{"id":27752,"date":"2024-02-27T18:44:03","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T09:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=27752"},"modified":"2024-09-05T18:20:34","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T09:20:34","slug":"20240227-27752","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20240227-27752\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn Japanese by taking photos in this cozy new game\u00a0(Updated)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Update (2024-09-04 18:14 JST)<\/strong>  The Nintendo Switch version of Shashingo was released on September 3, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Struggling to learn Japanese? Finding textbooks boring and looking for a fresh, fun way to work on your everyday vocab? Indie developer Autumn Pioneer might have the answer to beginners\u2019 Japanese language learning woes, as they will release <strong>Shashingo: Learn Japanese with Photography<\/strong> on February 28 for PC (Steam). A Nintendo Switch version is also in the works.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240227-27752-004.jpg\" alt=\"Shashingo: Learn Japanese with Photography PC Nintendo Switch indie language learning game\" class=\"wp-image-27756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240227-27752-004.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240227-27752-004-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240227-27752-004-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240227-27752-004-600x338.jpg 600w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As the game\u2019s title suggests, Shashingo is a casual game based around taking photos and learning Japanese. You will explore the game\u2019s fictional Japanese streets taking photos of signs and objects. The polaroids you take will have captions telling you what is in the photo in both Japanese and English. You store these flashcard-like snaps in your virtual photo album.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240227-27752-001.jpg\" alt=\"Shashingo: Learn Japanese with Photography PC Nintendo Switch indie language learning game\" class=\"wp-image-27758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240227-27752-001.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240227-27752-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240227-27752-001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240227-27752-001-600x338.jpg 600w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As well as learning nouns by taking photos of everyday things, the game also teaches you verbs by having you interact with your surroundings- such as by choosing to pet a dog, which will teach you both the word for \u201cdog\u201d and the verb for \u201cto pet\/stroke\u201d. The game will also tell you what is written on posters and signs that you are likely to stumble across in daily life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240227-27752-002.jpg\" alt=\"Shashingo: Learn Japanese with Photography PC Nintendo Switch indie language learning game\" class=\"wp-image-27757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240227-27752-002.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240227-27752-002-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240227-27752-002-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240227-27752-002-600x338.jpg 600w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Learning a new language is hard, especially when the writing system is different to that of your native language. Shashingo presents Japanese words and phrases in both alphabet and in Japanese script (hiragana, katakana and kanji) with an English translation. It also contains voice samples for each word so you can practice your pronunciation. From the trailers and screenshots, the font is very easy to read, and the \u201ctextbook\u201d like pages are simple and uncluttered. In addition, the game promises to teach you beginner phrases and grammar lessons.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240227-27752-003.jpg\" alt=\"Shashingo: Learn Japanese with Photography PC Nintendo Switch indie language learning game\" class=\"wp-image-27759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240227-27752-003.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240227-27752-003-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240227-27752-003-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240227-27752-003-600x338.jpg 600w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Shashingo also has a \u201cFind Mode\u201d memory game where you must dash around the city and snap pictures of the things you have already learned in Japanese. You will also be able to jazz up the polaroids that you take by playing with camera filter effects that you unlock and by adding different borders to your snaps.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com\/steam\/apps\/256891048\/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1654964839\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Small UK based developer Autumn Pioneer has funded Shashingo\u2019s development through a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/autumnpioneer\/shashingo-a-photography-game-for-learning-japanese\/description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kickstarter campaign<\/a>. The campaign has been backed by 1,424 supporters, raising a total of \u00a337,327 that far exceeds their original goal of \u00a325,000. This shows that there is plenty of demand for a fun game that helps you learn everyday Japanese. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shashingo: Learn Japanese with Photography is scheduled to come out on PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1632490\/Shashingo_Learn_Japanese_with_Photography\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>) on February 28. It is now also available on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/us\/store\/products\/shashingo-learn-japanese-with-photography-switch\/?srsltid=AfmBOorIebn_WBaqNB50gR6pSidkWkreu65qhoCR964kOOgTbqf1KS3g\">Nintendo Switch<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shashingo: Learn Japanese with Photography is a fun new language learning game that helps you learn everyday Japanese by taking photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":27755,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,3],"tags":[39,18],"class_list":["post-27752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie-games","category-news","tag-indie-games","tag-global-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Learn Japanese by taking photos in this cozy new game\u00a0(Updated) - AUTOMATON WEST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Shashingo: Learn Japanese with Photography is a fun new language learning game that helps you learn everyday Japanese by taking photos.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20240227-27752\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Learn Japanese by taking photos in this cozy new game\u00a0(Updated) - AUTOMATON WEST\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Shashingo: Learn Japanese with Photography is a fun new language learning game that helps you learn everyday Japanese by taking photos.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20240227-27752\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"AUTOMATON WEST\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-02-27T09:44:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-05T09:20:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240227-27752-header.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"506\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Verity Townsend\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AUTOMATON_ENG\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AUTOMATON_ENG\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Verity Townsend\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Learn Japanese by taking photos in this cozy new game\u00a0(Updated) - AUTOMATON WEST","description":"Shashingo: Learn Japanese with Photography is a fun new language learning game that helps you learn everyday Japanese by taking photos.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20240227-27752\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Learn Japanese by taking photos in this cozy new game\u00a0(Updated) - AUTOMATON WEST","og_description":"Shashingo: Learn Japanese with Photography is a fun new language learning game that helps you learn everyday Japanese by taking photos.","og_url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20240227-27752\/","og_site_name":"AUTOMATON WEST","article_published_time":"2024-02-27T09:44:03+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-09-05T09:20:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":900,"height":506,"url":"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240227-27752-header.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Verity Townsend","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AUTOMATON_ENG","twitter_site":"@AUTOMATON_ENG","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Verity Townsend","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20240227-27752\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20240227-27752\/"},"author":{"name":"Verity Townsend","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d093b34094aa444f3b5cf8d2af3a6bad"},"headline":"Learn Japanese by taking photos in this cozy new game\u00a0(Updated)","datePublished":"2024-02-27T09:44:03+00:00","dateModified":"2024-09-05T09:20:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20240227-27752\/"},"wordCount":439,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20240227-27752\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240227-27752-header.jpg","keywords":["Indie Games","News (Global)"],"articleSection":["Indie Games","News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20240227-27752\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20240227-27752\/","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20240227-27752\/","name":"Learn Japanese by taking photos in this cozy new game\u00a0(Updated) - AUTOMATON WEST","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20240227-27752\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20240227-27752\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240227-27752-header.jpg","datePublished":"2024-02-27T09:44:03+00:00","dateModified":"2024-09-05T09:20:34+00:00","description":"Shashingo: Learn Japanese with Photography is a fun new language learning game that helps you learn everyday Japanese by taking photos.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20240227-27752\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20240227-27752\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20240227-27752\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240227-27752-header.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240227-27752-header.jpg","width":900,"height":506,"caption":"Shashingo: Learn Japanese with Photography PC Nintendo Switch indie language learning game"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20240227-27752\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\u30db\u30fc\u30e0","item":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Learn Japanese by taking photos in this cozy new game\u00a0(Updated)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/","name":"AUTOMATON WEST","description":"AUTOMATON is a website that covers the Japanese gaming world. We bring you the news on video games from Osaka and Tokyo.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#organization","name":"\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e\u30a2\u30af\u30c6\u30a3\u30d6\u30b2\u30fc\u30df\u30f3\u30b0\u30e1\u30c7\u30a3\u30a2","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/activegamingmedia_logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/activegamingmedia_logo.png","width":374,"height":190,"caption":"\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e\u30a2\u30af\u30c6\u30a3\u30d6\u30b2\u30fc\u30df\u30f3\u30b0\u30e1\u30c7\u30a3\u30a2"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/AUTOMATON_ENG","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCabvYnvuUUbbGUrxkaFRgSA"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d093b34094aa444f3b5cf8d2af3a6bad","name":"Verity Townsend","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/pz-WVnDc_400x400-100x100.jpg","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/pz-WVnDc_400x400-100x100.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/pz-WVnDc_400x400-100x100.jpg","caption":"Verity Townsend"},"description":"Automaton West Editor and translator. She has a soft spot for old-school Sierra adventure games and Final Fantasy VIII (yes, 8!). Can often be found hunting down weird forgotten games and finding out everything about them. Frequently muses about characters and lines from Metal Gear Solid and Disco Elysium. Aims to keep Automaton fresh and interesting with a wide variety of articles.","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/author\/verity-townsend\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27752"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36600,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27752\/revisions\/36600"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}