In this page I've listed up various links on the Web I'm indebted to.
 
 

* Music *

[MIDI files by YAMAHA]
 ・The use of these MIDI files are approved by YAMAHA Corporation.  Copyright  YAMAHA Corporation (c).  All rights reserved.
 ・Original files come with YAMAHA's S-YXG50 (Soft Synthesizer).  The playback quality of MIDI files depends heavily on the multimedia program on your computer.  So I strongly recommend you to use MIDPLUG by YAMAHA when you surf the Net.
 * Some of the files are from the programs such as "Classic100," and "Relax Island" come with WaveForce192D, which is an excellent digital sound card.

     (Update: Aug. 24, 1999)

[MIDI Files from MIDI Lab]
 ・I've used many Midi files for BGM of my Web pages from MIDI Lab (MIDI Sozai-shitsu) by shino-san.  If you are interested in using MIDI files for your Web site, you can learn a lot from his site.
  (Sorry to say, this site is temporarily closed.)  (Updated Aug. 12, 2000)　
 

* News Sites *

 *I've been using these news sites at my Cross-Cultural Communications courses at BAIKA, and they are very informative.  After I got the permission for linking, I've uploaded the links on my Information Updates page for Cross-Cultural Communications  majors.  But on second thought this link might benefit general visitors also, so I upload them here too.
  1. Asahi Shinbun: asahi.com English News
  2. Mainichi Shinbun: Mainichi Daily News
  3. Yomiuri Shinbun: Daily Yomiuri On-line
  5. CNN Interactive
  7. The Washington Post
     (Updated: Sept. 11, 2001)

* Dictionaries & Encyclopedias *

  *Among reference tools dictionaries and encyclopedias are essential tools for our study.  These days most of them are available on CD-ROMs, and even some of them online.
  1.  OED (Oxford English Dictionary)  The world's largest English dictionary.
  2.  Personal Translator "Babylon"  A Free customizable digital desk-top dictionary. *This product is no longer "Free,"so I'm removing the link (Sept. 11, 2002).
     (Upload: July 30, 1999)   (Updated: Sept. 11, 2002)  (to be continued)

* Graphics *

[Free Sozai (Materials) for the Web Design]
 *I've utilized lots of web-page making materials offered free of charge on the Web from those sites.  I'm greatly grateful to their generosity.  I was planning to write a short introduction to each site, but at the moment I cannot manage to do so.  For the time being, I only list up the sites which I utilize most for making up of my Web pages.  They say "to see is to believe," so you'll find those sites' usefulness  by yourselves. :-)
  1. Fancy Parts Shop (Fanshii Partsu Shoppu) by Mami-san
  2. Fullsail's World Free Sozai by Kono-san
  3. Nagai's Icon House by Nagai-san
  4. Queen's Free World by the Queen(^_^)
  5. Aoi Made Material by Aoi-san
  6. Custom Workshop (Tezukuri Koubou) Stencil Picture-Book (Sutenshiru Ehon) by Romuko-san
  7. Little House  by Kusano-san
　　（Upload: Feb. 28, 1999)   (Updated: Apr. 6, 2002)  (to be continued)
 
 


Midi file from MIDI Lab