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Online Resources

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Learning Japanese--general resources

Genki Online "Self Study Room": http://genki.japantimes.co.jp/self/self.html
Interactive exercises to accompany the Genki textbook.

The Japanese Page: http://www.thejapanesepage.com/lessons
Contains Japanese lessons for beginners, including information on writing and reading hiragana, katakana and kanji.  

Gahoh: http://www.csus.edu/fl/japanese/gahoh/English.html
A site for learning to write hiragana, katakana and kanji, with stroke order demonstrated in Quicktime movies.

Online dictionaries and reading aids

Jim Breen's WWWJDIC: http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?9T
Japanese to English online dictionary. Paste words or text.

Reading Tutor: http://language.tiu.ac.jp/index_e.html
Provides dictionary functions for pasted text. Also provides reading materials and links to online resources.

Search engines

Google Nihon: http://www.google.co.jp/

Japanese culture--research resources

The Japanese Literature Homepage: http://www.jlit.net/
Basic information on literary history authors and works, as well as literary news.

Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm
Includes Japanese timeline with images of artifacts from the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection, accompanied by historical information.

MIT Visualizing Cultures: http://ocw.mit.edu/ans787021f/21f.027/home/index.html
An innovative exploration of Japanese visual images and the historical experience they narrate. Includes scholarly essays, video and animation.

Kyoto National Museum: http://www.kyohaku.go.jp/eng/syuzou/index.html
Highlights from the museum collection.

JAANUS: http://www.aisf.or.jp/%7Ejaanus/
Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System--a dictionary of art history and architectural terminology.

Digital Dictionary of Buddhism: http://www.buddhism-dict.net/ddb/

News and general information

Japanese Government Internet TV:
http://nettv.gov-online.go.jp/eng/index.html
(English language).

NHK Online News: http://www3.nhk.or.jp/toppage/navi/news.html
(Japanese language).

Fuji Network News: http://www.fnn-news.com/
(Japanese language).

Study Abroad Scholarships

Bridging Scholarships for Study in Japan:
http://www.colorado.edu/ealld/atj/Bridging/scholarships.html
The Association of Teachers of Japanese Bridging Project--scholarships for American undergraduates participating in study-abroad programs in Japan.

IIEPassport Study Abroad Funding: http://www.studyabroadfunding.org/index.html
Funding resource listings for study abroad by country or subject.

Fun sites

Natsukashii douyou, shouka, warabe uta: http://www.mahoroba.ne.jp/~gonbe007/hog/shouka/00_songs.html
Japanese songs and melodies (Japanese language only).

Edo Japan: A Virtual Tour: http://www.us-japan.org/edomatsu/
Wander around historical Tokyo.

Virtual Japanese House: http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/virtual/house/house04.html
Visit a Japanese house with this children’s game. Other "virtual culture" units also available.