One step beyond the very first. Videos, exhibitions, and overseas materials that stretch a child's curiosity one step further.
A "kid-oriented" entry that walks through the work and structure of the national government in one go.
Build the "skeleton" of inquiry within the framework of high school subjects.
Read the news in plain Japanese → easy to turn social issues into inquiry topics.
A grain close to textbooks, useful for catching the "big picture". Handy as an inquiry intro.
Strengthens the "definitions" that often weaken inquiry reports.
A friendly entry to primary sources. Move from exhibitions straight into the originals.
"Exhibition-style overviews" you can read by theme. The way to look at sources naturally develops.
A "kids-oriented" entry to start learning about disasters. A perfect match for local inquiry.
An entry to grasp overall trends intuitively with "graphs and maps" rather than statistical tables.
An entry into "how society of the time was seen" through film and video sources. Easy to use as inquiry material.
Read damage, reconstruction, and urban change with the documentary footage of the Great Kanto Earthquake as material.
Catch the inside stories of historical decisions in Japan and the world in 15–30 minute videos.
Grasp the dense stories of Sengoku warlords through dramatic visuals faithful to historical fact.
Understand Japanese and world history with people at the center.
The Smithsonian — one of the world's largest museum complexes — publishes its images, 3D models, and audio under CC0 Open Access. Young readers and researchers alike can reach world-class primary materials through the same door.
A free, collaboratively built encyclopedia of living things, compiled by public institutions, museums, and researchers worldwide. Photos, taxonomy, and distribution maps make it easy to trace "what is this creature?" from a name. English text, but readable even at elementary level through images and maps.
Official database collection from a Japanese national museum holding ethnographic records, audio, video, and photographs from around the world. A strong entry for comparative-culture inquiry across clothing, food, housing, and festivals.
The Met's official Open Access collection, releasing out-of-copyright works under CC0. High-resolution images can be used without permission, making it a shared entry point for children through researchers to handle real art objects.
A cross-cultural hub that brings together collections from museums and cultural sites worldwide, including Street View tours inside institutions. Accessible for children, but since it is privately operated, always trace each work back to its source institution.
The Open University of Japan publishes selected broadcast lectures as OpenCourseWare, viewable without registration. Covers geography, history, social and natural sciences at university level — a sturdy base for self-study from high school through teachers.
The University of Tokyo's OpenCourseWare publishing actual course materials and videos. University students, graduate students, and teachers can use it as a reference model for how research-grade arguments are built.
A global community celebrating clouds — photographs, classifications, and the beauty of the sky.
Oxford-based public data visualization covering poverty, climate, education, and more.
The official list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites — search by country, region, and category.