive stats.

But is it all it's cracked up to be? Is this a worthy replacement for your physical Japanese textbook, or just another online sideshow with good intentions? I give you my honest thoughts on this week's Japanese resource review!

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[sw_bubu]

Chad, your new studio equipment is insane. Also I like your intro so much

[nicolemanicdao]

I've been sleeping on this. wow thank you soo much for opening my eyes to it 😳

[jon]

4:00 I think Chad got it reversed, the data makes more sense if it's the pass/fail rates for the JLPT. For example, 43.1% of participants at the A2 level passed the N1 JLPT which improves to 57.5% passing the N1 test at the B2 level.

[zo]

Thank you for this extensive review, keep up the great work! I thoroughly enjoy your content, love from Dubai!

[idolevin]

Great video but there are also 2 more books that are set to be released soon: a starter a1 book and a more advanced book, so it's unfair to compare the content just now.

[pavelhosek]

This is really helpful. I am currently studying for JLPT N5 and these are some more practice materials I needed. Thank you a lot I am a huge fan of your content! Keep the good work!

[suez]

I love the new intro ^^ and your videos in general. They've helped me soooo much so thank you!!!

[michellehenriques]

This looks great! Thanks for bringing this to my attention! I’m all over this!

[AlexanderGransgaard]

Pretty cool, I never knew these existed. Great review chad!

[trishaturner]

Thanks for the info Chad. I will use it alongside other materials. Your studio looks great. Keep up the great work.

[doaessayed]

thank you, Chad for telling me about this amazing website ... lovely content

[learnjapanesecairns]

Thank you, Chad!!!I teach my lessons using this series.

[bangkokadventures]

This looks very useful. Certainly worth a look

[Jessica-szkp]

Thanks so much! I didn't know this book existed

[sydneypreston]

Your content is just top tier. Thank you for putting so much time into your videos! Also love the new into 🥰

[zerohbeat]

Wow, what a great resource! Irodori plus (Genki or Minna No Nihongo) would be really cool to build a solid foundation for someone starting out.
Hopefully it will become more well know.

[kingo_friver]

2:20
That google-translation-ish weird sentence made me a little bit anxious...Anyway I downloaded them.
Actually their contents are excellent and I'm enjoying it except for the inconvenience of hearing voices.
I always have to read pdf, simultaneously find an mp3 file and open it for every topic. I know I shouldn't complain cuz it's absolutely free. Thank you for the informative video.

[echelonangel]

I think that this is a pretty interesting textbook! I have to look at it myself. The みなと website/ Marugoto book sets up similarly from what I can recall (bilingual text) given that its from the same place, Japan Foundation. I like the European Framework and the Can do type statements. And its free?! I would love to see what they'll have in the B1/B2 segment when they complete it.

[MrSceneNine]

Great review. And these books sound pretty great. Without having looked at the website yet, my guess is that these people are going to work their way up to the highest C2 level eventually. And if that all remains free, then that's No one wanting to learn Japanese will have an excuse not to at that point.

[marcelprado]

This video needs an update. There are 3 Irodori books now.