Mysterious Thief Nekopi ・ 怪盗ねこぴ

The Nekopi website is designed for Japanese elemetary school children and so the site is all in Japanese, but the language used is simple and there are furigana over the Kanji. 

You can learn about Japan (and the rest of the world) in Japanese and through various quizzes and games. To start you off here are some links to various pages...

108 Proverbs　for example -

石の上にも三年　(for when you are doing something very difficult and want to give up trying - keep trying for just a little bit longer もう少しがんばってみてください！)

Kanji writing practice - these can be printed out 

(look for きのうのこたえ and then )

Japanese History

Games

Japanese in Anime and Manga

On Anime-Manga site you can play games that will teach you the sort of Japanese that is used in anime and manga.

This is a good way to learn different levels of politeness.

There are also interactive word quizzes (with audio in Japanese) and Kanji word games.

The main categories are Samurai, Love, School and Ninja and, in the manga scenes section, there are cultural notes to do with the various types of characters and the situations in which they find themselves.

This site is managed by The Japan Foundation which has many websites in various languages around the world.