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This lens is designed to help pinpoint useful resources on the internet that will help you to practice learning the Japanese language (with an emphasis on reading). Whether you need to practice reading kanji, hiragana, or katakana, this is your one-stop resource for useful websites.

Useful Links 

The best online resources. Take it from me: this is one-stop shopping.
Jim Breen's WWWJDIC Server
Look up any kanji radical at this incredibly useful resource.
POPjisyo.com
Alex Schonfeld's useful resource allows you to visit website pages written in Japanese, scroll over words, and get translations in English (and
vice-versa, of course).
Rikai.com
Todd Rudick's earlier version of the same type of Java-enabled system.
jeKai
The jeKai Japanese-English dictionary project - a great resource from many contributors.
Joe's JLPT Page
This is a great site for those preparing to take the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (yes, JLPT).
JGram - The Japanese Grammar database
I think the title sums up this website nicely.
Kiki's Kanji Dictionary
Also from Nuthatch, this site combines Jim Breen's excellent KANJIDIC and EDICT dictionaries.
English words of Japanese origin
As you begin your langauge studies, you may be surprised at how much Japanese you know already...
TheJapanesePage.com
It was only a matter of time before someone bought this domain name.
Kanji Alive
A searchable, web-based tool to help learners read and write kanji.
Learn Amazing Japanese
This is a blog about learning the language. Contains some useful insights..

Software to help you Study 

Mayjay
Excellent download that you should have on your computer. Available for Mac/Windows/Linux, free and easy to use. A truly essential resource.
Japanese for your Mac
Resources to add JL functionality to Macintosh comptuers.
Kotoba
Software for your Macintosh (not available for Windows).
Ocha no Kanji
Another neat-looking piece of software I have yet to try.
Moji
The moji project aims to help foreigners learning Japanese language to read web pages. The main goal is to add lecture guides to chinese characters (kanji) and translations. It is a Mozilla Firefox & Thunderbird & SeaMonkey extension.

Flickr search on "kanji" 

just because we can

Cozinha da batian by Alexandre Hamada Possi

Cozinha da batian

Fire by Phillip Jenkins - The Critical Path

Fire

Koji's Cup by josh.liba

Koji's Cup

Kotobuki by matsuyuki

Kotobuki

Fatal failure by matsuyuki

Fatal failure

Tokyo car park by Phillip Jenkins - The Critical Path

Tokyo car park

Fatal failure by matsuyuki

Fatal failure

Fatal failure by matsuyuki

Fatal failure

Fatal failure by matsuyuki

Fatal failure

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by John

I'm an Admissions Counselor for grad and MBA programs living in Tokyo, Japan.
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