掲示板 Forums - i can't find a great Japanese keyboard

i want a keyboard which has the katana and higarana with all other symbols used with the alphabet.

any ideas?

I think most PC use typing in the sounds, like type: "fu" to get ふ.

Step 1) Buy a hotswap keyboard (Tenkeyless are ~100$ on amazon, I'd recommend Epomaker if you're on a lower budget, but the build and QA aren't guaranteed. Still pretty decent though. Go for IQUNIX if you've got the money to burn - you'll get total perfection in return! And as always with hotswaps, be prepared to lube at least the stabilizers!)

Step 2) Replace the caps with jap/kana caps of your choice (there's a pink nousagi one floating around on amazon, may not be in stock but my personal favourite. A fair selection range is available there. Or, you could look at AliExpress, they have a great range of caps. Their Darling Cherry caps are pretty nice, but as it's AliExpress, make sure to only go for ~4.8+ star sellers, and make sure to read every single review! Returns are handy too, just in case.)

In my opinion though, try not to commit until you can actually confidently speak Japanese for day-to-day life, you will have a high chance of regretting your decision, since after all, not everyone has ~150$ to spend

(ポールおじちゃん is right though, literally all people living in Japan/who are Japanese use romaji input as opposed to direct-kana input. They still have different styled keycaps, but just don't often use them to enter direct kana. It seems so much more convenient to use romaji input, especiallly if you are a programmer, and just in general. I think most of the time phones are used to text, and since the screen is so small, I feel like using the flick keyboard would be better.)