Requirements
Since Japanese is written in Japanese in this guide (as it should be and NOT in romaji) your browser must be able to display Japanese fonts. If 「こんにちは」 looks like gobbledygook then you need to install some kind of Japanese language support or use some kind of gateway to convert the characters. Links to instructions and a translation gateway are below.

Japanese Language Support
Translation Gateway (Considerably slower)

Plans for the Future
I plan to keep continue making additions to this guide and hope to one day cover every major aspect of Japanese grammar. If there is anything you would like to see addressed or added, please email me.
Recently, I've started an independent project to study Chinese (I like to call things I do 'projects' because it makes it sound important) and I realized that while the greatest resource is a native teacher, it is also the hardest to obtain. (I'm currently on my own.) I would like to add audio examples in the future to help those who cannot find a native speaker in their area at least grasp a sense of how Japanese is pronouned. I expect that once I write out all the written content, I'll gather some friends for a recording session. If you would like to contribute (since I would like to have as much variety in voices as possible), email me. I'm currently living in 板橋区 in Tokyo. Though, I guess if you were a native speaker, you wouldn't be reading this...

I hope you enjoy this guide as much as I enjoyed writing it. Which is to say, frustrating and time-consuming yet somehow strangely mixed with an enormous feeling of satisfaction.

1. Introduction
2. The Writing System
   • Hiragana
   • Katakana
   • Kanji
3. Basic Grammar
   • Copula Verb
   • Introduction to Particles （は、も、が）
   • Adjectives
   • Verb Basics
   • Negative Verbs
   • Past Tense
   • Particles used with Verbs （を、に、へ、で）
   • Making verbal sub-clauses
   • Noun related Particles （と、や、の）
   • Adverbs and Gobi
4. Essential Grammar
   • Polite Form
   • Adressing People
   • Question Marker
   • Compound Sentences
   • Potential Form
5. Special Expressions
   • Giving and Receiving Favors

About the Author
I'm currently working at Hitachi on web-based HR （人事） systems in Tokyo. I learned most of my Japanese while studying at Carleton College, MN which disproves the theory that it is impossible to learn Japanese without going to Japan. (Well, I did have Japanese friends who I hung out with basically all the time.)
In my free time, I am slowly working on learning Chinese, as well as, brushing up on my Korean. (I also spent a big chunk of time writing this guide!) I desperately need someone to teach me so for those of you fluent in Mandarin Chinese who are in the Tokyo area, throw me a message. You can also find me at AIM under kimchi314.
Email: kimchi314@hotmail.com

It wouldn't be a vanity page without a least one photo, right? Here's one of me and friends last year. I couldn't resist.