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Makoto Japanese Explorer is Here

Read. Listen. Learn Japanese — the fun way.

Explore stories, vocabulary, grammar, and culture with the brand-new Makoto Japanese Explorer app for Android, iPad, and iPhone. Beautifully designed, fully interactive, and completely free to download.

You can read full stories, listen to line-by-line audio, take quizzes, save words to your Word Bank, and track your progress — all without paying or entering a credit card.

 iPhone users: Get it now for FREE.

Android users: Get it now for FREE.

A Powerful Learning App

We built this for our Samurai and Shogun members…
but even Free members get a full experience, not a limited demo.

What You Get at Each Tier

Makoto Japanese Explorer gives you a generous free tier — and lets you grow naturally into deeper content with Samurai and Shogun. Here's everything you get, feature by feature:

Feature Free Samurai Shogun
あ Stories Available 12 50 200+ (coming soon)
あ Frank & the Obaasan Vol. 1 ✔ ✔ ✔
あ Frank & the Obaasan Vol. 2 ✖ ✖ ✔
あ Quizzes & Flashcards ✔ ✔ ✔
あ Sentence Audio (Normal + Slow) ✔ ✔ ✔
あ Vocabulary Audio ✖ ✔ ✔
あ Furigana Toggle ✔ ✔ ✔
あ Dark Mode ✔ ✔ ✔
あ Word Bank Sync ✔ ✔ ✔
あ Web and App Login ✔ ✔ ✔

 iPhone users: Get it now for FREE.

Android users: Get it now for FREE.

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Designed by Long-Time Language Teachers
From the creators of Makoto Magazine, TheJapanesePage.com, and TheJapanShop.com, the Makoto Japanese Explorer app brings together 25 years of teaching experience into a single, intuitive tool.
Whether you’re learning casually—or working toward your JLPT goals—you’ll always find something new and meaningful to explore.

 iPhone users: Get it now for FREE.

Android users: Get it now for FREE.

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Our Journey to Build This App

For more than twenty-five years, we’ve been creating stories, audio, books, and lessons to help people learn Japanese. Over time, that library grew into something wonderful — but also scattered. Pieces lived on the website, across different books, inside Makoto magazine, or tucked away in older digital downloads.

A year ago, we began building a system to connect **all** of that material in a clean, interactive way. That became the foundation for Makoto+ Sentence Explorer on the website. And then, six months ago, we decided to take the next step: bringing the whole experience to your phone.

The result is the Makoto Japanese Explorer app — a unified, elegant way to read stories, listen to native audio, explore vocabulary, and track your learning across both app and website.

“We wanted a place where learners could pick up their phone, tap a story, and immediately start reading and listening — without hunting for files or switching platforms. This app is the first major step in making all of our materials easy, connected, and fun to explore.”
— Clay & Yumi

We’re continuing to add new stories, expand the library, and connect even more books and audio through QR codes. This is just the beginning — and we’re excited to keep improving the experience with your feedback.

Thank you for learning Japanese with us.

Clay & Yumi
(And the Makoto+ team!)

 iPhone users: Get it now for FREE.

Android users: Get it now for FREE.

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