My cousin and I are planning on taking a trip to japan within the next year or so, and I thought it might be best if I learned to read, write, and speak Japanese. I taught myself hirigana and katakana and now I'm having trouble deciding what the next step is. Do I learn the kanji, or do I work on the actual speaking of the language. Should I just try to learn both at the same time? I'm new to these forums by the way. Hello my name is Timmy.
