Nippon VoiceBlog

Nippon VoiceBlog is a simple blog of Japan-related audio files, each accompanied by a script. It is actually a dead blog, or rather, a comatose one - the last entry is dated March 2006 - but the 10 or so entries it does have make a good source for an intermediate learner of Japanese. The narrator's voice is clear and easy to follow, and having the script makes it a simple matter to identify words your ears fail to recognise. Here's an example of the text from the entry GEISHA and MAIKO :

日本には、芸者や舞妓と呼ばれる女性がいます。
最近では、映画「GEISHA SAYURI」などでも取り上げられる程、注目されていますよね。
今回は、芸者と舞妓についてお話いたしましょう。

Like I said - not a huge amount of material, but a decent few hours of learning joy. Other topics include:

• Business card

• Tohu

• Setsubun

This blog is built on the back of the Voiceblog.jp platform which has a wide variety of excellent audio material which I will review in the coming weeks.

And BTW "tohu" is the spelling as per the blog - it is of course tofu in disguise.

Comments

[nihilnovi]

JAPANESE AUDIBOOKS 朗読 roudoku:
http://homepage2.nifty.com/to-saga/roudoku2.htm
http://portal.podcastjuice.jp/dirretrieval/category_sort.cgi?categoryid=17
http://jounetsu.cocolog-nifty.com/plusp/
http://portal.podcastjuice.jp/dirretrieval/feed_detail.cgi?blog_id=4814
http://homepage2.nifty.com/to-saga/roudoku2.htm Extensive list of online resources
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/kotoba/tomo/yomi.htm
http://www.ohanashipod.jp/?gclid=CMivgau4vYoCFRlUTAodWVRHQQ
Language Learning Log : TA Summer Challenge-Japanese (sheetz’s list):
http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6241&PN=1&TPN=1

http://www.speaking-japanese.com/breaking/index.html
kaseumin (Japanese Classical Literature at Bedtime):
http://eloise.cocolog-nifty.com/rodoku/
http://ikeda-hideo.hp.infoseek.co.jp/
http://www.koetaba.net/3book/
http://jounetsu.cocolog-nifty.com/plusp/
http://www.awatalk.com/roudoku/ Kokoro
http://ibunko.com/audio/

Narration: A Scroll of The Late Three Years War:
Japanese, mp3 audio, English
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~xyang/go3nen.html

AOZORA – on-line library
http://www.aozora.gr.jp/

[Will]

Nihilnovi

Your read my mind! I have been scouring a few fora looking for material, specifically audio material. Thanks a lot for all the links - I'll certainly check them out.

Will