JapanesePod101.com: Hands down my favorite source for lessons. There are hundreds and hundreds!

italki: I just learned about italki recently, and I’m really excited to start trying it. This is most likely the cheapest place that you’ll find 1-on-1 lessons with professional, native Japanese teachers.

JGram: Though not technically lessons, this site is awesome! Almost like an online grammar dictionary, divided up by JLPT Level.

FluentU Japanese: Their interactive videos are one of the most entertaining ways I know of for getting structured, productive Japanese exposure.

CafeTalk: Sometimes I teach English on Cafetalk. They have a lot of Japanese students, which in turn makes it a pretty good resource for Japanese lessons online. Nice lesson-based interface, as well.

TextFugu: An online Japanese textbook. I’ve never read it, but resources lead me to believe it’s good for beginners.

iKnow!: I’m not the biggest fan of iKnow (formerly smart.fm), but it’s a clean, fun-to-use site, at least.

Lang-8: Pretty cool concept of getting help from native speakers.

White Rabbit Japan: Typically where I buy all of my Japanese study books, especially ones I can’t get in the US.

Amazon.com: Cheaper when buying books published in the US.

Amazon.co.jp: All in Japanese, but they do ship internationally.

Reviewing the Kanji: I firmly believe that RTK, combined with this site, is the fastest way to learn the kanji. Also check out our artcle on learning the Kanji in 97 Days

JapanesePod101.com: A veritable cornucopia of listening lessons.

Beb & Alex Podcast: Used to be free, but I guess it’s not anymore. Podcast with a Kansai twist. Very entertaining.

Crunchyroll.com: Not a bad selection of anime. Personally, I just like how I can use a PS3, tablet, etc., instead of watching on my laptop like I used to.

RealityLapse.com: Lots of downloadable anime, if you don’t mind watching on your computer.

Audiobooks via RevTK: You need to be pretty advanced, but it’s great practice.

Japanese Radio Stations via RevTK: Good for all of that news-listening practice!

JapaneseVerbConjugator.com: Why use your brain to conjugate verbs when a machine can do it for you?

Job Posting Sites

GaijinPot.com: Probably the most well-known job posting site for foreigners.

O-Hayo Sensei: Great English Teacher job listings.

Daijob.com: Pretty much only for the super-上手 and qualified.

Japan Times: Again, not easy to qualify for most of these jobs.

Career Forum: Jobs for English-Japanese Bilinguals.

boobooSKI: This company offers resort jobs in Japan.

Eikaiwa

Gaba Corporation

ECC

Nichii Gakkan (Coco Juku)

Jibun Mirai Associe

Saxoncourt: They hire for other countries than Japan, too.

Berlitz

AEON

WILL Square

7Match

James English School

abckara.com

Happy English

7ACT

ALT

The JET Programme: The most well-known (and respected) ALT program. Government Sponsored. Rural postings, typically.

Interac

Borderlink

Altia Central

Translation Companies & Other 上手 Jobs

Gengo: Good for inexperienced translators… bad for making solid money.

Bloomberg: Seems like they’re always hiring for something.

Day Translations: They personally told me that they’re always looking for skilled Japanese translators.

GaijinPot.com: Apartments, guest houses, you name it.

Borderless House: Tokyo guest houses.

Oakhouse: Furnished rooms around Kanto.

Fontana: Furnished rooms & apartments in Tokyo.

Sakura House: A ton of Tokyo share houses.

Social Apartment: Think “classy guest house.” Most of them are in Tokyo.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan: MOFA has most of the information anyone needs about getting a visa for Japan.

Language Schools

Japanistry: This site has a nice database for looking up Japanese language schools all over Japan. Very useful.

KCP International: Niko once attended KCP for about six months. Made a lot of friends, learned a lot of Japanese. They’re located in Shinjuku, which is nice and central. Give them 2 years, and they’ll give you JLPT N1… pretty much guaranteed, if you hang in there (though many, if not most, Westerners have a hard time keep up with their Chinese and Korean classmates).

Universities

Waseda University: Lots of study programs, graduate & undergraduate.

Monbugakushou (MEXT): A pain to get (give yourself at least a year & a whole lot of work). But then, they give out a lot of scholarships. Here is an awesome guide on how someone got their MEXT scholarship.

Blakemore Fellowship: Super competitive. Super awesome.

Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai: Niko loves this blog! Although you don’t really learn much Japanese from it. The author translates Japanese ghost stories and posts them in English. Scary. I mean, AWESOME.

GaijinPot.com: Their blog is continuously adding new guest articles. Some are better than others.

JALUP: This site has a solid study system.

LinguaLift: Sometimes they’ve got some pretty interesting posts.

Nihonshock.com: Consistently awesome & informative posts.

Tofugu: One of the bigger (and better) Japanese blogs.

Ganbare Japanese: Usually interesting, and occasionally with some good Japanese learning in there, too.

imiwa?: Turns your smartphone into a denshi jisho. Super useful.

Ostukai Samurai: My friends developed this fun Japanese vocab app. Great way to kill time!

Lingodeer: Simple, easy to use beginner level supplemental study app. Also teaches Chinese and Korean.