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
