Useful Links for Students (and Teachers)
by Makoto Netsu & Maki Watanabe
Categories are sorted in an alphabetical order.
Press Ctrl+F to find a word in this page. (Macintosh: Command+F)
Anime and Manga
- Doraemon Channel http://dora-world.com/
- グリーティングカード: You can send a Doraemon e-card.
- 四次元チャンネル: You can read Doraemon manga at Comic Channel.
- ゲームチャンネル: You can play games.
- Shonen Jump http://jump.shueisha.co.jp/
- One Piece: Click on X on the map to go to a typing game.
- シャーマンキング: Go to ふんばりの詩 for a short manga.
- テニスの王子様: Go to青春学園生徒手帳for profiles.
- Shonen Jump (US) http://www.shonenjump.com
- Download Manga desktop wallpaper
- くれよんしんちゃん http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/shin chan/
- おもちゃばこ: You can play Shin chan Uranai, and a room viewer via バックナンバーいちらんひょう page.
- しんちゃんめいぼ: You can see pictures and profiles of characters.
- Cartoon Network (Character Data) http://www.cartoon.co.jp/program/characters.html
- American cartoon character data in Japanese
- Mangarama http://www.ak.cradle.titech.ac.jp/Rise/top.htm
Radio / TV / Music
Book Stores
Clip Arts
Clip Arts for Web
Cooking and Food
- Bob & Angie http://www.bob-an.com/
- Japanese Food (Japan-Guide.Com) http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e620.html
- Recipes for Japanese food in English
- Tokyo Food Page http://www.bento.com/tokyofood.html
- Recipes for Japanese food in English
- 食生活チェック http://www.central.co.jp/health-info/check/foods.html
- 小学校の給食室 http://www.nikonet.or.jp/~kana55go/
- Information and photo images of school lunch and kitchen in Japan.
Daily Activity (Time)
- 一日の生活スケジュール http://www.db.ics.keio.ac.jp/~seto/life.html
- 一日の生活の流れ (幼稚園） http://www1.odn.ne.jp/taiyo/itiniti.htm
Dictionary and Translator
E-Card
- Ynot e-Card http://greeting.rakuten.co.jp/migration/start/
- Doraemon Channel http://dora-world.com/
- グリーティングカード: You can send a Doraemon e-card.
- Japan Poem http://www.japanpoem.com/
- Message with a Japanese poem. You can choose a poem and image, and customize the image, effects on it, and a sound.
- Net Card http://www.netcard.ne.jp/index.html
Environment
- ワケルくん http://www.city.sendai.jp/kankyou/resaikuru/wakerukun/
- ワケルンジャー http://www.city.fukui.lg.jp/d120/kohou/wakeru/index.html
Culture / Anthropology / Current Events
Language Learning / Exercises
- Language Lab http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/language/index.html
- Japanese lessons with sounds.
- Learn Japanese on the Web http://www.coscom.co.jp/j-index.html
- Sample exercises with sounds.
- LESSON/J (Iwate University) http://sp.cis.iwate-u.ac.jp/sp/lesson/j/
- Database of dictation quizzes
- Genki Japan http://genkienglish.net/genkijapan/japanese.htm
- Maythings.org: Charles Kelly's Online Japanese Language Study Materials http://www.manythings.org/japanese/
- Language Plus http://www.languageplus.com.au/J_Index.php
- Japanese Online http://www.japanese-online.com/
- Kanji Practice http://www.dartmouth.edu/~kanji/
- Kanji Alive http://kanjialive.lib.uchicago.edu/main.php?page=overview&lang=en
- Hiragana Practice http://www.csus.edu/indiv/s/sheaa/projects/hiragana.html
Language Learning Podcasts
Family
- 家紋のページ http://www.asgy.co.jp/kamon_menu.html
- 磯野家の家系図 http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~TK7M-ARI/sazae_family_tree.html
- Family tree of the Isono's, a family in "Sazae-san"
- 多摩動物園コアラ家系図 http://www.gws.ne.jp/tama-city/tama-zoo/australia/3/3-family.html
- Family tree of the coalas in Tama Zoo
- ファミリー家系図 http://www2f.biglobe.ne.jp/~DEVO/NEKO/KAKEI/ka_top.htm
About Homestays
Flash Animation
- A Little Picture Book http://www.kamonegi.com/hinata/contents/cobook.html
- Links of picture books.
- 星工房: No sound. You can have students make a story.
- 新伝兵衛劇場: Interactive stories.
- Ehon Link http://www.ask.ne.jp/~mizuki/ehon.html
- Ryudon World http://ryudonburi.net/
- Animations and audio resources of mukashi banash
Fun
- Let's Try Origami (Kids Web Japan) http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/virtual/origami2/index.html
- Instruction with animation in English
- Origami Tanteidan http://www.origami.gr.jp/Model/index.html
- おりがみ占い: Fortune telling and origami instructions with images in Japanese
Furniture (Location)
Games
Grammar
- Visualizing Japanese Grammar (Shoko Hamano - GWU) http://www.gwu.edu/~eall/vjg/vjghomepage/vjghome.htm
- This page provides links to 66 Flash animations of various grammatical structures in Japanese and 12 downloadable appendices.
- The Japanese Language Properties (Prof. Miyagawa, MIT) http://web.mit.edu/jpnet/articles/JapaneseLanguage.html
- Basic knowledge of Japanese langauge
Literature/Reading
- Aozora Bunko http://www.aozora.gr.jp/
- E-library of books whose copyright has been expired. Good source of advanced reading materials.
- The Tail of Genji http://www.taleofgenji.org/
- All about "Tale of Genji".
- Heidi Picture Book http://www.heidi.ne.jp/hp/index.html
- Mangarama http://www.ak.cradle.titech.ac.jp/Rise/top.htm
- Learn Japanese with manga
- Asunaro http://hinoki.ryu.titech.ac.jp/
- Reading lessons for technical Japanese learners.
- Japanese Poems
- Professor Ujie's HP http://home.wlu.edu/~ujiek/1.jpn.html
- Collections of reading materials.
- Reading Tutor http://language.tiu.ac.jp/
- Database of reading materials with a dictionary tool.
- Reading Miyazawa Kenji http://trc.ucdavis.edu/dwfahy/reading/
Movie (M=Media Player, Q=Quick Time Player, R=Real Player)
- (Biglobe Search Result)
- CM探索隊 (M or Q) http://www.cmjapan.com/
- See 「CM検索」 for seaching Japanese CM
- G-One Streaming Theater (M) http://www.g-one-net.co.jp/theater/index.html
- Fuji TV (FNN News)(R) http://www.fujitv.co.jp/jp/
- NHK (R) http://www.nhk.or.jp/
- Nihon TV (NNN 24) (R) http://www.news24.jp/index.html
- TBS (News 23) (R) http://www.tbs.co.jp/news23/
- http://www.kageroh.com/cm_searcher/
- TV Asahi (ANN News) (M & R) http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/
- ECIS Internet Video http://opal.ecis.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~jems/hosokyoku/hosokyoku.html
- On-demand video news for Japanese language learners
Internet News Video / Podcast
- Yomiuri News Video Podcast http://podcast.yomiuri.co.jp/video_news/
- NHK http://www.nhk.or.jp/
- STV http://www.stv.ne.jp/news/index.html
- HBC http://www.hbc.co.jp/news/hbc-newsi.html
Photo
Restaurant
- Japanese Retaurant Info.Com http://www.japaneserestaurantinfo.com/index.html
- Information on Japanese food in general and in Los Angeles area.
- Japanese restaurant guide
- Menu Index
- Oriental supermarket guide with photo images
- Restaurant menu with photo image
- 居酒屋
- 北の家族 http://www.kitanokazoku.co.jp/
- つぼ八
- ファーストフード
- ピザ
- ファミレス
Search
Sight Seeing
Sight Seeing (Hotel)
Sight Seeing (Theme Parks)
Sight Seeing (Transportation)
- 大阪市交通局 http://www.kotsu.city.osaka.jp/
Smiley Mark and Emorticons
- 顔文字ハウス http://kotono.oheya.to/
- ヶｲの顔文字王国 http://www.kaomoji.com/kao/
- List of emorticons in Japanese and downloadable emorticon dictionaries
- 顔文字ネット http://www.kaomoji.net/
- Facemark Party 顔文字パーティー http://www.facemark.jp/
Songs
- Ano Uta Kono Uta http://www.interq.or.jp/japan/k3j/
- Database of Japanese songs with words and MIDI melody
- Douyou Syouka No Sekai http://www5b.biglobe.ne.jp/~pst/douyou-syouka/
- Database of Japanese old songs with words and MIDI melody
- Fujisan Song http://www3.u-toyama.ac.jp/niho/song/fujisan/fujisan.html
- A song and lyrics about Fujisan with other songs on the top page
- Hinamatsuri Song http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=e-Ui8LHbU0k
- A song about the Japanese Holiday on Youtube
- Uta Map http://www.utamap.com/
- Database of J-POP songs' words.
WebCam
Writing
- Naoko no Daihitsu http://web.teglet.co.jp/naoko2/index.php
- Database of letter templates
Others
- Nipponia http://web-jpn.org/nipponia/index.html
- Great article on all aspects of Japanese culture for student
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