Hello from NUFS

Students in my Internet English class at Nagoya University of Foreign Studies have started creating their own blog introducing Japanese university culture.  They are being linked from this cover page under "contents". We would really appreciate if you would have a look at them and leave your comments or questions to make thier blog better.

Places to visit in Nagoya

Other students found site introducing places to visit in our hometown.

City Guide



City aquarium

Nagoya Castle:

Iwaski Castle:

Illumination at Nagoya station

J-pop

“Hiro” by Funky-Monkey Babys
AKB48 Official Site
AKB 48 Wikipedia
Arashi(song) Wikipedia
These sites were reccomended by Yukiko, Shiori,Ayumi and Riko who like listening to music.

Local Food

Maria, Kasumi, Kengo and Yurie chose Nagoya-meshi (Nagoya food) as our topic.  These web sites introduce Miso-katsu, Tebasaki and so on.
What to eat in Nagoya
Nagoya Cuisine
What to eat in Nagoya; Nagoya’s Specialty Food

Part-time Job

Tomohiro and Masatoshi chose part-timejob as our topic.


The first site is about part-time job for forigner students. The second site provides information about Japanese part-time job, such as  salary, kinds and time.

College students’ part-time jobs ( in Japanese)


Find a Job

Karaoke

How to sing in Karaoke in Japan


Karaoke (Wikipedia)

The 2008 most popular karaoke songs in Japan
These sites will provide the following information.
1. Difference between Japan and foreign country's karaoke: In Japan, we sing in the karaoke box like a privarte room but in foreign country, they sing at pub or bar.
2. History of Karaoke: Karaoke was brought into the world around 1971 by a particularly inventive Japanese singer who leased tape recorders for sing-alongs. Karaoke means “empty” (kara) and “orchestra” (okesutora).
3. The charts of the most popular karaoke songs and singers between January and November 2008.

These sites were recommended by Ryoko, Yoshimi and Saki.

Manga Cafe

These web sites are the introductions of Manga Cafe. We can get information, suh as how to use Manga Cafe, its history, where you can find them and so on.

Japanese Culture and Daily Life
Visit Manga Kissa
Manga Kissa

These sites were recommended by Sanae, Misato, Akane, Masanori.