Japan and Japanese Language

Kenji Kitao and S. Kathleen Kitao

(Last updated on February 1, 2002)

Learning Japanese Language	Gateways for Various Information	Culture	Japanese Language	Japanese Literature
Libraries	Mailing Lists	Newspapers. Magazines, TV, and Radio	Movies	Organizations
Resources	Teachers' Homepages	Teaching/Learning Material	College Associations	University Japanese Programs
Japanese Programs in Japan	Food	others

Contents

Gateways for Various Information

http://www.csuohio.edu/history/japan/index.html
About Japan

http://bases.stanford.edu/USATMC/jguide/
J-Guide -- Stanford Guide to Japan Information Resources

http://asiandoc.lib.ohio-state.edu/v1n1/dbs/jguide.html
J Guide Database

http://fmc.utm.edu/~rpeckham/japan.html
Japan

http://jin.jcic.or.jp/
Japan Information Network

http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Flats/7947/japan.htm
Japan Links - EFL in Asia by Hall Houston
**links to many collections of articles on teaching in Japan
reference: EFL IN ASIA

http://www.crossroads.net/h1/japanres.html
Japan Resources Page

http://www.isoc.org/HMP/PAPER/007/html/paper.html
JAPAN WINDOW : A US-Japan Internet/WWW Collaboration for Japan Information

http://www.museum.or.jp/vlmp/japan.html
Museums in Jjapan

http://www.teachinginjapan.com/japansiteguide.html
The Teaching in Japan Page Site Guide

Culture

http://www.escapeartist.com/japan/japan3.htm
Articles about Moving to Japan

http://www.theblackmoon.com/Links/links.html
Black Moon Links A Calendar of Japanese Cultural Events & Essential Websites.

http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/7543/links.html
Bushido

http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/japanese.html#links_culture
CULTURE: A set of links loosely related to Japanese culture.

http://www.colorado.edu/ealld/atj/Japan_info/culture.html
Culture

http://www.uni.edu/becker/japanese.html
Great Japanese Website

http://www2.kanawa.com/japan/
A Guide to Japanese Culture -- for Role Playing Games

http://www.acs.appstate.edu/dept/fll/japanese.html
The Japan Page

http://plaza.cypango.net/JackPlazaUk/japanfiles/jpculture.html
Japanese Culture

http://www2.gol.com/users/michaelo/Qindex.html
Japanese Culture Page by Michael Owen

http://jeffconet.jeffco.k12.co.us/isu/language/japan.html
Japanese Language Page

http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/DIS/OHSICS/forlang/japan2.htm
Japanese Sites

http://www.gu.edu.au/school/lal/japanesemain/bmark.html
Web Sites for Japanese students
http://jin.jcic.or.jp/kidsweb/japan/map/j_regi.html
Map of Japan

http://www.indiana.edu/~japan/
National Clearinghouse for U.S.-Japan Studies

http://www.nmjc.org/mainframe.links.html
New Mexico US-Japan Center Links

Hina Matsuri

Hina

http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=japan&index
Index of Japan Ring

http://lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/Japan.html
Japan, my Japan! -- A Guide to Japan --

http://www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/RAE/Japan/#JAPAN LINKS
Japan Links

http://metrotel.co.uk:80/ohmori/intro1.html
Japanese Calligraphy

http://www-japan.mit.edu/mit/culture-notes/index.html
Japanese holidays and cultural events

http://web.mit.edu/jpnet/index.html
JP NET Japanese Language and Culture Network

http://web.mit.edu/jpnet/kimono/index.html
Kimono

http://ilc2.doshisha.ac.jp/users/kkitao/library/student/01/d302/ohhigashi-6.htm
New Year student work

http://home.earthlink.net/~cmcculley/japanese/
Things Japanese

http://www.bahnhof.se/~secutor/ukiyo-e/index.html
Ukiyoe

http://babel.uoregon.edu/yamada/guides/japanese.html
WWW Guide: Japanese

Japanese Language

http://japanese.about.com/library/weekly/aa082099.htm
Borrowed Words

http://babel.uoregon.edu/CAJLS/
Center for Applied Japanese Language Studies

http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/3315/index.html
Friends Welcome Speech How to read Japanese web sites, email and newsgroups with Netscape without launching Jp system under English Windows 95/NT

http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2220.html
Guide to Japan Teaching Languages

http://www.jsnet.org/jls.html
Information on Japanese-Language Software

http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~grosenth/japanese.html
Japanese Software and Information

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/
Japanese Text Initiative

http://www.maniform.com/
Maniform How to read Asian Characters on the Web. Not only for Windows users but also for Mac users

http://ftp.cc.monash.edu.au/pub/nihongo/00INDEX.html
The Monash Nihongo ftp Archive

http://web.lfw.org/shodouka/
Shodouka
This service lets you view pages containing Japanese characters (in the JIS, EUC, or Shift-JIS encodings) without requiring Japanese language support in your browser or operating system.

http://www.sprex.com/teachionary/Japanese.html
Teachionary: Japanese Word Sets

http://www.worldlanguage.com/Languages/Japanese.htm
WorldLanguage

Literature

http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/haiku.html
Bilingual Haiku Scroll

http://www.classical-japanese.net/
Classical Japanese Network

http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/ANCJAPAN/LIT.HTM
The Fowering of Japanese Literature

http://www.kanzaki.com/jinfo/jliterature.html
History of Japan's Literature

http://japanpoem.com/
Japan Poem

http://members.ozemail.com.au/~zenzen/jlit.htm
japanese literature

http://mockingbird.creighton.edu/english/worldlit/wldocs/japan.htm
JAPANESE LITERATURE

http://www.lib.duke.edu/ias/eac/literature.html
Japanese Literature

http://d.webring.com/hub?ring=jlit
Japanese Literature Webring

http://www.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~nagahata/JapanesePoetry.html
Japanese Poetry Resources

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/
the Japanese Text Initiative,

http://www.geocities.com/~cthulhu_666/Kwaidan.html
Kaidan

http://www.almaz.com/nobel/literature/1994a.html
Kenzaburo Oe The Nobel Prize Internet Archive

http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/japanese.html#links_literature
Literature

http://cc.matsuyama-u.ac.jp/~shiki/
The Shiki Internet Haiku Salon

http://www.almaz.com/nobel/literature/1968a.html
Yasunari Kawabata The Nobel Prize Internet Archive

http://202.23.150.181:80/users/kkitao/online/www/literatu.htm#mishima
Yukio Mishima

Libraries

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EAL/#internet
East Asian Libraries

http://www.colorado.edu/ealld/atj/Japan_info/library.html
Libraries

Mailing Lists

Link

http://www.colorado.edu/ealld/atj/Japan_info/lists.html
Japan-related Mailing Lists

http://www.us-japan.org/resources-listserv.html
Mailing Lists

Individuals

http://www.mala.bc.ca/~furutak/BCJLT.htm
BCJLT-List Discussion group for Japanese Insturctor in BC

http://www.twics.com/~briank/dfs.html
Dead Fukuzawa Society Journal

http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~japan/
H-Japan

http://www.issho.org/
Issho

http://www.japan-guide.com/penfriend/j1.html
Japazn Penfriend

http://web.utk.edu/~lacure/
Nihongo

http://www-japan.mit.edu/nikoniko/index.html
NikoNiko Net

http://www.iss.u-tokyo.ac.jp/SSJForum/
SSJ-Forum

Newspapers. Magazines, TV, and Radio

Newspapers and Magazines

http://www.library.umass.edu/subject/easian/shinpresent.doc
Expanding Overseas Access to Japanese Newspaper Databases: Current Options and Future Prospects by Sharon H. Domier

http://wwwcrl.uchicago.edu/DBSearch/ForeignNews.asp
Searching newspapers

Daily Newspapers

http://www.lib.duke.edu/ias/eac/jpnnsp.htm
Japanese Newspapers
**Links to national and regional newsapers.

http://www.newsdirectory.com/news/press/as/jp/
NewsDirectory.com: Japan

http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/japan.htm
OnlineNewspapers.com: Japan

http://www.asahi.com/english/english.html
Asahi Shinbun
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/
The Japan Times Online
http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/
Daily News
http://www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/
NikkeiNet Interactive
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/index-e.htm
Yomiuri Shinbun

Local Newspapers

http://www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/FR/AWG/recs/JPMass_0034125.html
Sanyo Shimbun

The Kyoto Shinbun News

The Okinawa Times

Weekly

http://www.eal.or.jp/CW/HEADLINE/HEAD20001109.shtml
Chubu Weekly (regional in Nagoya area)
http://www.kumanichi.co.jp/weekly/weekly.html
The Kumanichi Weekly

The Ryukyushinpo Internet Weekly News

Other

Pacific Stars and Stripes (American newspaper)

Magazines

http://www.newsdirectory.com/news/magazine/as/jp/
Magazines
**Links to many Japan-related magazines.

English Language Online Magazines and Newsletters on Japan

TV

http://tv.zap2it.com/resources/stations/jp/jp.html
Japan Television

http://www.channelj.co.jp/index.cgi
Channel J

http://www.fujitv.co.jp/en/
FujiTV

http://www.nhk.or.jp/index-e.html
NHK

http://cgi2.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/body_e.shtml
NHK World

http://www.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/
NHK World

http://broadcast-live.com/japan.html
Live Radio & Television from Japan
http://www.sat.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~pierre/en/tv/guide.html
TV Guide

http://www.japanlink.com/tvradio.html
Television & Radio
**Links to TV and radio station home pages.

Radio

http://www.nhk.or.jp/englishtop/
NHK World Daily News

http://www.nhk.or.jp/rjnet/index.html
Radio Japan

http://www.nhk.or.jp/rj/
Radio Japan Online

Movies

http://vivajapan.homestead.com/Moviesintro.html
Japan Movies

http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2079.html
Japanese movies

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/movie/jmovie/
Japanese Movie New Releases

http://pears.lib.ohio-state.edu/Markus/Welcome.html
Kinema Club Japanese films

Organizations

Link

http://www.colorado.edu/ealld/atj/Japan_info/organ.html
Organizations

http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/japanese.html#links_organizations
ORGANIZATIONS: Organizations and Societies with interesting links.

http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/server-e.html
WWW links to Japanese Government Offices

Individuals

http://www.aiej.or.jp/index2.html
AIEJ

http://www.colorado.edu/ealld/atj/
The Association of Teachers of Japanese

http://www.daiwa-foundation.org.uk/
The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation

http://www.embjapan.org/contents.html
Embassy of Japan to the United States
**This site has a good search engine.

http://www.embjapan.org/sf/chap3.htm
Embassy and Consulate General of Japan in the US

http://www.janm.org/main.htm
Japanese American National Museum

http://www.us-japan.org/
Japan-America Societies

http://www.mofa.go.jp/
Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs

http://www.mext.go.jp/english/
Japan Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture

http://www.jpf.go.jp/
The Japan Foundation

http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ID5K-SRI/index.htm
JICEF HOME PAGE

http://www.jsps.go.jp/e-home.htm
JSPS Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
http://www.emich.edu/public/foreignlanguages/jtam.html
Japanese Teachers Association of Michigan

http://www.kcif.or.jp/en/index.htm
Kyoto City International Foundation

http://raku.city.kyoto.jp/sight_e.phtml
Kyoto city tourism and culture information system

http://www.dnp.co.jp/museum/icc-e.html
Museum Information Japan

http://www2.hawaii.edu/~jmedeiro/
Nagoya Jet Homepage

http://www.iac.gatech.edu/modlangs/Japanese/SEATJ/
SEATJ

http://www.jflalc.org/jfla/jflarorg.html
Other Organizations and Links

Resources

Others

http://www.kimiwillbe.com/
KIMI Information Center
Links
**links to information about jobs, apartments, Japanese inns, etc.
http://www.escapeartist.com/japan/japan8.htm
Education & Language Resources

http://www.issho.org/top.html
Issho

http://languagecenter.cla.umn.edu/lc/surfing/japanese.html
Japanese
http://www.japan-emb.org.sg/study/study.html
Studying in Japan

http://www.between.ne.jp/sij/en/
Studying in Japan

http://www.math.yale.edu/users/ravim/study.html
Studying in Japan

http://www.wfu.edu/Academic-departments/East-Asian-Languages-and-Literatures/japanese/
Useful Links for Students

http://www.narita-airport.or.jp/
Narita Airport

http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ja8i-brtl/index.htm
Homeschooling in Japan

http://members.wbs.net/homepages/t/e/n/tenjin97/FAQ-EFL.html
Secrets on Teaching English in Japan-- EFL/ESL

http://www.businessinsightjapan.com/cgi-bin/expwww/exp.cgi
Search Train Schedules

http://www.eltnews.com/home.shtml
Teaching in Japan ELT News

http://ilc2.doshisha.ac.jp/users/kkitao/library/student/01/practicum/onishi-10.htm
World of Zen

Other Information

http://www.stonebridge.com/~sbp/
Stone Bridge Press Books on Japan

http://www.tia.ad.jp/www-in-JP.html
WWW Servers in Japan

http://www.libra.titech.ac.jp/libraries_Japan_e.html
WWW Servers in Japan (libraries)
**Links to the servers of various universities, government agencies, etc.

http://www.mizuho-sc.com/english/ebond/politics.html
Japanese Politics

http://www.mizuho-sc.com/english/ebond/index.html
Research Links

http://www.mizuho-sc.com/english/ebond/companies/list.html
Japanese Listed Companies

http://www.scgroup.com/sumo/
Sumo Information
http://www.sabotenweb.com/bookmarks/bookstores.html
Bookstores and publishers

http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/japanese.html#links_resources
RESOURCES: Links to useful sources of information about Japan.

http://www.isu.edu/~nickcrai/jpnlinx.html
Colonel Craig's Links Japanese

http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Flats/7947/eflasia.htm
EFL in Asia

http://www.gaijin-net.com/links.asp
Gaijin Net.com

http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/6566/
Gail and Sherry's Japanese Links

http://www.wnn.or.jp/wnn-tokyo/english/young/001/
Hello Tokyo

http://www.geocities.co.jp/Milkyway-Kaigan/7897/greeting.htm
Hello World from Japan

http://www.hhs.se/eijs/webhelp/
Invitation to Japan: Building Relationships & Searching for Information via the Internet

http://sophia.smith.edu/fcceas/links.html#japan
Japan Five college Center for East Asian Studies (FCCEAS)

http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/countries/japan/index.html
Japan University of Texas

http://sophia.smith.edu/fcceas/links.html#japan
Japan Online Resources to Support K-14 East Asian Studies

http://fmc.utm.edu/~rpeckham/japan.html
JAPAN @ UTMartin's GLOBE- GATE

http://www.japan-access.com/japan.html
Japan Access

http://homepages.go.com/~nishijin/bikerfaq-toc.html
The Japan Biker F&Q

http://search.asiaco.com/Japan/Education/
Japan: Education

http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Flats/7947/japan.htm
Japan Links

http://gojapan.about.com/
Japan for Visitors

http://www.japan-guide.com/
Japan Guide.com

http://members.tripod.com/~Andy_Shuttleworth/index.html
Japan Hot Spots

http://sunsite.sut.ac.jp/asia/japan/
Japan Information

http://www.colorado.edu/ealld/atj/Japan_info/links.html
Japan Information

http://www.nmjc.org/jiap/text.html
Japan Information Access Project

http://www.jinjapan.org/
Japan Information Network

http://www.lafayette.edu/~stocktoj/home/japanl.html
Japan Links

http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~stocktoj/home/japanl.html
Japan Links

http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/ealc/jlp/JLink.html
Japan Link

http://www.jnto.go.jp/english/index.html
Japan National Tourist Organization

http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/7210/japanlink.htm
Japan Ring

http://wings.buffalo.edu/academic/department/AandL/mll/JAPAN/japanlink.html
Japan on the WWW University of New York

http://www-japan.mit.edu/japan-on-web/index.html
Japan on the Web: some Japanese-related links

http://www.Colorado.EDU/ealld/jlnk.html
Japan Related Information

http://www.lr.net/nhcwa/japan.html
Japan Resources

http://www.csuohio.edu/history/subject.html
Japan: Subject Index

http://www.wnn.or.jp/wnn-tokyo/english/young/001/index.html
Japan thru Young Eyes

http://homepages.go.com/~nishijin/japanfaq.html
The JAPAN WEB GUIDE's FAQ of Japan

http://www.jwindow.net/
Jpan Window

http://www.japan-zone.com/
Japan Zone

http://pears.lib.ohio-state.edu/ULJS/index.html
Japanese Journal Information Web

http://members.wbs.net/homepages/m/a/i/maizuru/FAQ-Manners.html
Japanese Manners & Etiquette

http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/lss/lang/japan.html
Japanese Resources

http://www.uni-konstanz.de/ZE/Bib/zs/arc.htm#Japanisch
Japanisch

http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/japanese.html
Jim Breen's Japanese Page

http://web.mit.edu/jpnet/index.html
The JP NET

http://www-japan.mit.edu/
JP NET Japanese Language and Culture Network

http://jin.jcic.or.jp/kidsweb/
Kids Web Japan

http://www.kids-japan.com/
Kid's Japan

http://www.epas.utoronto.ca:8080/~japllc/links.html
Links to Japan/Japanese-Related Sites Japanese Language Learning Centre

http://www.apricotweb.com/bbschat/links.htm
Links

http://www.iuj.ac.jp/web/iuj_section.cfm?category=0906
Living in Japan

http://home.earthlink.net/~myama/japan.htm
Mother of All Japan Links

http://www.jwindow.net/
NTT Japan Window

http://www.tokyo.to/
Tokyo Journal

http://www.indiana.edu/~japan/
National Clearinghouse for U.S.-Japan Studies Indiana University

http://www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/
Nikkei Net Interactive

http://www.kencorp.com/
Now You Live in Tokyo

http://www.rtj.com/index_e.htm
Real Town Japan

http://www.easc.indiana.edu/pages/columbia/jk-6a.htm
RECOMMENDED RESOURCES on JAPAN for Grades K - 6

http://www.easc.indiana.edu/pages/columbia/j612a.htm
RECOMMENDED RESOURCES on JAPAN for GRADES 6-12

http://jin.jcic.or.jp/region/
Regions and Cities

http://www.macalester.edu/~jpnprgm/related.html
Related Links MACALESTER COLLEGE

http://www.mizuho-sc.com/english/ebond/index.html
Research & Links Mizuho Group

http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/ec/~nozawa/LinkJC-e.html
Some Links to Understand Current Japan and Japanese Culture

http://english.itp.ne.jp/
Townpage

http://www.nmjc.org/NEW-NMJC-HTML/JPRI/images/Bookmarks.html
Welcome to Keiko Schneider's Bookmarks

http://www.emich.edu/public/foreignlanguages/JTAMlinks.html
Where do we go from here? J.T.A.M.

http://www2.links2go.com/more/www.trussel.com/f_nih.htm
YourName.com

http://ucsu.colorado.edu/~asano/
Yoshiteru Asano

Teachers' Homepages

http://www.mala.bc.ca/~furutak/jp-home.htm
Kimi Furuta's Homepage

http://www.msu.edu/~endo/
Mutsuko Endo Hudson

Teaching/Learning Materials

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0804804087/002-9002289-8881851
dictionaries

http://www.mala.bc.ca/~furutak/resource.htm
Japanese Language Learning/Teaching Resources by Furuta

http://www.japanese-online.com/language/LSNIndex.HTM
Japanese-Online Lesson Index

http://www.sla.purdue.edu/fll/JapanProj/
Japanese-related Projects at Purdue University

http://www.joyo96.org/
Joyo Kanji

http://www2.gol.com/users/billp/students/kanjiname/index.html
Kanji Names Projects

http://ftp.cc.monash.edu.au/pub/nihongo/00INDEX.html
The Monash Nihongo ftp Archive

http://www-japan.mit.edu/mit/index.html
MIT Japanese Materials

http://www.wfu.edu/Academic-departments/East-Asian-Languages-and-Literatures/japanese/
Useful Links for Students

http://www.emich.edu/public/foreignlanguages/Web_Japanese.html
Web-Based�@Japanese Language Practice Page

College Associations

http://www.associatedkyotoprogram.org/
Associated Kyoto Program

http://www.glca.org/main.shtml
Great Lakes Colleges Association, Inc (GLCA)

http://www.acm.edu/
Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM)

http://www.calstate.edu/
California State Universities

http://www.isp.msu.edu/JCMU/15miuniv.html
Consortium Universities of Michigan

http://www.osshe.edu/
Oregon University System

University Japanese Programs

http://www.colorado.edu/ealld/atj/Japan_info/univ.html
University Japanese Programs

http://www.colorado.edu/ealld/atj/univ.html
University Japanese Programs

Individual Programs

http://www.acs.appstate.edu/dept/fll/japanese.html
Appalachian State University

http://www.emich.edu/public/foreignlanguages/japanese2.html
Eastern Michigan University

http://dml.cornell.edu/falcon/
Falcon Program Cornell University

http://instruct.uwo.ca/japanese/ics-hc/
Huron College UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO

http://deall.ohio-state.edu/default.htm
Ohio State University Department of East Asian Language and Literatures

http://dml.cornell.edu/falcon/japanese.html
FALCON FULL-YEAR ASIAN LANGUAGE CONCENTRATION PROGRAM

http://www.albany.edu/eas/easindex.html
State University of New York Albany

http://wings.buffalo.edu/cas/mll/
State University of New York Buffalo

http://bingweb.binghamton.edu/%7Ersode/
State University of New York Binghamton

http://www.newpaltz.edu/asianstudies/
State University of New York New Paltz

http://orient4.orient.su.se/
Stockholm University

http://www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/RAE/Japan/jpnstudy.html
Japan Studies University of Kentucky

http://www.wfu.edu/Academic-departments/East-Asian-Languages-and-Literatures/japanese/
Wake Forest University

Japanese Programs in Japan

Link

http://www.nmjc.org/mainframe.links.html
Internship in Japan

http://orient4.orient.su.se/
Institutes of Higher Learning Stockholm Univesity

http://www.colorado.edu/ealld/atj/Bridging/ABRD-japuniv.html
Japanese Universities

http://www.studyabroad.com/simplehtml/Japan.html
Study Abroad: Japan

http://www.colorado.edu/ealld/atj/Bridging/ABRD-sum.html
Summer Programs

http://www.twics.com/~nsftokyo/spmenu.html
Summer Programs in Japan and Korea

http://www.bu.edu/jlcs/sp/sp.html
Summer Program Information

http://www.colorado.edu/ealld/atj/Bridging/ABRD-us.html
US Based Programs

individual

http://www.associatedkyotoprogram.org/
Associated Kyoto Program

http://www.cetacademicprograms.com/JapanPrograms/frjapanmain.htm
CET Kyoto An Internship and Language Program for Beginning Through Advanced Students

http://www.eurocentres.com/
Eurocentres

http://www.host.or.jp/net/hif/
HIF_Japanese Language Program with homestay

http://www.iesabroad.org/
IES Programs in Tokyo and Nagoya

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/IUC/
Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies

http://www.isp.msu.edu/JCMU/
Japan Center for Michigan Universities

http://www.earlham.edu/~jpns/
Japan Study Waseda University

http://kcjs.stanford.edu/kcjs/
KCJS Kyoto Center for Japanese Studies (Stanford)

http://www.kcp-usa.com/
KCP Program Tokyo

http://www.msua.ac.jp/indexe.htm
Minnesota State University Akita

http://www.npjapan.org/
New Perspective in Japan

http://www.tufs.ac.jp/is/iseptufs-e.html
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM OF TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN STUDIES (ISEPTUFS)

http://www.tiu.ac.jp/jsp/
Japan Studies Program Tokyo International University

http://www.kansai-gaidai-u.ac.jp/index.htm
Kansai Gaidai University

http://www.itj.org/ITJ_TLIinfo.html
The Laurasian Institution

http://www.isp.msu.edu/JCMU/
Michigan-Japan Program

http://www.nufs-e.nakanishi.ac.jp/academic/JCLCintr.html
Nagoya University of Foreign Studies'Japanese Language and Culture Program

http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/stdyabrd/UTObirinJapan.html
Obirin University Intensive Japanese Language and Culture Program 1999

http://deall.ohio-state.edu/webdoc/shoin.htm
Ohio State University OSU Japanese Study Abroad Program in Kobe

http://www.siu.edu/departments/study_abroad/
Southern Illinois University Study Abroad

http://www.temple.edu/intlprog/
Temple University International Program

http://www.temple.edu/intlprog/JAPAN/master.html
Temple University Japan

http://www.tohoku.ac.jp/
Tohoku University

http://falcon.cc.ukans.edu/~ceas/kanagawa.htm
1999 University of Kansas Summer Institute at Kanagawa University in Hiratsuka, Japan

http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~oshome/asia/japan.html
University of Oregon

http://www.uwplatt.edu/~geography/japan/
Japan Study Abroad University of Wisconsin-Platteville Department of Geography & University of Kentucky Japanese Studies

Food

http://ilc2.doshisha.ac.jp/users/kkitao/library/student/01/meta/okuda-3.htm
Kaiseki �`Japanese mind�` student work

http://www.nsknet.or.jp/~chrkaji/yasuko/index_e.html
WWW Site of Japanese Mom's Home Cooking

http://www.garden-gifts.com/sushiart.htm
Sushi Art

http://www.bento.com/tokyofood.html
Tokyo Food Page

http://ilc2.doshisha.ac.jp/users/kkitao/library/student/01/practicum/noguchi/Noguchi-13.html
Typical Japanese food

Information about Living and Traveling in Japan

http://www.vowel.or.jp/eng/japan.htm
Life in Kyoto

http://www.jwindow.net/LWT/lwt_home.html
Living, Working, and Travel in Japan

http://www.ntt.com/japan/map/
Clickable W3 Map of Japan

http://thejapanfaq.cjb.net/
The Japan FAQ

http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e625.html
JapanGuide.com

http://jin.jcic.or.jp/
Japan Information Network

JIN has been set up by the Japan Center for Intercultural Communications to provide recent information about the society, culture, education and other aspects of Japan.

http://www.pconline.com/~erc/japan.htm
Japanese Information
**Links to information about geography, cultures and customs, tourist information, sports, the government, etc.

http://www.internationalist.com/travel/Japan.php
The Internationalist: Japan

Business Travel in Japan
Facts About Japan
Japan Travel Updates
Kumusta!
An online version of the Japanese-Filipino bilingual magazine, Kumusta! based in Japan. Drop by if you want to know more about Filipinos in Japan.
US State Department Travel Advisory for Japan KEY CITIES

COUNTRY INFORMATION

Books
Go to the Bookstore to purchase books.

Maps
Clickable Map of Japan
Clickable Map of Nagasaki
Map of Japan
Map of Tokyo

Go to the Bookstore to purchase maps.

Hotels
Located in Chiba : Hotel New Otani Makuhari
Located in Fukuoka : Hotel New Otani Hakata
Located in Kobe : Kobe Bay Sheraton Hotel and Towers
Located in Kyoto : The Westin KyotoTakara-ga-ike Prince Hotel
Located in Osaka : The Westin Osaka
Located in Tokyo :

Restaurants
List of Restaurants Recommendable to Tourists

Airports/Airlines

Weather
Japanese Weather Information

Comments

http://202.23.150.181:80/users/kkitao/class/kyoto/
Kyoto: Ancient Capital of Japan Student Project (Summer, 1997)
**many links to Kyoto, in both English and Japanese

http://www.kyotoguide.com/e-whatson/index.html
Kyoto Visitor's Guide

http://www.jnto.go.jp/
Japan Travel Updates: Your Gateway to Japan by Japan National Tourist Organization
**There are many links to useful sites.

http://www.global-commons.com/JapanInfo/
Information about Japan
**good information for living in Japan

http://demonet.tripod.com/japan.html
Living and Working in Japan

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/letters/nea/jap_pc.htm
Lonely Planet / Japan

http://jin.jcic.or.jp/stat/
Statistics

If you find any problems, let me know.

Note: This work was partially funded by Doshisha University's Research Promotion Fund, 2000-2001, and a Grant-in-Aid for Exploratory Research, 1999-2001, from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

kkitao@mail.doshisha.ac.jp

Japan and Japanese Language

Kenji Kitao and S. Kathleen Kitao

Table of Contents

Gateways for Various Information

Culture

Japanese Language

Literature

Libraries

Mailing Lists

Newspapers. Magazines, TV, and Radio

Newspapers and Magazines

TV

Radio

Movies

Organizations

Resources

Other Information

Teachers' Homepages

Teaching/Learning Materials

College Associations

University Japanese Programs

Japanese Programs in Japan

Information about Living and Traveling in Japan