Jigokudani Monkey Park

Japan's Jigokudani Monkey Park is in Nagano Prefecture. It is part of the Joshin-etsu Kogen National Park, and is located in the valley of the Yokoyu-River, in the northern part of the prefecture. The name Jigokudani, meaning "Hell's Valley", is due to the steam and boiling water that bubbles out of small crevices in the frozen ground, surrounded by steep cliffs and formidably cold and hostile forests.

The heavy snowfalls (snow covers the ground for 4 months a year), an elevation of 850 meters, and being only accessible via a narrow two kilometer footpath through the forest, keep the park uncrowded despite being relatively well-known.

Jigokudani Mokey Park is famous for its large population of wild Japanese Macaques, more commonly referred to as Snow Monkeys, which go to the valley during the winter, foraging elsewhere in the national park during the warmer months. The monkeys descend from the steep cliffs and forest to sit in the warm waters of the onsen おんせん(hot springs), and return to the security of the forests in the evenings. (Source: Wikipedia)

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Katakana and Hiragana: カタカナvs ひらがな

Take a look at the following chart and compare your new characters katakana カタカナ with ひらがな.

	a		i		u		e		o
m	ま	マ	み	ミ	む	ム	め	メ	も	モ
y	や	ヤ			ゆ	ユ			よ	ヨ
r	ら	ラ	り	リ	る	ル	れ	レ	ろ	ロ
w	わ	ワ							を	ヲ
N	ん	ン

 

Match Katakana to Hiragana

Match katakana with hiragana. When you are done, see how many you got right. Click Practice or click Begin below.

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Katakana Vocabulary ア～ン

Review Japanese words using Katakana ア～ン. When you have a bar in katakana words such as ケーキ, you need to lengthen the previous vowel. You will pronounce ケーキ as [keeki]. Click Presentation or click Begin below.

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Practice Katakana

Practice the katakana vocabulary in this activity.

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Graded Assignments

Please return to the Section 1 Tasks & Assignments folder to complete the graded assignments for Section 1, Part D.

Now go to Section 1, Part E