江戸クエスト・日本語の道中
Master Japanese,
rise from apprentice to legend.
A serious kanji & vocabulary SRS wrapped in an Edo-period journey. Walk the old roads to Edo, one mastered word per step, while your companion earns its armor.
Free to start · no credit card
Apprentice 弟子 → Warrior 武士 → Lord 大名 - the same companion, earned rank by rank
How it works 手順
Kanji first, then the words built from them - so a word arrives only once you can already read it.
- 1漢字
Learn the character
Its real history, its readings, what it means and how the meaning arose - not a story invented to get you through the week.
- 2語彙
Master it, and words unlock
Vocabulary opens behind the kanji it is written with. You meet a new word already able to read it, instead of memorising a shape you have never seen.
- 3昇格
Your companion rises with you
Every mastered reading and meaning is a step: rank gear from straw hat to a sennin's halo, pets that hatch from what you did, and another station down the road.
The road is the game 日本道中図
Join a clan and let your reviews carry you along it - past castle towns, torii and hot springs, one station at a time, all the way to the shōgun's city.
東海道 Tokaido
島津 Shimazu · Satsuma · Kagoshima
10 stations from 鹿児島 Kagoshima to 江戸 Edo · station purses +20%
中山道 Nakasendo
前田 Maeda · Kaga · Kanazawa
6 stations from 金沢 Kanazawa to 江戸 Edo · ascension costs -10% while you walk it
more roads open as you travel
and more still being drawn
Real etymology, not invented
Every one of the 2,136 Jōyō kanji carries its true history - oracle-bone origins, 六書 analysis, how the meaning arose. No made-up mnemonic stories.
Serious spaced repetition
FSRS scheduling under the hood - the modern algorithm, tuned per item. Reviews arrive exactly when your memory needs them.
Every answer is a step
Each mastery point moves your companion one step down a real Edo-period road. Pass stations, cross checkpoints, arrive in Edo.
A companion that grows
Twelve species, six rank outfits from straw hat to sennin's halo, 112 earnable wearables, 19 pets. All earned by learning - never bought with money.
Seasons and rivalry
A seasonal pass driven only by mastery, regional treasures, ascension that transforms your gear, and a public traveler card to share.
No ads, no loot boxes
Every kana free, a first taste of kanji and the words they open - no card, no trial clock. Past the first barrier a plan keeps the road open. Nothing random is ever sold for money.