• The Kanji Names Project
(www2.gol.com/users/billp/students/kanjiname/about.html)
Put together by an EFL teacher and his japanese students, the site features the students' names written in kanji and information about what the names mean.

• Kanji Land
(japanese.about.com/blkodarchives.htm)
Introduction to the basic kanji characters taught to Japanese school children (Grades 1-5). Includes information on how to write and pronounce the characters, as well as what each means and examples of common uses.

• Lessons with Sound Files
(japanese.about.com/blsoundfile.htm)
Common phrases and basic words with audio files for pronunciation practice.

• Irasshai: The Japanese Language and Culture Distance Learning Course
(www.gpb.org/peachstar/irasshai)
Companion website to an award-winning language and culture television show of the same name on Georgia Public Broadcasting. See especially the Student Notebook section featuring helpful audio charts of hiragana and katakana, interactive exercises to complete online, and a complete database of language and culture lessons.