1) First: Learn Hiragana & Katakana

• Hiragana & Katakana Charts

• Android App: Hiragana – Learn Japanese
• Android App: Katakana – Learn Japanese

2) Kanji Damage: Personal Favorite for learning Kanji

3) Tae Kim’s Guide to Learning Japanese

4) Japanese Pod 101: Listened to Podcasts during my commute

5) Textbooks from the Situational Functional Japanese Series:

• Situational Functional Japanese Volume 1: Notes
  

• Situational Functional Japanese Vol. 1: Drills, 2nd Edition (English and Japanese Edition)

Other Resources

• Google Translate App: Android, iOS, Web

• Berlitz Japanese Phrase Book & Dictionary (Berlitz Phrase Book)

• List of jōyō kanji

• Table of Japanese kanji radicals

Useful Websites

• Surviving In Japan – Super useful tips for getting around Japan with very little Japanese.
  http://www.survivingnjapan.com

• Tokyo Cheapo – Things to do in Tokyo – On the cheap.
  http://tokyocheapo.com

• Timeout Tokyo – Tokyo’s best restaurants, films, gigs, clubs, things to do and places to see – Written by local experts.
  http://www.timeout.jp/en/tokyo

• Japan-Guide
  http://www.japan-guide.com

• Tokyo Damage Tour Guide: Looking for a Tokyo travel guide (of crazy shit)? Check out this list:
  http://www.hellodamage.com/top/tokyo-tour-guide