Inter-Lace : Japan

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The Japanese Flag

Some Japanese words

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CIA World Fact Book - Japan - Annual update & summary of data collected by CIA.

Japan Fact Sheets

The Japan Atlas - from the Web Japan; includes a virtual tour & slide show.

Kids Web Japan - from Web Japan; Quick Queries give a comprehensive question & answer section.

Rising Sun - A Cultural Portrait of Japan - Thinkquest 2000 site which looks at Japan's history, politics, language, entertainment, and lifestyles.

Contemporary Japan - small amount of information & lots of videos on aspects of modern Japanese life.

Where is Japan?

Windows on Asia - Japan

Cherry Blossom Festival

Japan's Ranking in the world - World Almanac ranks Japan's standing in the world in many different fields.

Snapshot of Asia - click on Japan - An interactive, easy, quiz site - Welcome to Japan from Curriculum Corporation"s Access Asia.

The Japan Forum - this site assists the teaching of the Japanese Language & an understanding of the culture. There are excellent sections about daily life, Japanese culture and food; and the lives of Japanese high school students. Look under Education; also Materials & lesson plans - available in HTML & PDF formats.

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Zoom School - Japan - Questions & Answers about Japan (in Culture); print & label a map (in Map); simple origami (in Crafts Corner); what is/how do you write Haiku?; folktales (in Storytime); learn some Japanese words (in Japanese language frame).

Welcome to Japan - a website for 6-10 year olds; find out about Food, clothing & geography

KidCyber - select the link for People & Places then Japan for easy to read information.

Japan for 6-10 year olds - John Donaldson has developed this site about the lives of Japanese children. A collection of photos with simple text compiled in association with several Japanese schools & advisors.

School in Japan - a US student goes to a Japanese school and compares them

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Japanese Holiday - NSW CAP Online Research Module for Stage 2 HSIE

Moving to Japan - NSW CAP Online Research Module for Stage 3 HSIE

Japan - clickable worksheet

Japan -Where the Sun Rises - clickable worksheet for Stage 1

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes - This site from Japan Online has a link to A Sadako webquest.