Links
We’ve collected a list of hopefully useful links for foreigners in Nagasaki prefecture. If you have some links not listed here you would like to share, please email them to (email address hidden - JavaScript is required).
- Teaching Resources
- Travel Resources
- Language Resources
- Shopping
- Places
- Movie Theatres
- Fun Stuff
- Other ALT Publications
- Miscellaneous
Teaching Resources
Flashcards
- ESL Flashcards
Free downloadable and printable flashcards - MES Flashcards
Free downloadable and printable flashcards, worksheets, and games
Various
- Lanternfish
Jobs, worksheets, and flashcards for the ESL and TEFL teachers - ESL Kidstuff
Worksheets, lesson plans, games, flashcards, and more
Tools
- Discovery Puzzle Maker
Easily make word searches and other puzzles - List Randomizer
Great for making review sheets and activities using long lists of vocabulary
Travel Resources
Trains & Buses
- Hyperdia
Train and bus schedules - Jorudan
Train route finder - Nishitetsu
Highway bus guide
Ferries
- Japan Guide’s Ferry Info
Guide to the various domestic ferries in Japan - Uwajima Unyu
Ferry to Shikoku - Ariake Ferry
Ferry from Shimabara to Kumamoto
Expressway
- Nexco
Expressway route and pricing guide
Language Resources
- Kantango
Type in kanji, hiragana, katakana, or romaji and get definitions and readings - English-Japanese Dictionary
Shopping
- Costco
Information on the Costco located in Fukuoka - Flying Pig
Instead of going to Costco, order here and have it shipped to your door - The Meat Guy
Order meat, cheese, and more goodies that you can’t find in any old grocery store
Places
- Nagasaki Penguin Aquarium
Pet penguins!
Movie Theatres
- Sasebo
Taiyo Cinema - Nagasaki (AMMU Plaza)
United Cinema - Nagasaki (Coco Walk)
Toho Cinema
Fun Stuff
- Life After the BoE
Monthly comic about life as an ALT - WTF Japan, Seriously?
Videos from Japan that make you think . . . well, the title says it all
Other ALT Publications
- The Black Taxi
Shimane Publication - Wide Island View
Hiroshima Publication
Miscellaneous
- A Door to the World of Kanji
A super helpful site that has translations of kanji on appliances, train tickets, and road signs, complete with pictures - Yahoo Weather
Type in your zip code for a local weather forecast - Arudou Debito
Site of American ex-pat turned Japanese citizen/foreigner’s rights activist