Japanese 597C/660 Problems and Methods of Translation
Online Sources
- Zip Code Search (Japanese Post Office)Readings for place names included. Also - lists names after cities and towns have been consolidated.
Here is a Wikipedia article on Reading Japanese Place Names to help you get started.
- ちょっと便利帳This is another excellent source for reading contemporary place names. You must know the prefecture it is located in before you can search though.
- MapionMapion will help you to locate a place but not how to read its kanji.
- Yahoo Japan Mapswill also provide readings down to the town and district level.
Recommended Print Sources
- 全国地名読みがな辞典Call Number: UM East Asian Reference ; DS805 .Z46 1998ISBN: 4871601153This is a dictionary on how to read place names.
- 日本地名地図館Call Number: UM East Asian Reference ; DS805 .N5118 2002This is an atlas, but also includes readings.
CD-ROM shelved in Media Collection - 增補大日本地名辭書Call Number: UM East Asian Reference ; DS805 .Y58Use this for premodern Japanese place names.
Japan A Bilingual AtlasCall Number: UM East Asian Reference ; G2355 .J37 1991ISBN: 4770015364There are also bilingual atlases for Tokyo and Kyoto/Osaka.
