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General

Kids Web Japan
http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/
A Japanese government site with excellent links and which is constantly updated.
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Ask Asia's Adult Free Zone
http://www.askasia.org/kids/
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Hiragana lessons
http://japanese.about.com/blank6.htm
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Travel

Japan National Tourist Organization
http://www.jnto.go.jp
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Japan for visitors
http://gojapan.about.com
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Food

Tokyo food page
http://www.bento.com
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Weather

World weather guide
http://www.weather.travel-guides.com/worldwideweather.htm
Choose the Far East region.
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Currency conversion

Expedia.com
http://www.expedia.com/pub/agent.dll?qscr=curc
An international currency converter.
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Time

World time and dialling codes
http://www.whitepages.com.au/wp/helpfulInfo.do?category=info&item=worldTime
Enter the country and state you are in and the place you are calling to find out the time difference.
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Other sites of interest

Sanrio
http://www.sanrio.com
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Tokyo Disneyland
http://www.tokyodisneyresort.co.jp
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Masaru's favourite things

J.League soccer


http://www.j-league.or.jp/eng/
The official site of J. League soccer.
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Popular sports for Japanese kids
http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/
Type 'sport' into the site's search field and learn about sports that are popular among kids in Japan.
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Food

Japanese food
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e620.html
You can find many links to other aspects of Japanese culture at japan-guide.com.
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Extra points

The Imperial House of Japan
http://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/japan/tree.html
A family tree of the Japanese royal family.
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http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/eindex.html
The official website of the Japanese royal family.
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Chopstick etiquette
http://www.culturalsavvy.com/chopsticks.htm
How to use chopsticks politely.
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Rock, paper, scissors or Jan-ken-pon
http://www.hwacha.net/rps_history
Rules and history of the game.
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Japanese pop music

Ayumi Hamasaki
http://www.avexnet.or.jp/ayu/
Ayumi Hamasaki's official homepage.
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Morning Musume
http://www.jpopmusic.com/mmusume/
Morning Musume's artist bio.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_Musume
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Find out what new releases have hit the Japanese pop charts by checking out websites such as:
http://www.japan-zone.com/modern/pop.shtml
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http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/
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http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/top.html
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http://www.hmv.co.jp/
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http://www.emimusic.jp/vmc/
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Japanese money

Bank of Japan
http://www.boj.or.jp/en/
Information about Japanese currency and the features of Japan's banknotes.
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Mt Fuji

View of Mt Fuji
http://www.city.fujiyoshida.yamanashi.jp/forms/info/info1.aspx?info_id=300
Fujiyoshida city's live camera image of Mt Fuji.
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Views of Mt Fuji
http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/img_fuji.html
Images and information about Mt Fuji, including a photo of the crater from space.
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