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*　Japanese Speech Contest Information (You are invited to participate!)
*　Study Abroad in Japan: Institutions that provide US credits in Japan (no recent update)

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
*　Genki Kanji
*　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

KANA

*　Ultimate Kana Challenge: http://japan.fll.purdue.edu/ultimate/
*　Ultimate Kana Challenge Game:http://tell.fll.purdue.edu/hatasa/ QuickKana/
*　HiraganaSong:http://www.genkienglish.net/genkijapan/hiraganasong.htm
*　Hiragana_Gahoh: MasayoshKanai: 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 genkoyoshi/writing pad:http://faculty.palomar.edu/ftachibana/about_genkoyoshi.htm
*　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
*　Cute aiueo chart: aiueo renshucho
*　Animated kana stroke orders with sounds

Hiragana Pracitce
*　Nigiri-zushi: Fish and more!

KANJI

*　Article by Yasuhiko Tohsaku (Effectove Ways to Teach Kanji in an AP Japanese Laguage and Culture Course - very informative)
*　Kanji Cards
*　Kanji Game
*　Kanji converter
*　Kanji Dictionary
*　Kanji Dictionary
*　Kanji Dictionary
*　Kanji dictionary according to Yokoso
*　Yokoso Kanji List and stroke orders
*　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/ not working
*　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 for dummies
*　Kanji dictionary
*　http://www.dartmouth.edu/~kanji/kanji0001.html

GRAMMAR
*　Uniformed RegularVerbal conjugation of Japanese
*　Genkier 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: Grammar2. Grammar 3
*　ippon nihon sanbon
*　ReferenceBooks
*　Grammar101 (Vancouver Island University)
*　無料日本語教材「オンライン日本語学習」

Genkoyoshi/genkouyoushi/原稿用紙/げんこうようし
*　Fumiko Tachibana's genkoyoshi/writing pad:http://faculty.palomar.edu/ftachibana/about_genkoyoshi.htm

MAP

*　San Diego Convoy Market Map forJapanese food cooking!
*　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/
*　Google Map日本の地図
*　世界の言語　

Blogs

*　Okazaki Institute Hawks do not flock but blog.
*　Visual Anthropology

Online News　

*　FNN News
*　TBS News
*　Tachibana's Newspapers
*　MSN video news and entertainment
*　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
*　the links: http://kids.gakken.co.jp/campus/academy/jisaku/link.html
*　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 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 DICTINARIES



*　http://www.freetranslation.com/
*　http://nihongo.j-talk.com/parser/
*　A list of Online Dictionaries: http://www.fumikotachibana.com/journal3.htm#dictionaries
*　NihongoBC.com http://englishjapaneseonlinedictionary.com/
*　Directory of Translation Dictionaries: Lexicool.com
*　Resources for Translation: http://web.thn.jp/fujioka/
*　Rikai.com: http://www.rikai.com/perl/Home.pl (Japan)
*　YourDictionary.com
*　Mahou Dictionary:http://www.mahou.org/Dict/
*　ALC: http://www.alc.co.jp (Japan)
*　WEBLIO: http://ejje.weblio.jp/ (Japan) )
*　Typing hiragana (originally for Chinese) (not highly recommended if you can type Japanese using IME.
Kanji is not proper.

Online Materials

*　AJALT
*　Chimata no Nihongo (Real World)
*　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
*　This page :) Scroll up this page

Computer/Web

http://nihongomemo.com/pctips/web.htm
Go to How to Make Sound Files (MP3) - English verson
音声ファイル(MP3)の作成法 - japanese version
Shunko Muroya
Japanese Advisor, Alberta Education, Canada
(Sponsored by the Japan Foundation)

Teacher Support

Japan Foundation Japan
http://www.jpf.go.jp/j/japanese/survey/tsushin/index.html

 

ORGANIZATIONS

*　 The National Council of Japanese Language Teachers


LITERATURE

*　 Japanese Literature in English
*　 Digital Ehon Japanese traditional folklore with voice. http://www.e-hon.jp/voice/indexv.htm
*　 AozoraBunko Japanese literature in original 青空文庫
*　 Old Stories of Japan in English
*　 Japanese Classics translated in a modern language
*　 Japanese Literature AOL
*　 Tonarinototoro

CULTURE

*　 World Language Center_Japanese
*　 Food Map: What Japanese people eat daily, it's not all about yakitori, yakisoba, sushi, shabushabu, or sukiyaki.
*　 Japanese Table Manners (in Japanese)
*　 Why it is bad manners to rub chopsticks (in Japanese)
*　 Nihongo Memo 日本語メモ
*　 jouhouyatai (not free)
*　 Japan Echo: http://www.japanecho.co.jp/
*　 abcjp.net about us
*　 National Museum of History
*　 Let's introduce Japan in English! 英語で日本を紹介しよう。
*　 Nihongo to Tonari no Kuni kara Sekai wo miru:Kotobano sanpomichi:
*　 Why do not the Japanese say I love you
*　Deai Photos and Videos


BOOKS: under construction.

Commic Essays: http://www.comic-essay.com/index.html
Blog: http://www.comic-essay.com/weblog/
http://uminonagiko.blog73.fc2.com/

IN PROGRESS

STUDY ABROAD IN JAPAN


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



JAPAN TRAVEL
*　Tokyo News

FOREIGN LANGUAGE JAPANESE MATERIALS
*　Japanese materials at Language Lab at Palomar College



San Diego Region Speech Contest will re-open again!
We are looking for more contributors to make this event enjoyable!!
Please contact: Tachibana Center Fax 1858-217-6069
Email: TachibanaCenter@gmail.com

Official Summer Program in Japan 2007
Courtesy of Mr. Koizumi

web maintenance (c) Fumiko Tachibana at Ftachibana@palomar.edu

Tachibana-sensei's Kanji pages
Tachibana-sensei'sKanji4Dummies
Tachiban's serial Experiments for hiragana :)
We enjoyed Charaben Day.
JPN202 Enrichment
Creative Writing: Short stories
Being Creative in a Foreign Language since 1999