-Links for WEB -WATCHING THE WORLD recommended by the author of each chapter.
Please recommend your favorite url to learning@shejapan.com. We will keep updating them-
Atlanta Listening Reading Passage
Coca-Cola's Home Page - information on Coca-Cola and its many other drinks
The Atlanta's Chamber of Commerce's Guide to Living in Atlanta:Discover the city with information on cost of living, neighborhoods, recreation and the arts.
http://www.metroatlantachamber.com/
CNN News: Get the latest news from Atlanta's CNN News.
Bali
Travel information and maps.
BC
TREE BOOK - Learning to Recognize Trees of British Columbia (government page)
http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/pab/publctns/treebook/index.htm
Western Canada Wilderness Committee
Canada's largest membership-based citizen-funded wilderness preservation organization.
http://www.wildernesscommittee.org
Old Growth TREES
http://www.davidsuzuki.org/Canadian_Rainforests/Overcut/falldown.asp
Bergen
Setsuko Watanabe's World Sketches
http://www.shejapan.com/sketch/tabi/etabi_5.html
Welcome to Bergen
Grieg Museum
http://www.troldhaugen.com/index2.html
Lonely Planet - Destination Norway: Lonely Planet Press' guide to Norway, including pictures, maps, facts, when to go, events, and costs.
http://www.lonelyplanet.com.au/dest/eur/nor.htm
Budapest
Setsuko Watanabe's World Sketches
http://www.shejapan.com/sketch/tabi/etabi_3.html
Visual Tour of Hungary
Welcome to Budapest . The official Homepage of Hungary with many pictures and maps of Hungary
http://www.fsz.bme.hu/hungary/budapest
Chester
This site is called 'The Guide to Chester' and does just that. Just click on City Index and go from there.
Written in easy English with photos of the city.
http://www.demon.co.uk/cgi-bin/GRA/city.pl?chester
As the name suggests this site is about Chester.
I recommend you have a look at tourism, heritage and general information
http://www.chestercc.gov.uk/visitingindex.html
The Dominican Republic
Maps and tourist info. The most popular tourist-oriented web-site of the Dominican Republic.
Detailed facts about the government, people, economy, geographyof the Dominican Republic, including maps.
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/do.html
LINKS to info and statistics about Sammy Sosa.
http://www.geometry.net/athletes_baseball/sosa_sammy.html
Harlem
Harlem landmarks, restaurants, history, neighborhoods, and culture with area maps.
History and pictures of the famed Apollo Theatre and the people who played there.
http://WWW.SHOWTIMEINHARLEM.COM/
Inner Mongolia
Setsuko Watanabe's World Sketches
http://www.shejapan.com/sketch/tabi/etabi_7.html
About Inner Mongolia
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/inner_mongolia/
About Genghis Khan
www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/genghis/index.html
Jerusalem
Travel through Jerusalem at different periods in history, learn about the food and people and see the sites.
Cyclorama of Jerusalem-the world's largest panorama makes you feel you're in Jerusalem and relive the sights of the Crucifixion.
Roberts's famous painting of "The Destruction of Jerusalem" relives those horrifying events.
Key West
Key West Cooking: You will find some favorite island recipes here. So you can enjoy a Taste of Key West.
http://www.keywestfashions.com/keybymarrom.html
Florida Keys & Key West Official Web Site: This web site is your best travel guide to all of the Florida Keys: hotels, water sports, museums & tours, events and more.
Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville - Key West’s best live music nightclub located on Duval street.
The Lake District
Click the moving rabbit and you enter The World of Beatrix Potter exhibitonwhich is in the Lake District. Really an advert for the exhibition which is in the lake District. Easy to read; especially if you click the 'Japanese Language' button!!
Similar to Peter Rabbit site but more serious and more detailed. Includes some scenes from the lake District as well as information about Wordsworth work, family and life. If you are interested their are 2 week summer courses about Wordsworth held at this centre in the Lake District.
Cumbria tourist board site. Lots of information about events and places to see in the Lakes. No photos, but site includes paintings of the area.
http://www.cumbria-the-lake-district.co.uk
Long island
In-depth information on Long Island and its attractions with area maps.
A list of universities and colleges on L.I. for those who might want to study there.
Learn all about L.I., its history and diversity. Pictures of famous mansions.
http://www.webscope.com/li/info.html
Norway
Lonely Planet - Destination Norway: Lonely Planet Press' guide toNorway, including pictures, maps, facts, when to go, events, and costs.
http://www.lonelyplanet.com.au/dest/eur/nor.htm
About Norway: Almost all you need to know about Norway, including pictures and history (Viking explorers and mythology).
Planet Earth Home Page's Links to Norway: This useful page includes many good links to sites on Norway.
http://www.tidusa.com/PEHP2000/Planet_Earth/countries/norway.html
Orient express
This site includes the route, pictures from the route and of the train, plan of the train and dinner menus.
Also in case you want to go on it you can even make your reservations from here!
http://www.orient-express.com/web/z1a_initialise.jsp
Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
The WILDS SCENE: Rapa Nui -- The Big Paddle: Nice pictures and descriptions of this mysterious island.
http://www.wildsscene.com/rapanui/index.html
NOVA Online's guide to the secrets of Easter Island, including pictures and theories about the mysteries of the island.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/easter/
Easter Island homepage
http://www.netaxs.com/~trance/rapanui.html
http://www.southpacific.org/text/finding_easter.html
San Francisco North Beach
North Beach Magazine homepage (lots of information about restaurants,
history, etc.)
Vesuvio Cafe homepage (very popular and amusing saloon website)
City Lights Bookstore homepage (information about the store and the many
interesting books it publishes)
Uttar Pradesh ,India
Lonely Planet - Destination India: Lonely Planet Press' guide to India, including pictures, maps, facts, when to go, events, and costs.
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/dest/ind/ind.htm
India: How to travel in India: tips and a lot of information on possible problems traveling in this great country.
http://travelers.israel.net/east-asia/india.htm
Vancouver
http://www.the-eye.com/vanbc.htm
http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/aboutvan.html
Updated:Oct.15,2002