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Local Japanese Markets : Local Japanese Cuisine : Japan-Related Links : Scholarships!Local Japanese Markets:
Mitsuwa Marketplace offers a wide variety of Japanese restaurants, books, household items and even sake all straight from Japan. The marketplace also holds frequent events throughout the year as well as festivals. The marketplace includes famous locations such as the Hippo Bakery the Asahiya Bookstore, and the Tensuke Seafood Market
Location:
100 E. Algonquin Rd.
Arlington Heights, IL 60005
Tel: 847-228-5435The Hippo Bakery offers authentic Japanese breads and pasteries such as メロンパン (Mellon flavored bread) and カレーパン (curry stuff bread) along with many other baked goods. (see above for location)
- Hanayori
Teppan-steak cooked right in front of you by an entertaining chef
3601 Grape Rd. Mishawaka, IN
574-258-5817
- Matuba
2930 E. McKinley Ave Mishawaka, IN
574-251-0647
- Mikado
Offers a variety of sushi, noodles and rice dishes
203 N Dixieway
574-272-2535 - Seoul Garden
Specializes in Korean food but offers a selection of sushi and other Japanese dishes
1628 E. McKinley Ave
574-255-6960 - Toyo Grill
Offers many seafood dishes and of course sushi
620 W. Edison Mishawaka, IN
574-254-1570
Japan-Related Links
Government: Cabinet
- Cabinet Office
http://www.cao.go.jp/index-e.html - Ministry of Finance
http://www.mof.go.jp/english/index.htm - Ministry of Foreign Affairs
http://www.mofa.go.jp/ - Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
http://www.meti.go.jp/english/index.html - Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT)
http://www.mext.go.jp/english/ - Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications
http://www.soumu.go.jp/english/ - Ministry of Justice
http://www.moj.go.jp/ENGLISH/preface.html
Government: Diet
- House of Representatives
http://www.shugiin.go.jp/itdb_main.nsf/html/index_e.htm - House of Councillors
http://www.sangiin.go.jp/eng/index.htm - National Diet Library
http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/
National Newspapers
- Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/english/english.html - Mainichi Daily News
http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/ - Yomiuri Shimbun
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/index-e.htm - Nihon Keizai Shimbun
http://www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/ - Sankei Shimbun
http://www.sankei.co.jp/ - The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/
Television/Radio
- Nihon Hoso Kyokai (NHK)
http://www.nhk.or.jp/index-e.html - TBS
http://www.tbs.co.jp/index.html
Selected Research/Educational Sites
- Asian Studies Virtual WWW Library
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html - The Association of Teachers of Japanese
http://www.colorado.edu/ealld/atj/ - Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~rijs/ - Institute of East Asian Studies, UC Berkeley
http://ieas.berkeley.edu/ - International and Area Studies, UC Berkeley
http://ias.berkeley.edu/ - Center for East Asian Studies, Stanford University
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/CEAS/ - Center for the Pacific Rim, University of San Francisco
http://www.pacificrim.usfca.edu/ - Japan-U.S. Community Education and Exchange
http://www.jucee.org - Japanese Public Opinion Location Library (Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut)
http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/JPOLL/home.html (Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut) - The Japan Society of Northern California
http://www.usajapan.org/ - Stanford Guide to Japan Information Resources
http://jguide.stanford.edu/ - The Foreign Press Center/Japan
http://fpcj.jp/?ml_lang=en - The Foreign Press Center/Japan - Brief site
http://fpcj.jp/modules/news8/index.php?storytopic=1 - The Foreign Press Center/Japan - Facts and Figures of Japan
http://fpcj.jp:80/modules/news5/index.php?page=article&storyid=3
Funding Organizations
- International Research Center for Japanese Studies
http://www.nichibun.ac.jp/welcome_e.htm - The Japan Foundation
http://www.jpf.go.jp/e/index.html - The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership
http://www.cgp.org/ - Embassy of Japan
http://www.us.emb-japan.go.jp/english/html/index.htm - Japan-US Friendship Commission
http://www.jusfc.gov/commissn/commissn.html - United States-Japan Foundation
http://www.us-jf.org/ - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (San Francisco Office)
http://www.jspsusa-sf.org/
General Interest
- Asia Society
http://www.asiasociety.org/ - Japan Foundation Language Center in LA
http://www.jflalc.org - Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/IUC/ - The Pan Pacific Foundation
http://www.ppf.gr.jp/eg/
- Kathryn Davis Fellowships for Peace (DEADLINE: FEBRUARY)
- Association of Teachers of Japanese Bridging Project Clearinghouse (ATJ) (DEADLINE: APRIL)
- Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program (DEADLINE: APRIL)
- Freeman Awards for Study in Asia (DEADLINE:
- Boren Awards National Security Education Program (NSEP)
- Hashi.org (DEADLINE: AUG)
- Monbugakusho (MEXT) Scholarship (DEADLINE: FEB)
- Nissho Iwai Foundation Scholarship Program
- Contact: Nissho Iwai Foundation, 4-5 Akasaka 2-Chome, Manto-ku, Tokyo 107 JAPAN
- Robert B. Bailey III Scholarship (CIEE) Must be enrolled in a CIEE program first.
- Sakaguichi International Scholarship Foundation
- Contact: Sakaguchi Electric Heaters Co., Ltd, 1-12-2, Sotokanda Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
- Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) Scholarship
- Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies (KCJS)
- Global Studies Grants to Support the Study of International Affairs (GSF) (DEADLINE: JAN)
*A Special Thanks to the University of California, Berkely
Center for Japanese Studies for compiling all the links and resources concerning
"Japan-Related links"