Wednesday, September 14, 2011

What are some interesting Japanese websites written primarily in kana?

Question:


Do you know of any fun, funny, or interesting Japanese websites that are in hiragana and katakana?

The topic really doesn't matter, but I would love it to be about jpop, working in Japan, food, fashion, etc.

Answer:


The problem with this is that no Japanese website will write in purely hiragana and katakana. They will, of course, use kanji (and lots of it). Unless you find a learning resource that also happens to cover these topics, I don't think you are going to have much luck.

One thing I recommend is using Firefox and downloading the rikaichan add-on so that you have a built-in JPN→ENG dictionary when browsing the internet. All you have to do is hover over the words you don't know with your mouse and their reading/definition will pop up. It's very useful for navigating Japanese websites.

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