Kids Web Japan
What’s it like to be a Japanese kid? This site talks about school, sports,
tradition, daily life, history, government, climate and more.
Kids
Window
Stories, food, language, crafts etc. for kids. Part of Stanford University’s
Japan Window Project, apparently defunct and brought to you courtesy of the Internet Archive.
Kids Life in Chichibu
Lives of children in a small city northwest of Tokyo.
Miehome
Mieko Nagano’s articles on traditional holiday observances have even been used
in schools.
The Educational
Structure of the Japanese School System
School! Comprehensive look at schools from kindergarten through university, cram
schools, and extracurricular activities.
Kids Japan
Kids can “climb Mount Fuji” by answering questions about Japanese culture,
draw pictures, or learn Japanese. Now defunct and accessible via the Wayback Machine.
Children’s Books About Japan:
Tradition in Transition: The Modernization of Japan. MacMillan, 1975.
Namioka, Lensey. Den of the White Fox. Browndeer Press, 1997. ISBN 0-15-201283-4
Haugaard, Erik and Masako Haugaard. The Story of Yuriwaka. Roberts Rinehart, 1991. ISBN 1-879373-02-5
Knight, Joan. Journey to Japan. Viking Kestrel, 1986. ISBN 0-670-80119-4
Hooks, William H. Peach Boy. Bantam Little Rooster, 1992. ISBN 0-553-35429-9
Let’s Learn Japanese Picture Dictionary. Passport Books, 1996. ISBN 0-8441-8494-7