More Helpful Links and Resources
Everyday Life and Household Information
The Black Moon: Art, anime, Japanese culture, and cooking
Yasuko-san's Japanese Mom's Home Cooking: Recipes & information on Japanese food
Cooking with Dog: Japanese chef and her adorable dog Francis teach you how to cook Japanese food
Language Learning Sites
NHK World Easy Japanese: Simple interactive Japanese lessons with videos and vocabulary
Mango Languages: Online & app, free with your library card
DuoLingo: Online & app, teaches hiragana & vocabulary together
MLC Meguro Language Center (Tokyo): For your self-introduction & other free materials
Access Japanese: Interactive games & quizzes
Charles Kelly's Online Language Study Materials: Hiragana, katakana, and kanji lessons and quizzes
Translation/Dictionary Sites
J-Talk: Convert Kanji and websites to Romaji or Hiragana (and translate Japanese to English, too)
Google Translate: English to Japanese and Japanese to English translation
Denshi Jisho Japanese Dictionary: Search for words, Kanji, and example sentences
Excite translation site: Helpful for translating a few words or websites, don't use for full sentences