2007 url list

==Japanese fashion http://fashion.3yen.com/
==giri and on, http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/csacpub/Mono19/Html/wrapped_gifts-2_-4.html

==The National Institute of Informatics (NII) in Japan announced that they have incorporated their database into Google Scholar, and enable to search their database (3 million papers) on the Google site. Google Scholar, http://scholar.google.com/
NII Scholarly and Academic Information Navigator, http://ci.nii.ac.jp/cinii/servlet/CiNiiTop

=="Buddha Board" has a surface that allows you to paint on it with water. The special surface turns dark wherever the water touches it. When dry the image fades, http://www.buddhaboard.com

== traditional song, Akatombo, on YouTube
<> Japanese female singer, MORIYAMA Aiko sings 'AKATOMBO'[Red dragonfly] in front of Cyndi Lauper.
Cyndi Lauper was surprised at Aiko's skill as a singer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA0pgTuNF68

<> We sang at the Sentosai, a festival at a local shrine in Beppu, some traditional Japanese songs. The audience sang the songs with us and was really enthusiastic! Which, off course, made us even more enthusiastic. The song Akatombo is about your hometown and childhood and it remembers the dragonflies at sunset: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy3flkPV1Nc

<> folksong concert in Langenbogen, May 2006: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLblM3mW7vk

==practical information and resources to language teachers, www.languageteachers.net

== kiji 2007
1. Valentine's day in 2007 style
(1) Senbei Article: http://www.asahi.com/life/update/0210/008.html (Asahi)
Wikipedia on Senbei: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%85%8E%E9%A4%85

(2) Japanesque Article: http://www.asahi.com/life/update/0210/007.html (Asahi)

(3) Tofu Article: http://www.asahi.com/life/update/0210/004.html (Asahi)

(4) Donation Article: http://www.zakzak.co.jp/top/2007_02/t2007021327.html (ZakZak)

2. Business News in Japan
(1) Mary, one of the key companies that promoted the Chocolate-giving tradition (ZakZak)
Article: http://www.zakzak.co.jp/top/2007_02/t2007021324.html
Website: http://www.mary.co.jp/
Wikipedia on Valentine's day: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%83%BC

(2) Promotion by seniority revisited (Gendai Net)
Article: http://news.www.infoseek.co.jp/gendainet/society/story/10gendainet05017507/