Tsugawa Method DS Hits Shelves

Today ERTAIN released まる書いてドンドン覚える驚異のつがわ式漢字記憶術 aka まるかいてどんどんおぼえるきょういのつがわしきかんじきおくじゅつ aka Tsugawa Method DS to kanji-loving DS users across Japan! The software features Professor Hiroyoshi Tsugawa's (津川博義) kanji learning methodology.

His technique is very simple. All you have to do is take a kanji that you have troubling remembering and circle the trickiest part of it. After spending a little time concentrating on the trouble zone or writing it out, he guarantees you'll learn the kanji by heart!


To celebrate the software's release, an event was held on June 26th at the AKB48 Theater on the 8th floor of the Akihabara Don Quijote. Some lovely girls from AKB48, pictured above and dressed in school uniforms, performed a classroom skit with Sayaka Akimoto playing teacher. As the rowdy students attempted to cheat after being challenged to write some difficult kanji, Professor Tsugawa came on to the scene and taught the girls his method, resulting in nearly perfect scores from the girls.

Personally, I would have quite a bit of trouble concentrating on kanji if I were on that stage--or even in the vicinity!

I plan to have a review of the software up soon, so stay tuned!

Akihara event info via AKIBA KEIZAI SHIMBUN