Nouben ・ のうべん

Nouben　is a Japanese dictionary website with a twist...

Not only can you look up words and see example sentences, but you can look in detail at the Kanji for different levels of the JLPT exam and also take quizzes!

There is a great deal more to explore too and I think that it is a really useful learning tool.

Japan: the Official Guide

The Official Guide to Japan website is available in lots of languages.

As well as suggestions about places to ho and how to plan your trips around Japan, The Japan in Depth page has lots of information about Japanese Culture.

The Japan Monthly Web Magazine  is an excellent place to learn more about modern Japan and maybe check out places that you would like to go.

The Museum of Japanese Costume ・ 風俗博物館

風俗博物館

The Museum of Japanese Costume is in Kyoto

〒600-8468
京都市下京区新花屋町通堀川東入る
（井筒法衣店５階）
TEL（075）342-5345
（事務局TEL（075）343-0001）

but they have an excellent website too, and this means  that you can see some of the exhibits without having to travel to Japan and there are many articles (in Japanese) with photographs of people wering the costumes in real life situations.

There is an English language version of the site here

The Costume Museum site in English

On the English language version of the site are photographs of models wearing costumes from the Jomon, Nara, Heian, Kamakura, Edo, Meiji and Shouwa Periods and under the photographs there are drawings with all the parts of the dress clearly named, which makes it a valuable resource for historians and costume designers as well as anyone who is interested in Japanese history.

There are also photographs of beautiful  flowers on the Japanese website - can you find them? Look for the links beside 今日の花　

Web Japan

Web Japan is an excellent site. For me the highlights are -

The short articles in on-line Nipponia Magazine can be read in English, Chinese, Korean, French, Spanish, Russian or Japanese.

The interesting videos about Japanese life and culture in English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, Portugese and Japanese.

But there are lots of other things to investigate too - like the  very short Japanese lessons on the Kid's Web Page and the Japanese Folk Legends