Show guide
Nihongo Picnic is the podcast from Ako's online Japanese school — each episode picks a topic and talks it through in Japanese, made for learners. Here's how to study it in Wakatta.
About the show
Ako picks one everyday topic per episode and talks it through in clear, natural Japanese for learners, roughly upper-beginner (N4). It comes from her online school Nihongo Picnic, with transcripts available — a friendly step from textbook Japanese toward real conversation.
How to use it in Wakatta
In Wakatta the show is ready to play, and every episode is a tappable transcript with furigana. Tap any word for its reading and meaning, save the ones worth keeping, and review them later with the exact sentence and audio — so you actually understand what you hear instead of listening past it. (Don’t see a show you love? Search for any podcast in the app.)
What a transcript looks like
今日はお茶を淹れます。
淹れます iremasu · to brew (tea)
Every episode becomes a transcript like this — tap any word for its reading and meaning.
Recent episodes
- 🚀 238. 新しいもんじゃ焼き · 2026-06-09
- 🚃 237. ソフトテニス · 2026-06-03
- 🚲 236. こどもがラーメン屋さんになりました · 2026-05-19
- 🚀 235. 日帰り鎌倉ツアー · 2026-05-12
- 🚃 234. 東京でピクニックをしました · 2026-04-28
- 🚲 233. North Carolina に行きました · 2026-04-14
Tap an episode to open it in Wakatta and read along with the transcript.
Common questions
What level is Nihongo Picnic?
It's upper-beginner — around N4 — topic-based Japanese for learners. In Wakatta it comes with a synced transcript and furigana, so you can read along and tap anything you miss.
About the creator
Ako Suzuki is the CEO and lead teacher of the online school Nihongo Picnic. She has taught Japanese freelance since 2002 — including in the games and IT industries — holds a 420-hour teacher-training certification, and runs a companion YouTube channel.
Read along in Wakatta
Wakatta turns real Japanese podcasts into tappable transcripts — tap any word for its reading and meaning, and review what you save with the original audio.
