Here's WHERE TO START Learning Japanese. Learn HOW to learn Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji in the first installment in this new series: Absolute Beginner Japanese. Where do you start? Well, if you want to learn Japanese, you have to start with Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. At a MINIMUM you need to learn hiragana before starting with anything else. In this video, I tell you how to learn hiragana, katakana, AND kanji. I hope it helps!