Useful links for teaching about Japan
The following are some useful links for teaching about Japan, Japanese culture, and Japanese in general.
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Everything about Japan
http://web-japan.org/
An umbrella site for content including: Trends in Japan; Nipponia (a quarterly magazine); Kids Web Japan; Japan Video Topics; Japan Fact Sheet; and Regions & Cities. Very well written articles, many with corresponding Japanese text versions (and several other languages!). Useful for senior-level classes.
Everything about Japan
www.japan-zone.com
culture, art, royalty, calendar, entertainment, famous people
Japanese language activities link
http://www.sabotenweb.com/bookmarks/
Enormous list of links to Japanese language activities, teaching tools, dictionaries, newspapers, cultural and historical information etc. Contains things useful for all difficulty levels.
Japanese language and culture
http://www.vistawide.com/japanese/japanese_links.htm
history of Japan, and the culture, including food, customs and business culture. There are also links to information about Japanese film & television, literature, art and music.
Obento Flash Exercises
http://www.shakespeare-w.com/japanese_lessons/tag/obento-flash-exercise/
Practice basic Japanese using these interactive obento flash exercises.
LOTE download
http://www.wodonga-ps.vic.edu.au/lote/LOTE%20webpage/Resources/resources.htm
Interactive games, PPT presentations (numbers, counting, colours), songs.
NSW Teacher Resources
http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/secondary/languages/japanese/index.htm
Various Japanese resources
Resources - Jim Breen
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/japanese.html
List of links for webbased dictionaries, activities, games etc. Everything you need for learning Japanese.
Studying Japanese links
http://www.umich.edu/~iinet/cjs/resources/student.html
List of links to Japanese newspapers, companies etc, as well as cultural and historical information.
Studying Japanese links
http://japanese.about.com/
Information about Japanese language geared towards non-native learners of the language. About.com's online guide, Namiko Abe, posts weekly Japanese lessons on different topics, a daily "phrase of the day", and answers to readers' questions. There are also links to other Japanese Language websites, a forum for students, a section for kanji and even a section about popular Japanese baby names.
Studying links
http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/m.rowley/resources.html
Links to useful Japanese pages.
Teaching Japanese links
http://web.mala.bc.ca/furutak/res-new.htm
Epals, dictionaries, online radio, anime, culture etc links
Teaching Japanese links
http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/m.rowley/resources.html
Extensive list of many learning and teaching links
Teaching Japanese links
http://tell.fll.purdue.edu/hatasa/kurosio/JLResources.htm
Links for language learners and teachers alike. Resources include: links to help students with grammar, reading, listening comprehension and discourse; links to online textbooks, search engines, and support sites; and links to Japanese newspapers, professional organizations, and mailing lists.
Useful materials and resources for studying Japanese
http://www.yookoso.com/pages/study.php
A comprehensive and indepth website with links to help study Japanese.