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Parenting Organizations:
- www.parents-choice.org - This website introduces current and past winners of Parents' Choice Awards in all categories, and recommends great children's products.
- www.parenthood.com - A resource for parents and home of NAPPA (National Parenting Publications Awards).
- www.iparenting.com - the organization that awarded Koto World's "Chocolate Suite" with a "Hottest Product of 2004" award has lots of useful parenting advice, links, and ideas.
- www.childrensmusic.org Children's Music Web is a non-profit resouce for kids, families, and children's performers worldwide. The Children's Music Web Awards are the only awards that are "guided by adults and chosen by kids."
Great Online Resources:
- http://www.chordscanada.comAre you interested in buying a koto, shamisen, or accessories? Now you can easily do so from Chords Canada, which is staffed by knowledgable and friendly experts, headed by the Canadian koto Grandmaster Linda Caplan.
- http://www.kser.org - Globa Griot, a weekly program of stories and music!
Thanks to the internet, you can hear this program anywhere. This weekly program is aired from 8:00 - 11:00 on Sunday mornings on KSER radio, 90.7 fm. Hosted by Pacific Northwest storytellers Aarene Storms, Jim Beidle, and Mary Dessein, it offers something for all ages.At our house, we find it is a wonderful accompaniment to making those Sunday morning waffles.
- www.ichiroya.com Do you love antique Japanese kimono and jackets? (I do!) This is a reasonably-priced online store based in Osaka that features wonderful fabric, kimono, and more.
- http://www.aboutcrane.com -Interested in cranes? Here is a great website.
Your one-stop destination for anything you can think about crane. This Crane Directory designed to help its users find the crane information, source, companies, products and services.
- www.cdbaby.com - An online CD store that specializes in independent artists. They are great supporters of the artists they work with!
- www.eastwestbookshop.com - Information on books, music, concerts and workshops at this great Seattle bookstore.
- www.allforkidsbooks.com - a Seattle bookstore with an incredible, inspiring collection of books, music, puppets and a helpful staff.
- http://www.musicstack.com - Offers a wide selection of CDs and LPs.
- http://www.ffdmusic.com - Tons of info on music websites, downloading, and more.
- http://www.childcare-directory.com - Complete childcare directory.
Storytelling Information:
Printed Matters of Interest:
- http://www.kit.nl/frameset.asp?/hotei/html/about_hotei.asp&frnr=1& - The Koto, by Henry Johnson, is a beautiful, comprehensive coffee-table sized book that both answers all your koto questions and is a delight to behold - as lovely as koto melody itself. This book is unique in that it is wonderful for both browsing and serious research, and I highly recommend it to both scholars and the general public.
- www.dirtylinen.com - Do you like world and folk music? Dirty Linen is a great magazine! They even write about koto players!
- www.thesunmagazine.org - The Sun - "A magazine of ideas." This is my favorite, favorite magazine of essays, poetry, photography and stories - if you aren't familiar with it, visit their site.
- www.hogaku.com - Home of Hogaku Journal, Japanese publication about Japanese music with every single piece of music news there is! Koto World CDs are available in Japan through this company.
Last but not least... Fantastic Freelancers!
- www.scottcolburn.com - Are you thinking of making a CD? I highly recommend this recording studio. Scott's audio wizadry is, well... magical.
- www.sophiamiyazaki.com - If you like the look of this website, and you are in need of some website insight, then this is great place to start! Sophia is also fluent in Japanese.
- www.redshoedesign.com - this is the website of the graphic artist Jennnifer Shontz, who has designed almost all of Koto World's CDs. She is fast, creative, and affordable.
- www.mollyhashimoto.com - this is the home of the award-winning Northwest watercolor artist, Molly, who has painted Koto World CD covers since the very start of the company.
- www.falconertranslation.com - Do you need Japanese to English translation done? John Falconer is an ATA accredited translator with over a decade of experience living in Japan and two decades of translating experience.
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