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*　Japan Number1
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*　Students Excellence: media coverage



Genki Exercises

*　http://www.lyon.edu/webdata/users/mpeek/japanwebpages/Genkiexercises.htm
*　Genki Movies
*　Particles according to Genki
*　HiraganaFlashcard1
*　HiraganaFlashcard2
*　HiraganaFlashcard3
*　KatakanaFlashcard1
*　KatakanaFlashcard2
*　KatakanaFlashcard3
*　Kanji Reading practice
*　Verb/Adjective Conjugation Practice


Genki Vocabulary Exercises

*　Greetings
*　Voc Lesson1
*　Suuji (numbers) listening
*　Jikan (time) listening
*　listening quiz hiragana
*　listening quiz katakana
*　Nervous Prostration:game

Genki materials at CSUSM:

* http://lynx2.csusm.edu/languages/Japanese/GenkiVocab/db/
* Imamura sensei's gift

 

Writing pad
*　Fumiko Tachibana's 1. Dlphin, 2. Ninja, 3. The Genkoyoshi 4. How to use vertical engkoyoshi

Kana

*　Ultimate Kana Challenge:http://www.fll.purdue.edu/ultimate/
*　HiraganaSong:http://www.genkienglish.net/genkijapan/hiraganasong.htm
*　Hiragana_Gahoh: Masayoshi Kanai):http://gahoh.marinebat.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=1
*　Katakana_Gahoh: Masayoshi Kanai):http://gahoh.marinebat.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=2
*　Hiragana animation: http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/user/int/study/gakusyu/hiragana.html
*　Kana Practice: http://www.gyford.com/japanese/
*　Hiragana/Katakana typing practice:http://www.nihonmura.net/en/nyuryoku/hira01.shtml
*　Comprehensive Writing system introduction: http://www.japanese-name-translation.com/site/hiragana_symbols.html
*　Vocabulary for listening: http://www.languageguide.org/nihongo/
*　Electronic flash cards to use with GENKI I & GENKI II. Word Champ
*　Fumiko Tachibana's Hiragana & Japanese writing pad: http://faculty.palomar.edu/ftachibana#learning_materials
*　KeikoSchneider's_Kana_Kanji Help:http://www.sabotenweb.com/bookmarks/language.html
*　Furigana: http://www.hiragana.jp/
*　Gairaigo_katakana:http://www.konan-wu.ac.jp/~kikuchi/kanji/gairai.html
*　Junko Fumimoto sensei's �Hiragana Concentration game, Sound matching game
*　Fumiko Tachibana's Hiragan de Map

Kanji

*　Genki.JapanTimes:http://genki.japantimes.co.jp/self/wwwkanji.en.html
*　Kanji_Gahoh: http://gahoh.marinebat.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=8
*　Kanji: how to find kanji and quick stroke order
*　Kanji Radicals: http://www.fumikotachibana.com/1_radicals/radicals.htm
*　Kanji:http://web.mit.edu/jpnet/kanji-project/sites/yookoso/index.html (with a brush presentation)
*　Kanji Anatomy:Kanji as Ideographs for Students in Japanese (Web Version) http://www.kanjianatomy.com/
*　Kanji Furigana for Learners: http://sp.cis.iwate-u.ac.jp/sp/lesson/j/doc/furigana.html
*　Author Mikloski's Kanji Tutorial (Genki Lesson 11 - 16) http://members.cox.net/3dfx/JPN220/kanji.html
*　Online Kanji Dictionary:http://www.yamasa.cc/members/ocjs/kanjidic.nsf/MainPage?OpenForm
*　New Kanji Search: http://www.kanjiru.org (demo version for mac only as of 2007)
*　Kanji Alive: http://kanjialive.lib.uchicago.edu/main.php?page=overview)#=en
*　TonpaSite ?! for fun
*　Mahou Kanji Dictionary: http://www.mahou.org/Kanji/
*　Genki Tachbiana's Kanji Stroke Order Art Work ^_^
*　Tachibana's KanjiRadical



Grammar

*　Visualizing Japanese: Grammar: http://www.gwu. edu/~eall/ vjg/vjghomepage/ vjghome.htm
*　Meguro Language Center: http://www.mlcjapanese.co.jp/Download.htm
*　Learn Japanese Online: http://opal.ecis.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~webcmjml/main_lessons.asp
*　CSUSM:http://courses.csusm.edu/japn102bmi/Grammar%20notes/grammarF.htm
*　ippon nihon sanbon
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*　Nihongo to Tonari no Kuni kara Sekai wo miru:Kotobano sanpomichi: Why do not the Japanese say I love you
ReferenceBooks


Japanese Map

*　Japanese Map: Prefecture Matching game
*　Japanese Map Quest: http://www.mapion.co.jp/
*　Ekitan (train schedule and connection): http://www.ekitan.com/
*　Google Map: http://maps. google.co. jp/
*　 世界の言語　




Comprehensive introduction to Japanese Learning Tools

*　Houghton Mifflin College division: http://college.hmco.com/languages/japanese/resources/students/links/index.html
*　Keiko Schneider's Saboten Web: http://www.sabotenweb.com/bookmarks/language.html
*　Computing and Japanese: http://www.sabotenweb.com/bookmarks/computing.html
*　Learning/Teaching Materials:http://kids.gakken.co.jp/campus/academy/jisaku/index.html
　　And the links: http://kids.gakken.co.jp/campus/academy/jisaku/link.html




Web Resorces

*　Japanese Web Resources: http://www.sp.cis.iwate-u.ac.jp/icampus/u/linksj.jsp
*　Newspaper: http://www.sp.cis.iwate-u.ac.jp/icampus/u/linksj.jsp?category=Newspaper&language=Japanese
*　Japanese Web Resources: http://lynx.csusm.edu/llc/web_resources_lang.asp?currentLanguage=japanese
*　University of Northern Iowa Professor Jim Becker's site: http://www.uni.edu/becker/japanese2.html
*　United Links for Japanese Learning WEb Resources:http://www.sp.cis.iwate-u.ac.jp/icampus/u/linksj.jsp
*　Japanese Newspaper for kids: http://www.fumikotachibana.com/journal.htm
*　Japanese kids Enikki (picture journal with text): http://enikki.mitsubishi.or.jp/index_f.html
*　Graphic Organizers: http://gotoscience.com/Graphic_Organizers.html
*　The Silver Creek Thunderously Hip Japanese Program:http://scweb.esuhsd.org/programs/jp/
*　Tsukawarenakunattannihongo


Online Dictionaries

*　NihongoBC.com http://englishjapaneseonlinedictionary.com/
*　Genki Vocab CSUSM: http://lynx2.csusm.edu/languages/Japanese/GenkiVocab/db/
*　A list of Online Dictionaries: http://www.fumikotachibana.com/journal3.htm#dictionaries
*　Directory of Translation Dictionaries: Lexicool.com
*　Resources for Translation: http://web.thn.jp/fujioka/
*　Rikai.com: http://www.rikai.com/perl/Home.pl
*　YourDictionary.com
*　Mahou Dictionary:http://www.mahou.org/Dict/


Online practices/quizzes

*　Reading Practice: http://www.manythings.org/c/r2.cgi/edict
*　Charles Kelly's Many Things, study guide for all levels : http://www.manythings.org/japanese/
*　CSUSM: Genki Vocab


Culture



*　 Japan Echo: http://www.japanecho.co.jp/
*　 abcjp.net about us

.......	Rakugo			Hanabi		Take	.....	Karate	Ame
	Ryokan							Kimono	Itadakimasu
		Yukata	Mushiatsui	Hujisan					Udon
				Bento	Nengajou	Tera
			Moshimoshi		Norimaki			Konnichiwa Konbanwa

*　 Making Films on Japanese Culture (Cyrus Rolbin)
*　 JDV 2007 culture shock: japan discovery challenge: http://kyoeiexchange.com/jdc2007/http://kyoeiexchange.com/jdc2007/
*　 Public Information about Japan: http://www.gov-online.go.jp/eng/publicity/book/hlj/img20071201.html
*　 Creative Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan

　 　 "All over the world, people are focusing their attention on contemporaryJapanese culture. From the 1990s onwards, in manga,
　 　 anime, gaming, art,architecture, design, literature, food and fashion there was a burst ofcultural energy among the population at large.
　 　 This has now blossomed into contemporary Japanese popular culture whose influence is reverberating around the globe and continuing
　 　 to fascinate many people,mostly the young generation.
*　 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/samurai/

*　 http://www.creativejapan.net PDF.pdf Version
*　 Furusato Karuta
*　 Edo Wonderlan

 

*　 Japanese Translated Proverbs: http://web.thn.jp/fujioka/proverb.pdf
*　 The Photos of Yousuke Takeda: http://www.hpmix.com/home/yousuke/AI3.htm
*　 長い猫依布サラサhttp://www.nagai-neko.com/index.htm
*　 Photo from Japan: http://www.tjf.or.jp/deai/contents/search/photo_top.html
*　 Kyoto Kotoba Grammar:http://www.akenotsuki.com/kyookotoba/
*　 Bon.Butsudan
*　 Yoko's Peace Message
At random
*　 大阪市政
*　 沖縄県北部福祉保健所


Yamaguchi Itaro's
http://www.itaro- genji.com/ about.html
http://www.itaro- genji.com/
http://info. linkclub. or.jp/nl/ 2004_1_2/ yugou_sinka. html
http://i-sys. info/special/ genzi/genzi_ 04.html
http://www.nikkei. co.jp/kansai/ news/news000123. html
http://www.nancho. net/kyoto/ yamaguch. html
http://www.kikutv. com/shows/ Japanese_ Programs/ Inactive/ Specials_ 9-2005/
http://web-japan. org/nipponia/ nipponia29/ en/feature/ feature02. html
http://www.washingt onpost.com/ wp-dyn/content/ article/2006/ 12/12/AR20061212 00997_pf. html (WashingtonPost. com)
http://www.fabricta les.com/STORE/ store.cgi? product=brocades

 

Music

*　 JPOP
*　 Nobuyuki Tsujii, blind pianist



Religion


Jyodo Sinshu/ShinranKai (Shinran Society) Japanese　浄土真宗親鸞会
http://www.shinrankai.or.jp/syounin/index.htm
Life of Shinran Shonin the light of the world Vol.1


Drama online
*　 Movies

Just For Fun

*　 Write a song and sing
*　 Eva Yoiko no Animation
*　Tomita's 擬態語擬声語

Japanese Newspaper:

*　 FumikoTtachibana.com/journal.htm - List of newspapers
*　アメリカ大統領選挙候補者略歴 American Presidential l Candidates in Japanese
*　世界の言語 World languages




Learn and Teach Japanese


*　 Learn and Teach Japanese Blog (senseionline) by GPWitteveen
*　 CJLEA Teachers
*　 Teaching materials
*　 Rubistar




Study Abroad in Japan 2007


*　 Study Abroad in Osaka offered at Palomar College
*　 The Osaka Report 2007 and More photos
*　 Inquiries: ftachibana@palomar.edu


Japan Travel

*　Tokyo News

Study Abroad Programs in Japan
Temple University Japan
KU Office of Study Abroad
Ritsumeikan University
Seinan Gakuin University
Sophia University in Tokyo through CIEE
US study abroad agencies






Announcement Icon Fri, Mar 07, 2008 -- Cheyenne MacCarthy
Re: Cheyenne MacCarthy
Congratulations, Cheyenne of 101 4:00 fall 2007, for the Stanford Scholarship
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20080307-9999-lz1mc7teen.html
-tachibana

Congratulations, Hanna and Wyatt
Speech Contest in Irvine