Wagotabi: Learn Japanese

4.8
2.78K reviews
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PEGI 3
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About this app

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 Japanese skills to progress in the adventure offered by this educational game.

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.



◆ 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!



(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 …



Currently available content:
+300 carefully selected words and grammar points
+150 Kanji
+400 example sentences
+1500 voiced Japanese dialogues
+250 unique NPCs in game
All words / grammar are used extensively and in context for better retention



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Terms of Service: https://www.wagotabi.com/terms-of-service
Updated on
Oct 3, 2025

Data safety

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Data is encrypted in transit
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Ratings and reviews

4.8
2.61K reviews
Lee
September 5, 2025
I have tried many different apps that try to 'gamify' learning Japanese, but I find this format to be really helpful. I've been learning Japanese vocab on and off for years, but now in just a month I feel like I've learned more in terms of grammar and sentence structures. It's nice that every new thing you learn is repeated in npc dialogue so you learn that way. I've also found that I can read faster now, which is nice.
7 people found this review helpful
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Wagotabi Ltd
September 6, 2025
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!
S. Row
May 7, 2025
played up to the latest update 4/2025, and this app is impressive. as a beginner, I couldn't recommend this enough. While the development is ongoing, what it has is incredible. the mini-game for kana definitely helped hammer in those, and the vocab match game still teaches me. the grammar explanations are well done, and the gameplay itself is incredibly immersive. I'll admit some parts are tough but worth it, and make sense when you figure them out. 10 stars, can't wait for further development.
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Wagotabi Ltd
May 7, 2025
Thank you so much, feel free to support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wagotabi 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. Please tell people around you about Wagotabi, this helps us a lot! Edit: ❤️
Steve Johnson
August 10, 2025
Good for beginners, yet surprisingly immersive. More than rote memorization, it introduces words and then forces you to use them in dialogues. You can always step away to look up a word or review learned words with in-game drills, similar to Anki. But it's more satisfying to lean on memory and keep the flow of the game going. Try the demo to see for yourself. I'm only 3 hours in and while pretty basic, it's still deeper than Shashingo. Intrigued by the potential for expansion.
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Wagotabi Ltd
August 11, 2025
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!

What’s new

- Keyboard input finishing by n are correctly converted in kana
- Added Click to move control in option
- Added option to enable / disable game pause during unfocus
- Made more distinct the 店 and 家 sprites
- 秘密
- Bug and localization fixes