About Blue Sea Press

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Blue Sea Press

Blue Sea Press is a company located in Portland, Oregon, USA. The primary purpose of the company is to provide Nihongo Learning Systems.

Todd Adkisson

Todd Adkisson owns and operates Blue Sea Press. He has developed the products that the company offers: Kanji Learning Today (Online and Workbook), Japanese Accent: Penult Standard, and Blue Sea Wordbooks.

He graduated from the University of California—Davis in 1985 with a major in English Writing and a minor in Classical Greek. He completed the teacher certification program at Central Washington University in 1989 and studied Japanese at the University of Washington in 1990. He went to Japan in 1990 and stayed as a resident until 1995.

He began developing Japanese language learning materials while living in Japan and has continued to improve the products and add new items since that time.

In addition, Todd Adkisson has worked as a professional translator for over 25 years and is certified by the American Translators Association.

He was a teacher for one year at a public school in the State of Washington and still holds an Education Certificate from the state.

The Tag Line

Blue Sea Press has the tag line “Nihongo Learning Systems” because Kanji Learning Today is a system for learning kanji, Japanese Accent: Penult Standard is a system for learning accent, and Blue Sea Wordbooks are a way to offer reading support.

Social Media

Blue Sea Press may post to x.com at the @blueseapress account.

Contacting Blue Sea Press

To contact Blue Sea Press, file a ticket in the Helpdesk. The Member page will appear after login. Tap the Helpdesk button at the top of the page.