{"id":434,"date":"2019-05-23T14:20:58","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T21:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/japanese\/?page_id=434"},"modified":"2026-01-13T20:08:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T04:08:15","slug":"culture-related-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/japanese\/study-resources\/culture-related-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Culture Related Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Online Magazine Sites<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" title=\"Highlighting JAPAN\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gov-online.go.jp\/eng\/publicity\/book\/hlj\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Highlighting JAPAN <\/a><\/span>by the Public Relations Office, Government of Japan<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>It is the online magazine that is published once a month by the Japanese Government to help readers better understand Japan today.\u00a0 You can read it in three formats: e-book, PDF, and web page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><strong><a title=\"ZOOM JAPAN\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zoomjapan.info\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">ZOOM JAPAN<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000\">(Magazine)<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a magazine published monthly both in English and French (<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" title=\"ZOOM JAPON\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zoomjapon.info\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ZOOM JAPAN<\/a><\/strong><\/span>).\u00a0 You can read online version in their websites free.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><strong><a title=\"Metropolis Magazine\" href=\"http:\/\/metropolis.co.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Metropolis Magazine<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000\">(Magazine)<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a free by-weekly magazine in English from Tokyo.\u00a0 It has a lot of articles about Tokyo area, including fashion, arts, entertainment, and events.\u00a0 It is available in the PDF format from their website.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Video Sites<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCLi8qtd3QLvXCZLyobiodiw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Micaela&#8217;s Japan Video Blog<\/a> <\/span>from YouTube<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Micaela, or \u30df\u30ab\u30a8\u30e9 as she writes in her video blog page, is a Canadian living in Fukuoka Prefecture.\u00a0 She has been capturing her everyday experiences on YouTube and other social media channels.\u00a0 She has one of the most popular video bloggers on Japan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/web-japan.org\/jvt\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Japan Video Topics<\/span><\/a> Page from<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"> <a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"http:\/\/web-japan.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Web Japan<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>From Web Japan, the Japanese information site sponsored by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), this page shows many streaming videos about Japanese culture, nature, science and technology, and tourism etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div id=\"attachment_239\" style=\"width: 49px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a title=\"Resources\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/japanese\/study-resources\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-239\" class=\"wp-image-239 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/furutak\/files\/2014\/05\/left_arrow-e1401304166734.png\" alt=\"Back\" width=\"39\" height=\"33\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-239\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Back<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Online Magazine Sites Highlighting JAPAN by the Public Relations Office, Government of Japan It is the online magazine that is published once a month by the Japanese Government to help readers better understand Japan today.\u00a0 You can read it in three formats: e-book, PDF, and web page. 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