Useful websites

The Japan Foundation Sydney https://classroomresources.sydney.jpf.go.jp/

SBS Cultural Atlas https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/japanese-culture

NHK World https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/

Kidsweb Japan https://web-japan.org/kidsweb/

The Japan Forum https://www.tjf.or.jp/clicknippon/en/index.php

Asahi Shimbun daily https://www.asahi.com/ajw/

JNTO - Japan Travel Organisation https://www.japan.travel/en/au/

Origami  http://en.origami-club.com/ ​ 

Kimono https://www.oocities.org/kimono_kimonos/kimono.htm

Japanese Fairy Tales audiobook (7 hours) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4ncMzeM6_Y

Click Nippon Culture Blog and Takarabako factsheets https://www.tjf.or.jp/clicknippon/ja/

Current Japanese Culture and Travel Information https://www.japan-talk.com/jt/new/japan

Hiragana Times https://hiraganatimes.com/

ABC Interactive article on Japanese pop-culture

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-12/japanese-anime-soft-power-pokemon-astro-boy-military-manga/104042324

Australia Curriculum:  ACARA Japanese

https://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/f-10-curriculum/languages/japanese/

VCE Study Design https://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/curriculum/vce/vce-study-designs/japanesesecondlanguage/advice-for-teachers/Pages/Index.aspx

Victoria Japanese Resources https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/teachingresources/discipline/languages/Pages/japanese.aspx

Japanese Teaching Ideas Weebly http://japaneseteachingideas.weebly.com/

Easy Japanese Grammar https://www.japanesegrammar.com.au/

JLTAV https://jltav.org.au/

Japan Foundation Sydney https://jpf.org.au/

Japanese Teachers' Association of Western Australia http://jltawa.org/

Japanese Teachers' Association of N.S.W. http://www.jtan.org.au/

Japanese Language Teachers' Association of South Australia https://jltasa.asn.au/

Teaching Resources https://www.marimosou.com/

Japanese Language Methodology Teaching videos - Japanese-Language Institute, Urawa

https://tr.jpf.go.jp/language/resources/teacher/

Japanese in Anime and Manga https://anime-manga.jp/en/

CosCom Japanese Language School Tokyo https://www.coscom.co.jp/

Anime https://www.crunchyroll.com/videos/popular

Paper craft https://paperm.jp/craft/index.html

Hello Kitty and friends https://www.sanrio.com/

Old school Japanese avatar generator https://www.moeruavatar.com/index_en.shtml

Pimp your Homescreen Japanese style! https://classroomscreen.com/

Bingo cards  and printables https://wordmint.com/public_puzzles/1051527

Online database of Japanese folklore https://yokai.com/

Free online storybooks https://www.bakemonoclassroom.com/

Interactive Japanese stories https://www.easyjapanesestories.com/

NHK for schools

https://www.nhk.or.jp/school/kokugo/drill/

Tae Kim's Guide to Learning Japanese https://guidetojapanese.org/learn/

JapanesePod 101 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7BRkiTAytA

Japanese-English Dictionary https://jisho.org/

Kanji Alive: free online study tool https://kanjialive.com/

The Ultimate Verb cojugator  https://www.japaneseverbconjugator.com/

Easy online dictionary https://www.romajidesu.com/

Cool Japanese cheatsheet at Nihonshock 

https://cheatsheets.nihonshock.com/digital-cheat-sheets/cool-japanese/

Meguro Language Center  - free worksheets and downloads https://www.mlcjapanese.co.jp/

Routledge frequency list of 5000 Japanese words https://www.kanshudo.com/collections/routledge

Check your grammar https://bunpo-check.com/

Tofugu https://www.tofugu.com/

Nihon Shock Cheat Sheet Pack https://cheatsheets.nihonshock.com/sheets/basic-Japanese/

5000 most common words used in Japanese https://www.kanshudo.com/collections/routledge

Free Japanese language printables https://happylilac.net/

Free Japanese illustrations and images https://www.irasutoya.com/

Free Japanese vocab posters https://kids.nifty.com/study/

Japanese clipart https://www.fumira.jp/

Free downloads including vocabulary book https://marugoto.jpf.go.jp/en/download/starter_a/

JNTO Free Travel brochures http://www.japan.travel/brochures/eng/index.php

Japanese Pod 101 Free Resources including fun online Japanese vocabulary lists and cheat sheets https://www.japanesepod101.com/japanese-vocabulary-lists

The Japan Society U.K. Free lesson plans and resources

https://www.japansociety.org.uk/onlineresources

Marimosou - Free Japanese Teaching Resources and Worksheets

https://www.marimosou.com/

Chrunchy Nihongo! Sustained script reading stories

https://crunchynihongo.com/hiragana-reading-practice/

Japanese learning games https://www.digitaldialects.com/Japanese.htm

Hiragana/ balloons/ cats https://japanesemeow.com/hiraganagame/

Tofugu's custom kana quiz https://kana-quiz.tofugu.com/

Multi-font kana quiz https://www.realkana.com/hiragana

Interactive hiragana chart https://www.genkienglish.net/kokugo/hiraganahyo.htm

hiragana/katakana practice games https://drlingua.com/

kana invaders https://learnjapanesepod.com/kana-invaders/

Australian supplier of Japanese items

https://suppliesforsensei.com/

Minimaru https://minimaru.com/

Daiso https://mydaiso.com.au/

Muji https://mujiaustralia.com/

Made in Japan https://www.mij.com.au/

Sugoimart https://sugoimart.com/

Don Quijote Japan https://www.donki.com/en/

Yes it is!  Go to this site - they have multiple sizes for free:

https://teamjapanese.com/japanese-writing-paper/

Japanese Language Teaching Methodology videos - Japanese Language Teaching Urawa 

https://tr.jpf.go.jp/language/resources/teacher/