Japanese Name Translation

Type your name in English in the field provided and the katakana and pronunciation of your name will appear at the top of the screen. There is also a Flash based character demonstration which draws the strokes in one at a time.

The Internet Public Library: An enormous collection of links to TL newspapers, cultural information etc including magazines such a Tokyo Weekender and Trends in Japan and newspapers such as Nikkei Net Interactive (available in Japanese and English).

Dynamic Maps

National Geographic's Map Machine (includes Worldbook information about the country and outline maps)
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/

Sound converters and plug-ins for Mac and PC

Here are some fabulous tools - most of them free - to help you make or convert or play sound files, inluding Podcasts.

Audacity Homepage (Mac and PC)
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Mac mp3 converters
http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Best/wav-mp3-mac-osx.html

Ecamm Mac converters
http://www.ecamm.com/mac/free/

Audio recording software for the Mac
http://www.mp3-mac.com/Pages/AudioRecorders.html

Plug-ins for Windows Media Player
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/mp10/
getmore/plugins.aspx

Illustrate PC Music Converter
http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm

Mp3 Freeware and Converters
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Windows Audio Application Conversion
http://www.tucows.com/Windows/AudioVideo/Audio/
AudioConversionApplications/

Some Miscellaneous Items

A movie

Weblogs in the Classroom

A Podcast