what do Japanese eat day-to-day?

Here is what people in Japan eat daily, http://tmap.yomiuri.co.jp/

M. W.Isoyama, JFLA.org

video - Obon in Kyoto (1 minute 28 seconds)

via the LonelyPlanet travel guide (newsletter, "Comet")
http://enewsletters.lonelyplanet.com.au/ch/14dwhq0/532146/ce6d81755m.html

Japanese by distance learning [accredited programs]

via Susan Schmidt, Alliance of Associations of Teachers of Japanese
 
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1. Online Center for Japanese Studies - The Yamasa Institute,
Okazaki, Japan - http://www.yamasa.org/ocjs/english/index.html
 
2. Virginia Satellite Educational Network (VSEN)
www.vsenvirginia.org.htm
 
3. World Wide Learn Language Learning Center (several programs)
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/language-courses/learn-japanese.htm
 
4. Nihongo Web from Univ Alabama (online tutoring)
for high school or college credit - http://www.ccet.ua.edu/nihongoweb/
 
5. Mesa Community College, AZ offers JPN101, 102, 201 and 202 online
using Yookoso.
 
6. Irasshai at Georgia Tech has distance learning courses -
http://www.imtc.gatech.edu/projects/culture/i-irasshai.html
or http://www.gpb.org/irasshai   Irasshai hotline 800-883-7444
 
7. Japanese 1 & 2 (at least) taught online through the Indiana
Academy at Ball State:
Cathy D. Whaley, Ast Dir of Outreach
Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities
Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana 47306     765-285-3248 (fax)
765-285-6004 (phone); 800-316-3163 ext. 22 (toll-free phone)
 
8. Brigham Young Univ high-school Japanese 1 and 2 online, http://tinyurl.com/cmwdr
 
9. More options for self-study: www.umich.edu/~iinet/cjs/japanese/selfstudy.html

started in Japan - now known worldwide: The Algorithm March

Algorithm March
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=0FgtEwZ2pw4&feature=related

Algorithm Exercise - Pitagora Suicchi
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=bh7SARvxs6E&feature=related

3D Algorithm March
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=YZP1ZHAqeHo&feature=related

see also
Kanashii toki (By Itsumokokokara) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPlfIju9sPk&feature=related
Kanashii toki Exercise: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E02bKwYrm4
The comedians should do more voice training Here is a great model: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9B6qQ52jfc


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And now world-wide
Algorithm March and WuTang
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=bdU-DQxgGJs&feature=related

Algorithm March Stockholm
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=-rRx1--T-_o&feature=related

films depicting High School in Japan (or suitable for teens)

Water Boys (high school clubs and school festivals)
Swing Girls
gakkou (学校) series by Youji Yamada... depicts non-traditional students who go to a night school in Tokyo. http://item.rakuten.co.jp/book/5660131/

Kinpachi-sensei (TV series), http://www.tbs.co.jp/kinpachi/
http://ishop.tbs.co.jp/tbs/special/kinpachi/index.html

Nobody Knows if you would like to show a side of Tokyo that is not typical, successful students. It is one of the saddest movies I have ever seen ...four siblings that are abandoned by their mother and have to fend for themselves in Tokyo.

Kamikaze Girls is also good for capturing pop culture.

Koko Yakyu --tells about a private HS (?Wakayama-ken) and public HS (Osaka) preparing for the national HS tournament at Koshien. There is a lot of "live" (?nama kaiwa) dialog, lots of emotional intensity, and some useful impressions of HS life.

And I like the materials at Deai, www.tjf.or.jp/deai

Erin ga chosen is pretty good, I think. It is not documentary, but has a script. Still it gives some images of life for teens these days.

=-=-=-=-=-= possibly to show in class, as well
Sen to Chihiro
Ping Pong
Hula girls
Adrenalin Drive
Kikujiro

=-=-=-=-=-= more titles, (* popularity by students)
*Totoro
Mimi wo sumaseba
Omoide boro boro
*Mononoke Hime (Princess Mononoke)
*Sen to Chihiro (Spirited Away)
*Hotaru no Haka (Grave of the Fireflies)
*The Cat Returns
Tonari no Yamada-kun
*Howl's Moving Castle
Minwa (Kaguyahime, Tsuruno Ongaeshi)
Ohayou (Good Morning)
After Life
*Kikujiro
*Shall will Dance
*Tampopo (with some discretions)
*Daremo shiranai (Nobody Knows)
*Water Boys
Maboroshi
*Densha Otoko
*ShogunZatouichi
*Kakushi toride (Hidden Fortress)
*Kumonosujyou ( MacBeth in Japanese version by Kurosawa)
*Kwaidan ( by Masaki Kobayashi)
Miminashi Houichi and other stories
*Rashoumon

Samurai (Historical documentary from BBC)
Families of Japan (documentary)
Nihon-Sono sugata to kokoro (Japanese family life) -Documentary
Living Arts (Culture in modern Kyoto) and Friends.....Documentary
Animated Classics of Japanese Literature (12 part series)

=-=-=-=-=-= undergraduates at college
NHK documentary series, Working Poor (as well as the books the accompany them). The sections on the young working poor in Japan have resonated deeply with my [undergraduate] students.

short-stories of Japanese literature (in English)

Offered by J-Lit (Literature of Japan)
 
free PDF files of translations of Japanese contemporary short stories
(http://www.jlpp.jp/story/index.html)

music resources linked from Japan Society site

Bibliography of Resources about Music in Japan
<http://aboutjapan.japansociety.org/content.cfm/bibliography_of_resources_about_music_in_japan>
E. Taylor Atkins of Northern Illinois University composed a bibliography of some print, on-line, and multimedia resources that might be valuable to the K-12 (as well as college) educator.

classroom routines

sensei online Digest Number 2716+
  ...I have been using the toban/ aisatsu system but with a few additions.
  Namely, toban also checks the homework (they seem to enjoy the responsibility and they get to pick what stamp to use for the day!) She or he also collects the diaries of students who have not done the homework.
  Other toban jobs include starting tha ball rolling for answers/ activities, giving out handouts etc, setting up the DVD/ data projector, wiping the board, running errands to the office e.g. to get another box of tisssues. THis way i avoid always asking a few trusted students to do those types of things.
  The toban also gets to be the MC/ games master which includes using the blow up microphone for quick fire question time/ interviews etc and other fun jobs like picking out the bingo cards etc
  The students take the toban role seriously, to the point where if a student is away or skipped they come up to me at the end of class to ensure i reschedule their turn!
  Having the toban really helps me out with everyday systems, but also keeps everything fair because each student knows they will get their turn.
  I am interested to hear of other ways teachers make toban an enjoyable and special job.
==follow-up to listreader's query:
  yes, the toban changes every day. I do it in alphabetical order so the students know when their turn is coming. I also try to remind the next student that it will be their turn the following lesson.
  The toban marks the roll with a 'T' when it is their turn so i can see who did it on what dates and correct any skipped students.
  If the student is late, they miss their turn and have to catch up later.
  With my older students i normally do something with technology e.g. Youtube/ music at the start (that is before the lesson offically begins) so that the late students miss the fun, but not the greetings and intro part of the lesson. I have invited students to make requests as a way of getting them to explore Japanese language and culture in their own time by surfing the net. I am always amazed what kind of Japanese things they find. Often the students are so much more on the pulse with what is 'in' than me because they have special interests that they like to pursue in their free time. e.g. Gazette etc!

==as well as,
  ...my former school required me to put the following information on the board for each class:
Do now:
  Today:
    Homework:
Learning outcome:
  The L.O.T.E. department translated these and made funky board signs with magnets on the back.
  The students seems to work well with knowing what to do when they came in and what the rest of the lesson would include.
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...I guess the most important thing is to simple have routines and structure. I don't think that it matters what the routine is.  My class has a "Kanji Corner" with 2 sentences full of Kanji compounds that have to be copied and translated in the first 5 minutes.
Next, we look at a paragraph with the new vocabulary and grammar point for the day.
Then we practice using those in conversation.
Finally, they write using the new learnt information. (these are used in the next visit's warm up sentence and kanji practice). Next we do activities and play with the new information is there is time. I always end with a quick moment for culture stuff!
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-We have a "nicchoku"sign by the door with vinyl pockets to insert the student's name and the "weather" card/s of the day. 4x6 Cards are in a basket with all student names for each class, and another basket has 4x6 cards w/ weather pictures and the word in Japanese (kumori, hare, yuki, etc.)
-I am "nicchoku/toban" the first 6 wks of JPN1, then they take over. They LOVE it and look forward to their turn, checking the sign as they come in and reading the name (in katakana) to see who gets to do the job that day.
- The student leads the "kiritsu-kiwotsuke-rei-yoroshiku onegaishimasu-chakuseki", then answers my Q: kyou "no tenki wa dou desuka?" and puts the appropriate weather card in the vinyl pocket.
*Starting with JPN2, they also fill in the day and date on the board, and read the date to the class.
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Survey on what you say in class, http://www.research.nttnavi.co.jp/305clr/clr_078_01.html
 
Pr. Shigenobu Ujiie's Lecture Notes (Tohokugakuin U)
http://www.izcc.tohoku-gakuin.ac.jp/liberal/Sujiie/doutoku15.htm
(Prof. Ujiie's Website: http://www.izcc.tohoku-gakuin.ac.jp/liberal/Sujiie/)
 
Japan Academy for Municipal Personnel's Professional Development Workshop
Protocols, http://www.jamp.gr.jp/information/point.htm