Japanese input

Hi! Or こんばんは!
I'm beginning to study japanese and found this great howto to get japanese characters input on Ubuntu without changing the whole instalation to japanese. The input manager SCIM has a handwriting recognition tool that ease a lot when you are looking for a kanji. Just follow this UbuntuForums topic:

HOWTO: Installing Japanese Input with SCIM for Hardy

If you use Gutsy you'd rather follow this one:

HOWTO:Japanese Input and Fonts in Ubuntu 7.10

では、また。