2024-07-24
Famous sounds in Japan - the 100 Soundscapes project online
2024-06-06
fatherhood in 2024 Japan (radio segment June 5)
2024-05-25
Watching "Walks Japan" on YouTube
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2024-04-26
Types of kanji out in the world - categories and patterns
2024-04-17
celebrating 850 years of Jodo-shu at Chion-in in Kyoto
2023-12-27
collection of old Japan photos at MOPA - San Diego, Calif.
2023-11-25
old and new - Japan views from drone-flying friend in Fukui-ken
2023-08-30
disaster photo-archive 1923 Kanto Earthquake (September 1)
I'm pleased to announce the launch of the Earthquake Children Image Archive. This archive, containing over 500 images, serves as a companion to my book Earthquake Children: Building Resilience from the Ruins of Tokyo (Harvard University Asia Center, 2020).
Please visit www.earthquakechildren.com
The images contained in this website visually document children's experiences of the 1923 Great Kantō Earthquake and daily life in 1920s Tokyo. Sources range from postcards, children's drawings and photographs, to maps, architectural drawings and memorabilia. In addition to images of and by children, the collection depicts teachers, imperial family members, government officials, policemen, doctors, nurses, foreign tourists, and other adults involved in providing relief, education and care of children in the aftermath of the Great Kantō Earthquake.
Today, as Japan marks the 100th anniversary of the Great Kantō Earthquake on 1 September 2023, I hope your visit to this website also encourages you to review your own knowledge of what to do in the event of a future earthquake, wherever you are in the world.
Janet Borland
International Christian University
2023-07-25
Heritage learners of Japanese - dedicated site, 'keisho nihongo'
Summary: The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles has launched a new website (<keishonihongo.org>) wholly dedicated to supporting parents and teachers of Japanese heritage language learners.
In America, children who speak Japanese at home are considered Japanese heritage language learners. These children may live in areas with little access to Japanese-language classes, much less ones with curricula tailored to their unique experiences and skillsets.
To help serve their needs, JFLA has launched keishonihongo.org, an online platform for parents and teachers of Japanese heritage language learners.
Keisho Nihongo pools from the knowledge of The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles, and the Keisho Nihongo Special Advisory Committee, consisting of three experts in the field of Japanese heritage language education. The site includes a nationwide map of heritage language programs, in addition to a curated list of educational materials and resources for teachers and guardians. There is also a community forum and a page highlighting exemplary heritage language programs.
Keisho Nihongo is available in both English and Japanese, so please visit today!
2023-03-11
Pictures and Words from Ise Jingu & the study program based on it
2022-11-16
Powerful views - the edges of economy in Japan these days
2022-08-09
2022-08-01
short videos, "Japan Video Topics" channel
2022-06-02
Japanese modern language and society - the example of Metal & Hard-core Rock music
2022-01-18
Short docu by 2 teens in Tokyo fitting into 2 cultures
2022-01-08
"Salaryman" retrospective on workspace in Japan
2021-12-20
short videos - temple introduction, part by part
2021-12-16
Lessons from Okinawa's Shuri Castle tunnels of WWII
2021-10-14
virtual exhibition, Traveling in Tokugawa Japan
launch of the online exhibition "Travels in Tokugawa Japan (1603-1868): a Virtual Journey": https://t.co/2bGgqJKAjn?amp=1
I curated the exhibition in collaboration with the John Rylands Research Institute and Library of the University of Manchester. The exhibition is based on items from the Japanese Maps collection (you can browse the now complete collection on Manchester Digital Collections: https://www.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/collections/japanesemaps/1).
Best regards, Sonia Favi
2021-08-27
Still worth listening to, "Tohoku kara no Koe"
2021-06-02
more online sources of Japanese life, livelihoods, sights and sounds
2021-04-16
The story of Shiga-ken and Michigan as sister-states
2021-02-11
book and documentary (Kyushu) - 40 years of Japan fieldwork
2020-12-22
visiting a "book cafe" in Fukui-ken
2020-12-14
anime king; announced 2020 "kanji of the year" MITSU
2020-12-08
25 films online
2020-12-05
Remembering a downtown bookstore, GinSen (documentary film)
2020-12-02
collection of Japanese folktales read, page by page online
2020-10-18
young learners & old, too (book - Wabi Sabi)
2020-10-13
video channel - honorifics
2020-08-28
two articles, "at the end of life in Japan"
Colleague Yohko Tsuji has published an article on the Anthropology-News blog about cultural and social developments in the care of the dead in Japan (cemetery decisions), https://www.anthropology-news.org/index.php/2020/08/13/changing-mortuary-practices-in-japan/
This nicely complements her 2014 article on the blog for Society for East Asia Anthropology concerning funeral practices. http://seaa.americananthro.org/2014/04/evolving-funerals-in-japan/
2020-07-19
Rural population declines leading to more 'aki ya' (vacant homes)
2020-07-13
now streaming (5 minute anime; English & Japanese) for "Mottainai Granny"
2020-05-23
movie review for "Tokyo Godfathers" - edges of society
2020-05-12
summertime -virtual Japanese music camp via Live Zoom@ University of Oregon
*Summer virtual Japanese music camp via Live Zoom!*
This class might be of interest to any and all Japanese language learners
this summer. Please let your students know about it.
This course introduces students to a variety of music from different time
periods and genres in Japan to help students improve their grammar,
vocabulary, and kanji characters by incorporating linguistic aspects
through music.
All level of Japanese students are welcome, and there are no textbooks or
exams. The only pre-requisite is that you must have completed first year
Japanese equivalent or higher.
For more information, please check out
https://babel.uoregon.edu/two-great-ways-learn-language
2020-04-14
web video series for textbook, NihonGO NOW!
2020-03-27
collection of 89 videos in Open Access (Smithsonian Institution) project
2020-03-14
since the 1970s - the arc of Japanese society
Against this background, the Osaka Expo opened to the general public on March 15, 1970. It came just six years after the hugely successful 1964 Tokyo Olympics. By the time the expo ended 183 days later on Sept. 13, a record 64 million visitors had passed through its gates.
2020-01-24
roving camera - Shinjuku on a bike
2019-12-19
upcoming exhibition - National Ainu museum
2019-10-24
specialized vocabulary... Flooding: what to do next
2019-10-23
Reiwa enthronement - not something you see everyday
2019-10-07
podcast - learning Japanese; studying in Japan
Via JapanTimes online today
Writer Daniel Morales created a podcast in which he speaks to people living and working in Japan and asks them how they learned to speak Japanese. It is a podcast that talks to bilingual people about studying Japanese and working in Japan.
2019-09-18
video, Foundation for Ainu Culture
2019-07-02
ekiben - nice summary, well-illustrated
2019-04-10
poems from Japan (in English translation)
2019-04-01
about the forthcoming "ReiWa" nengo announced April 1
Prior to the Meiji period, era names were decided by court officials and were subjected to frequent change. A new era name was usually proclaimed within a year or two after the ascension of a new emperor. A new era name was also often designated on the first, fifth and 58th years of the sexagenary cycle, because they were inauspicious years in Onmyōdō. These three years are respectively known as kakurei, kakuun, and kakumei, and collectively known as sankaku. Era names were also changed due to other felicitous events or natural disasters.
In historical practice, the first day of a nengō (元年 gannen) starts whenever the emperor chooses; and the first year continues until the next lunar new year, which is understood to be the start of the nengō's second year
2018-12-28
video visit to Shikoku, "rural living in Japan"
2018-12-08
glimpes of life and language, video Clips: Fukui-ken, Kii Peninsula and Kansai area in 2018 and 1998
One recording is with a former workmate in Fukui who has actively protested nuclear power each week at the kencho. That conversation is in Japanese.
And as a curious experiment, one conversation illustrates Code Switching: we jump back and forth between Japanese and English. In my early days of learning Japanese it felt confusing to switch so freely, but now there feels like almost no boundary between the languages anymore. Maybe other non-native speakers have a similar experience, too.
I will send this link to my social studies colleagues, too, but first I want to share the clips with students of Japanese life and language.
-- W
2018-10-20
use smartphone (or PC) to practice Kana
Since the Flash Player is not supported on iOS or Android, they normally do not work
2018-10-19
kami shibai & ningyo gekijo, traditional performance in photos & viideo clips
kamishibai frame and audience, https://www.flickr.com/photos/gpwitteveen/33460093082
video clip (2.5 minutes), opening scene, https://www.flickr.com/photos/anthroview/33487732021
puppet story:
-young protagonist talks with wise priest, https://www.flickr.com/photos/anthroview/32774310484
-transformer demon (at first a meek human but now!), https://www.flickr.com/photos/anthroview/33576066156
-wise priest, https://www.flickr.com/photos/gpwitteveen/32774079664
-video clip, demon in disguise meets acolyte, https://www.flickr.com/photos/gpwitteveen/33604153865
-video clip, dramatic climax, https://www.flickr.com/photos/anthroview/33487725241