Japanese Resources

Japanese at Colby

• Japanese at Colby
  photos of Japanese program events, student messages, and useful Japan and Japanese-related links
• Colby LRC: Japanese Resources
  including online course listening materials, online references and media links 
• Japan (East Asian Studies Subject Guide)
  from the Colby College Library
• JLTANE: Japanese Language Teachers Association of New England

General Culture

• Web Japan 
  Sponsored by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and operated by a NGO. Includes information on culture, sightseeing, society, history and nature.
• Japan-Guide.com
  “Our goal is to deliver comprehensive, up to date information on traveling and living in Japan, first-hand from Japan.”
• International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibun)
• Kids goo and Yahoo Kids (These websites are designed for Japanese elementary school children, but they have a tool to display hirigana readings for Kanji. They also feature many articles on current issues in Japan)
• Sasuga Japanese Books (a Boston bookstore)

Religion

• Shinto and Japanese New Religions
• Jinja Honcho (The Association of Shinto Shrines)
• Sacred Texts of Shinto
• Shinto Online Network Association
  
• New Religions of Japan
• The Kirishtan (Christian) Holocaust

Art

• Online Exhibit of Ukiyoe (From the Library of Congress)
• Japanese Prints
  

Museums

• Museums in Japan (Very useful alphabetical listing)
• Kyoto National Museum
• Tokyo Metro Library - Ukiyoe Catalog
• National Diet Library Rare Books
• Tokyo National Museum
• National Museum of Japanese History Online
• Tokugawa Art Museum
• Tsukuba University Library: Exhibition Room (in Japanese)

Japan in Pictures and Maps

• Japanese Historical Maps
• Visualizing Japan (From MIT; modern Japanese history through pictures)
• The Japanese Gardens Database
• Japanese Gardens
• Japanese Old Photographs in Batumatsu-Meiji Period - Nagasaki University Library
• Edo – A Virtual Tour
• The Grand Ise Shrine
• Hiroshima Peace Site
• Cyber Shrine

Government Websites

• CIA World Factbook
  
• Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan
• Japan Foundation, New York Office

News and Media

• Japanese Data Archive (Roper Center Polls of Japanese Opinion)
• Asahi
• Daily Yomiuri
• Japan Echo
• Japan Times
• Japan Update (Okinawa)
• The Mainichi Daily News
  
• Nikkei (with a focus on economics in English)

Language Learning

• Japanese Freeware Projects from Purdue University
• Japanese Online (Free Online Language Lessons from Pacific Software)
• Genki Flash Cards (Quizzes for Hiragana, Katakana, and Basic Vocabulary)
• Japanese Reading Tutor by Yoshiko Kawamura, Tokyo International University (Extremely useful reading exercises; provides both readings and meanings of vocabulary)

Literature

• Heike Monogatari
• Tales of Genji Monogatari Supplement Page
• Japanese Text Initiative (Online Texts)

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