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[Otaku]

THE FOLLOWING LINKS ARE THINGS THAT MIGHT HELP WITH EVERYDAY LIFE!

Feel free to post more links you have found useful!

The Teaching Links are HERE!

LEGAL/OFFICIAL
CLAIR Multilingual Guide to Living in Japan: http://www.clair.or.jp/tagengo/index.html
Gaijin Taxes: http://gaijintax.com/
Immigration Bureau of Japan: http://www.immi-moj.go.jp/english/index.html
Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO): http://www.ide.go.jp/English/
Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO): http://www.jetro.go.jp/
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA): http://www.jica.go.jp/english/index.html
Japan Postal Service: http://www.post.japanpost.jp/english/index.html
National Police Agency: http://www.npa.go.jp/english/index.html
National Tax Agency's Income Tax Guide for Foreigners: http://www.nta.go.jp/taxanswer/english/gaikoku.htm
SIA's English page: http://www.sia.go.jp/e/index.html

FOOD
Foreign Buyers Club (online foreign food) - http://www.fbcusa.com/eng/
Flying Pig (online foreign food) - http://www.theflyingpig.com/tfp/Shop.ASP
Tengu - natural foods - http://www.alishan.jp/shop/nfoscomm/catalog/
The Meat Guy - http://www.themeatguy.jp/homee.php
Dried fruits & nuts - order in bulk - http://www.edoya-net.co.jp/
Costco (whole foreign food/everything store) - http://www.costco.co.jp/eng/index.htm
Japanese cooking - http://www.cc.kyoto-su.ac.jp/information/recipes/
More Japanese cooking - http://www.bob-an.com/recipe/English/index_e.html
Bento Recipes - http://justbento.com/forum/food-and-drink/general-cooking-and-recipes
YoYoMarket: http://www.yoyomarket.jp/






RANDOM ('RANDOM' basically means I haven't sorted the below links yet)
Info for visitors - http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1148.html
NihonHacks: time and money-saving and easy-living Japan-living site - http://nihonhacks.com/
Conversions (mile-km / Cel-Fareh) - http://www.convertunits.com/
Transfering car ownership - http://www.sagajet.com/how-to-transfer-car-ownership
Obtaining car license - http://www.sendaiedu.com/japdrivinglesson.html
Currency Converter - http://www.xe.com/ucc/
JET Pension refund - http://www.jetprogramme.org/e/former/pension/overview.html OR http://www.sia.go.jp/e/pdf/english.pdf
Japan trends - http://web-japan.org/trends/index.html
US Embassy - http://japan.usembassy.gov/t-main.html

Japan lifestyle magazine - http://www.theforeigner-japan.com/
Step-by-step taxes for Americans - http://www.hyogoajet.net/wiki/Taxes_Back_Home OR http://www.sarcenet.org/taxes/
Resume Writing - http://www.jetaany.org/documents/ResumeWriting2003.doc
Canadian Pension Refunds - http://najetaa.jetaa.ca/pension.htm
Buy an English computer in Japan - http://www.primepc.jp/goods_pc/goods_pc.php
Funny English in Japan - http://engrish.com/
Teaching jobs in Japan - http://forums.jalt.org/index.php/topic,82.0.html
Foreigners Taxes in Japan - http://gaijintax.com/tax-info/
Navigating the Japanese Healthcare System - http://gaijinass.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/how-to-navigate-the-japanese-health-system/
Japanese Laws (in English) - http://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/ OR http://www.jil.go.jp/english/laborinfo/library/Laws.htm
Resume writing: International University of Japan - http://www.iuj.ac.jp/career/getstart/in ... ab=resumes
Clothes For Bigger Women - http://www.bravissimo.com/
Cheap Tailor Dress Shirts - http://www.tailorstore.com/jp/en/
Immigration Bureau - http://www.immi-moj.go.jp/english/index.html
Things to make your life easier in Japan - http://hyogoajet.net/wiki/Useful_Items_ ... e_in_Japan
Foreigners Work Handbook - http://www.generalunion.org/handbook
Japanese cosmetics - http://www.cosmelandusa.com/index.php?main_page=index





Do you have any others? Links that will make your general lifestyle easier to cope with everyday living?

List compiled by: Otaku, Hellndie, Lkelly2477

[Otaku]

Japanese Law

http://www.mizuho-sc.com/english/ebond/law.html

[hokkaido1]

there are a whole bunch of good articles here (some are dated)

http://www.alientimes.org/Main/ArticleIndex

[sum1wholikesengliped]

I failed to notice the magazine 'Metropolis'. Someone correct me if I'm wrong:

http//:www.metropolis.co.jp/

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I just noticed that it's for the Tokyo area. But there could be something outside the Kanto area
printed within it.

[sum1wholikesengliped]

I also didn't see, in my opinion, possibly the most powerful website, FREE, translator of Japanese Kanji, brief instruction of grammar for the Japanese language.

His website is donation only, but even if I had to pay for the services of that website, I would.

http//:www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/wwwjdic.html

The man's name is Jim Breen, and in my opinion, this guy is a genius. He's translated not only Japanese into English, but for French and German as well.(although I can't say for sure whether he has done this himself or has staff. My bet is the latter b/c this is wwwaaaaayyyyyy too much for just one man to do alone. Unless he's a total geek, has no life, eats/sleeps/showers/wears diapers/socializes at his computer.)

I have had MOST of my Japanese kanji translated from his website, or from the iPhone apps that he has. His iPhone apps are:

1) Kotoba
2) Learning Japanese

(BTW I've thrown some of the MOST DIFFICULT kanji that I could think of and it has come up with some answer for me. Provided you only use the kanji that the everyday newspaper uses. But, you never know, it could throw you a curve ball and give you something for the older kanji as well.)

[azuhlLt.]

http://www.cas.go.jp/jp/seisaku/hourei/data/PC.pdf

Download and study.

[jeisensei]

http://www.hyperdia.com/en/

For those that want to find train schedules, how to get place to place by train (bus, jet, etc), and fare. I am using it to plan my trip to Wakayama which I am leaving for tomorrow night.

[Otaku]

Don't forget, peeps, there are a ton of links on the actual website, many of which people are posting here.

[sum1wholikesengliped]

Don't forget, peeps, there are a ton of links on the actual website, many of which people are posting here.

Thank you. Before I didn't bother to look up the links, but I'm glad I did.

A wealth of information!

I think I'm going to be a member of the 'Read the Kanji' link. Very cool way to get into Kanji, brilliant actually.