This service lets you view pages containing Japanese characters (in the JIS, EUC, or Shift-JIS encodings) without requiring Japanese language support in your browser or operating system. If you can read Japanese but don't want to buy software to see Japanese websites, this service is for you. All the Japanese characters are turned into images that can be viewed in any graphical browser.
Do you visit Japanese websites and see an unreadable mess of accented English letters instead? Like magic, Shodouka will turn that mess into the proper Japanese characters.
Simply enter any URL into the field above and click "Go!", or try one of these starting points:
Shodouka won the First ACM Webbie Prize for its usefulness and popularity. There are quite a few pages out there that reference Shodouka. We have a simple privacy policy that you can view here.
Enjoy the service!