Links to Japan

 

(Special thanks for the contributions from Prof. JJ Nakayama’s J231 classes and DEALL Japanese graduate students)

 

 

 

Japan Related Activities                            Using Japanese on your computer

Search for information on Japan                Shop Japan

News and Newspapers in Japan                Study in Japan, scholarships and internships

Japanese History                                        Jobs in or related to Japan

Japanese Culture                                        Japanese Language

Japanese Government and Politics            Teaching Japanese

 

 

 

Japan Related Activities:

 

The Ohio State University Japanese Club provides a forum for students to further their knowledge of Japanese culture and language outside of class, network with faculty and others with similar interests, and most of all, to have fun!

 

 

Search for information on Japan:

 

An excellent site for information about Japan is Schauwecker’s Guide to Japan.  This site has over 200 pages filled with graphics and detailed descriptions.  Also, at the bottom of each page is a list of helpful related links.  A great starting point for any search for information on Japan.

 

List of different Japanese search engines at INGJAPAN Network Communications Service

 

Searching for photos related to Japan?  Try Photobank Mainichi

 

For very brief information on Japan visit www.Britannica.com and do a keyword search.

 

A very fast search engine is www.google.com 

 

For quick facts about Japan, visit SuperSurf.com and select Japan.

 

 

News and Newspapers in Japan: 

 

Asahi Shimbun’s website in Japanese and Asahi Newspaper in English.

 

Daily Yomiyuri On-line in English and Yomiyuri On-line in Japanese

 

The Japan Times On-line [English only]

 

NHK On-line and NHK News including politics, economics, society, international, local and sports news [Japanese only]

 

Mainichi Shimbun [Japanese only]

 

Sankei Shimbun [Japanese only]

 

 

Japanese History: 

 

National Museum of Japanese History. [English]

 

Japanese history in periods.  (a site by Miura Sanae)

 

For information about Ancient Japan, Early Japanese Buddhism, Early Japanese Culture, and related Resources visit Washington State’s Ancient Japan site created by Richard Hooker.

 

Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies at Columbia University.

 

Timeline of Japanese History with information from Asuka to Momoyama.

 

For an overview of the History of Japan, go to Castilleja School’s History of Japan page

 

 

 

Japanese Culture:

 

Japanese traditional tie-dying, Shibori.  This site includes shibori techniques, the history of shibori from the Nara period, and contemporary shibori.

 

The Rebirth of the Tale of Genji: The Costume Museum. This site shows the period dress of Heian noble women and offers brief information about the museum located in Kyoto.

 

Here’s a great site on Noh and Kyogen. 

 

Visit this site on Japanese Green Tea.

 

For those interested in learning a little more about Japanese Ohamami (Cherry Blossom Viewing) in late March to early April, visit the following sites:

      www.bekkoame.ne.jp/i/hatos/nippon/season/hanami.htm (J/E)

www.asahi-net.or.jp/~by3s-fet/spring02.htm, Ohanami spots in Tokyo

www.mitsubishi.co.jp/En/talking/index.html, (E) history of Ohanami

www.asij.ac.jp/elementary/japan/hanami/hanami.htm, (E) from American School in Japan in Tokyo

www.asahi.com/paper/season/sakura/kako.html - top, Asahi Shimbun’s pictures of sakura from all over Japan

 

For websites on the traditional holiday called Hina-matsuri (Girl’s/Doll’s Day Festival) on March 3rd  see:

www.harapan.co.jp/english/JPImage_e/hina_e.htm, (E) about the Hina dolls and the festival

www.geisya.or.jp/~keiho/, (J) Hina doll manufacturer’s site

village.infoweb.ne.jp/~hina/hinadoll.htm  (J) another Hina doll manufacturer’s site

www.ktn.co.jp/maturi/ikibina.html, pictures from the Ikibina-matsuri in Nagasaki, where real people dress up like Hina dolls

japan.park.org/Japan/Kyoto/culture/hinadan/game.html, Japanese game site where you put the dolls on the doll shelves

For a site on Japanese Samurai, see Kyuba no Michi [The Way of Horse and Bow]

 

Miscellaneous cultural tidbits at this Things Japanese page (gardens, taiko, kimono, sushi, bamboo, bushido, etc)

 

Aspects of Japanese Culture and Society prepared for International Society for Educational Information offers:

The Plurality of Japanese Culture
Theories of Japanese Culture: Japanese Self-Awareness
The Japanese and Mono
The Family and Ie
Japanese Awareness of History
Commercial Dealings and Trust
The Traditional Town
Form and Technique
Learning and Education
Systems and Organizations and the Human Being

 

At About: The Human Internet you can find over 700 sites about Japanese Culture.  

 

 

 

Japanese Government and Politics:

 

Visit Ken Watanabe’s Homepage for information on the Imperial Household, the Diet, political parties, the cabinet, the government, the court system, and news/media in Japan.  There is also an extensive list of related site links at Ken Watanabe’s Linked Homepages. 

 

 

Using Japanese on your computer:

 

Check out The Web Kanzaki page on Using Japanese Language on Your Computer (PC/Mac) or Using Japanese on a PC for information about software products for using Japanese characters on your PC’s or Macs.  For more detailed technical information, go to Guide to Japanese computing at the Technical Japanese Program in Washington.  Also, Ka-Ping Yee offers technical information on Japanese text ecoding.

 

 

Shop Japan: 

 

Want a book about Japan?  Visit Nippon Bookstore (related to Amazon.com).

 

For online mail orders specializing in Japanese goods go to Japan-Shop.com.

 

Kinokuniya-shoten [Japanese] and Kinokuniya Bookstore [English]

 

Japan Times Book Club English site and Japan Times Book Club Japanese site

 

 

 

Study in Japan, scholarships and internships:

 

 

Jobs in or related to Japan:

 

Want to find a job in Japan?  Check out GaijinPot.com.

 

Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme (a.k.a. the JET Program).

 

For a detailed list of Japan job links in Japan, go to The JETAA Job Guide--Japan and for a more general list, go to The JETAA Job Guide Links.

 

Ohio-Saitama English Teaching Program (OSET) [Japanese only] and a short article on OSET call for applications

 

Japanese American Connection, a division of the CBS Companies, for jobs in the tri-state area.

 

 

 

Japanese Language: 

 

The Languages of the World by Computers and the Internet: Japanese has information and great links on:

The Japanese Language

Japanese by Computer

The Japanese Dialects

The Ainu Language

other Reference.

 

 

(links on language to be edited, but check them out if you’d like)

http://hometown.aol.com/jldean1221/indexF.html

http://web.mit.edu/jpnet/articles/JapaneseLanguage.html
http://www.it.com.pl/scos/schumacher.htm.
http://japanese.about.com/homework/japanese/index.htm
http://www2.patt.gr.jp/~ryo/standard-e.html not on language (shougi)
http://www.alphatec.or.jp/~kaoru/index_e.html
http://www.kt.rim.or.jp/~val/
http://linear.mv.com/cgi-bin/j-e/dict
http://members.aol.com/writejapan/
http://www.jakoclub.co.kr/ (in Korean)
http://www.nnj.co.jp/P/002/index.html
http://students.washington.edu/dready/
http://kidslangarts.about.com/kids/kidslangarts/?once=true&
http://kidslangarts.about.com/kids/kidslangarts/cs/learnjapanese/index.htm

 

 

Teaching Japanese: 

 

Ujie Sensei's Audio visual resource Center at http://www.wlu.edu/~kujie/slide.html

 

For a site on Japanese teaching materials (in Japanese), go to http://liberty.wlu.edu/~kujie/1.jpn.html

The Amazing Picture machine http://www.ncrtec.org/picture.htm

Royalty-Free Clip Art Collection for Foreign/Second Language
http://www.sla.purdue.edu/academic/fll/JapanProj/FLClipart/default.html

 


 If you didn’t find it here, try one of these lists of LINKS: 

 

Keiko Schneider's Bookmarks  This site is filled with links!

 

Kanada’s Site also offers a lot of information about Japanese culture, food, survival, etc.