Vidfeo news from Japan
*　FNN News
*　TBS News
*　NHK video news
*　Yahoo Video news

For general inquiries about Japan, Japanese studies, etc.
*　Japan Foundation
*　Consulate-General of Japan in Los Angeles
*　Japan Foundation Japan site map http://www.jpf.go.jp/e/index.html
*　J L R Center Web LInks (Houghton Mifflin)

Study, work abroad information, etc.
*　JET Program http://www.us.emb-japan.go.jp/JET/
*　American Association of Teachers of Japanese 全米日本語教育学会ニュース
*　Guide to Japanese Universities and colleges by the Japan Times
*　JET senpai from Palomar
*　UNO-Japan Study at Doshisha University

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Links for Japanese studies
*　 Keiko Schneider's Bookmarks: http://sabotenweb.com/bookmarks/

Resources to study Japanese, etc.

*　 Usagichan: http://www.csus.edu/indiv/s/sheaa/projects/genki/
*　 WordChamp:http://www.wordchamp.com/lingua2/Home.do
*　 Japan Video Topics:http://web-japan.org/jvt/index.html
*　 News in slow Japanese　http://newsinslowjapanese.com/

For Genki self studies, etc:

*　 http://genki.japantimes.co.jp/self_en
*　 Genki Links: http://genki.japantimes.co.jp/links_en
*　 New Erin's Challenge エリンが挑戦, Anime-Manga published by the Japan Foundation 日本国際交流基金
*　 Erin's Challenge online e
*　 Erin's Challenge online j
*　 Erin's Challenge Worksheets by Roberta Young sensei http://www.jessiplus.com/jessi/erin/
*　 Anime-Manga Japan Foundation
*　 Japan Sense of Wonder 外務省MOFA http://www.mofa.go.jp/sense_of_wonder/
* 　http://nihongo-e-na.com/　(for multiple purposes)

Grammar.

*　Shoko Hamano's VisualizingJapanese Grammar
　 http://www.gwu.edu/~eall/vjg/vjghomepage/vjghome.htm

Genki Grammar Volume 1.

*　http://genki.japantimes.co.jp/about/about06
*　Usagichan Vocabularies
*　Genki other activities Hiragana Katakana Listening Q
*　Genki usagichan website
*　Kanji stroke order all lessons (easy to use, highly recommended) Iwate University
*　Kanji stroke order with a brush (Dartmouth University)

Genki movies and oncho introduction.

*　Genki movies
*　Genki oncho files (Oncho= intonation) 1 / 2

KANA (use all the useful sites wisely!)

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*　Hiragana animation: http://ic.int.okayama-u.ac.jp/japanese/programs/gakusyu/hiragana.html (Okayama University)
*　Katakana animation: http://ic.int.okayama-u.ac.jp/japanese/programs/gakusyu/katakana.html (Okayama University)
*　MLC hiragana katakana: http://www.mlcjapanese.co.jp/Download/HiraganaKatakana.swf
*　Meguro "Time" drill : http://www.mlcjapanese.co.jp/Download/JiFun.swf
*　Ultimate Kana (http://tell.cla.purdue.edu/hatasa/ultimate/ )
*　Ultimate Katakana (http://tell.cla.purdue.edu/hatasa/ultimate/katakana.htm)
*　Animated kana stroke orders with sounds
*　Listening Practice:http://genki.japantimes.co.jp/site/self/site/gakusyu/hiragana2.html
*　HiraganaSong: http://www.genkienglish.net/genkijapan/hiraganasong.htm (Youtube)
*　Typing Japanese Practice sheet: http://www2.palomar.edu/users/ftachibana/typingjapanesepracticesheet.doc
*　Hiragana/Katakana Typing Practice:http://www.nihonmura.net/en/nyuryoku/hira01.shtml
*　Tachibana's Genkoyoshi/Writing Pad: http://www2.palomar.edu/users/ftachibana/about_genkooyooshi.htm (The link will be adjusted soon.)
*　about genkoyoshi2
*　Hiragana map (Tachibana homework1)(The link will be adjusted soon.)
*　Hiragana map (Tachibana homework2 )(The link will be adjusted soon.)
*　KeikoSchneider's_Kana_Kanji Help: http://www.sabotenweb.com/bookmarks/language.html
*　Furigana assistance: http://www.hiragana.jp/ (Hiragana Megane:　How to Read Japanese)

to be upgraded below...

KANJI

*　Kanji Alive: http://kanjialive.com/
*　Gahoh: http://www.tufs.ac.jp/st/personal/99/kawatsu/gahoh/Japanese.html
*　Kanji Practice with Brush presentation, Dartmouth University: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~kanji/kanji0001.html
*　Genki Kanji list Volume 1: http://genki.japantimes.co.jp/about/about07
*　Nihongo E-な (Kanji Study, Reviewing the Kanji, GCSE Picture Kanji Cards, etc.
*　Article by Dr. Yasuhiko Tohsaku (Effectove Ways to Teach Kanji in an AP Japanese Laguage and Culture Course )
*　Kanji converter
*　Kanji dictionary according to Yokoso
*　Yokoso Kanji List and stroke orders
*　Kanji Radicals for Dummies: (Tachibana) (The link will be adjusted soon.)
*　Kanji Furigana for Japanese learners: http://sp.cis.iwate-u.ac.jp/sp/lesson/j/doc/furigana.html
*　Kanji dictionary
*　NipponKichi
*　Kanji4dummies (ftachibana^_^) (The link will be adjusted soon.)
*　GCSE Picture Kanji Cards .(Jaapan Foundation UK) http://www.jpf.org.uk/language/kanjifiles/kanjicard.html
*　Kanji Web Resources http://www.sp.cis.iwate-u.ac.jp/icampus/u/linksj.jsp (simple and easy to use for students self-study)
*　Kanji Stroke Order Write Now! http://www.3anet.co.jp/japanese/ukky_writenow/stroke_order.html スリーエーネットワーク
*　Kanji by sp.cis.iwate-u.ac.jp http://www.sp.cis.iwate-u.ac.jp/icampus/u/akanji.jsp

Vocabulary Exercises for Beginners Level

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*　Visualizing Japanese Grammar: http://www.gwu. edu/~eall/ vjg/vjghomepage/ vjghome.htm
*　Learning Chocolate (楽しい言語学習)
*　Numbers Genkinet (1-20) Youtube
*　Irregular Dates Song: how to memorize and enjoy it http://www2.palomar.edu/users/ftachibana/dates_song.htm (The link will be adjusted soon.)
*　Uniformed Regular Verbal conjugation of Japanese
*　Meguro Language Center: http://www.mlcjapanese.co.jp/Download.htm
*　Teaching materials 教案　
*　のです。 「のだ／んだ」〜んだから､〜のなら− だから
*　友だちと会う、友達に会う
*　日本語研究のための参考図書

to be continued. 未完

日本語研究のための参考図書 Reference Books

Folktales from Japan/ Mukashibanashi

*　 Digital Ehon Japanese traditional folklore
*　 Folktales from Japan (with subtitles)
*　 Japanese folklore: Reading おはなし
*　 Alice in Wonderland:Reading　おはなし
*　 Digital Ehon Japanese traditional folklore read
*　 Aozora Bunko Japanese literature in original 青空文庫
*　 Old Stories of Japan in English
*　 Japanese Classics translated in a modern language　
*　 一休さん　音声入りreading included.
*　 日本語と日本文化
*　 Poems
*　日本の民話にほんのみんわ　Japanese Folklore
*　 http://www.e-hon.jp/voice/indexv.htm
*　 http://www.geocities.co.jp/HeartLand-Gaien/7211/
*　 http://hukumusume.com/douwa/pc/minwa/itiran/02gatu.htm
*　 http://hukumusume.com/douwa/koe/index.html
*　 http://www.artkenji.com/sakuhinsyuu.html

Dictionaries

*　 WEBLIO: http://ejje.weblio.jp/ (Japan)
*　 http://jisho.org/
*　 Japanese-English dictionary for the iPhoneR/iPod touch
*　 http://www.rikai.com/perl/HomePage.pl?Language=Sp
*　 Hatsuon jiten pronunciation dictionaryHatsuon jiten (accent/pitch dictionary)
*　 http://www.freetranslation.com/
*　 http://nihongo.j-talk.com/parser/
*　 NihongoBC.com http://englishjapaneseonlinedictionary.com/
*　 Directory of Translation Dictionaries: Lexicool.com
*　 Rikai.com: http://www.rikai.com/perl/Home.pl (Japan)
*　 YourDictionary.com
*　 Mahou Dictionary:http://www.mahou.org/Dict/
*　 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/samurai/
*　Hatsuon 日本語発音辞典Jiten
*　Zokugo日本語俗語辞典 jiten

to be continued.

Wood-block prints: Hanga 版画
*　 葛飾北斎　 Katsushika Hokusai
*　 広重　東海道五十三次

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Culture
*　 Anime-Manga Japan Foundation
*　 Nigaoe Gallery facial caricature　
*　 日本文化を英語で紹介する事典introducing Japanese culture in English.
*　 Nihongo Memo 日本語メモhttp://www.jpf.org.au/hitokoto/index.html
*　 National Museum of History
*　 Deai Photos and Videos

MAP
*　San Diego Convoy Market Map forJapanese food cooking! http://nihongoganbatte.blogspot.com/2013/07/yuyus-map-of-convoy-area-japanese.html?q=convoy
*　Google Map日本の地図
*　Japanese Map: Prefecture Matching game
*　Japanese Map Quest: http://www.mapion.co.jp/
*　Ekitan駅探 (train schedule and connection): http://www.ekitan.com/
*　世界の言語　

OTHER USEFUL RESOURCES:

*　Keiko Schneider's Saboten Web: http://www.sabotenweb.com/bookmarks/language.html
*　Computing and Japanese: http://www.sabotenweb.com/bookmarks/computing.html
*　Japanese Web Resources: http://www.sp.cis.iwate-u.ac.jp/icampus/u/linksj.jsp
*　University of Northern Iowa Professor Jim Becker's site: http://www.uni.edu/becker/japanese222.html
*　Jim Breen's Japanese Page: http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/japanese.html
*　Newspaper: http://www.sp.cis.iwate-u.ac.jp/icampus/u/linksj.jsp?category=Newspaper&language=Japanese
*　United Links for Japanese Learning Web Resources:http://www.sp.cis.iwate-u.ac.jp/icampus/u/linksj.jsp
*　kids Enikki 絵日記(picture journal with text): http://enikki.mitsubishi.or.jp/index_f.html
*　TV Japan: Schedule
*　Shogi はさみしょうぎ: hasamishogi game
*　Houghton Mifflin College division (comprehensive introduction page):
　 http://college.hmco.com/languages/japanese/resources/students/links/index.html
*　AJALT
*　Chimata no Nihongo (Real World)
*　Charles Kelly's Many Things, study guide for all levels : http://www.manythings.org/japanese/
*　Meguro Language Center: http://www.mlcjapanese.co.jp/Download.htm