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Useful links for people from Japan who visit the UK
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Buy products connected with Japan and the UK:
Electronic dictionary / translator (Japanese/English) ; Cheap international call (UK to Japan) ; Flight

Exchange rates: Local currency => UK pounds ; UK pounds => Local currency



Subject Name Website address
Studying in the UK British Council http://www.britishcouncil.org/japan
Tourist information Visit Britain http://www.visitbritain.com/ja/JP
UK in Japan British Embassy http://ukinjapan.fco.gov.uk/en
Visa application UK Visas http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk
British culture BBC World Service http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/japanese
Pop-up dictionary for websites POPjisyo http://www.popjisyo.com
Living in the UK Japanese Embassy http://www.uk.emb-japan.go.jp
Penfriends Japan Penfriend http://www.japan-guide.com/local/?aCAT=2
UK newsletters Journey http://www.japanjournals.com
  Eikoku News Digest http://www.news-digest.co.uk
Japan-related organisations Japanese Embassy http://www.uk.emb-japan.go.jp/en/webjapan/japanorg.html
English-Japanese clubs (London) Hashi no Kai http://www.hashinokai.org
  Oxford Club London http://www.geocities.jp/w1r9ae
  Japanese Conversation Group http://www.jcg.org.uk
  Japanese Meetup http://japanese.meetup.com/34
  Kyoto Event http://www.midievents.com
Japanese restaurants in London London Eating http://www.london-eating.co.uk/cuisines/japanese.asp
Sushi restaurants in London London Eating http://www.london-eating.co.uk/cuisines/sushi.asp
BBS for Japanese in UK MixB http://www.mixb.net
Sending baggage Yamato Transport UK http://www.yamatotransport.com

Japan is part of the Youth Mobility Scheme (the replacement for the working holidaymaker scheme): http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/workingintheuk/tier5/youthmobilityscheme

Community information
A popular place to see advertisements and job information is the noticeboard at the Japan Centre in London (near Piccadilly Tube station): http://www.japancentre.com
Some other popular shops in London:
- Mitsukoshi: http://www.london-mitsukoshi.co.uk
- Rice Wine Shop: http://www.ricewineshop.com
- orientalcity supermarket: 26 Queensway, London (near Queensway Tube station; the Oriental City shopping centre in Colindale closed in June 2008)

One of the centres for the Japanese community in the UK is in Acton in West London

Think London has produced a free report about the Japanese community in London: http://www.thinklondon.com/dynamic/downloads/london_communities/apac_japan



LINKS


Introduction to this website in Japanese: Introduction/Japanese
Using Japanese characters on a computer in the UK: Life/Computer/Oriental
Diary of a Japanese university student in the UK: Ideas/Diary/T
Other useful links: Links/UK

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