# Web sites to start reading **URL:** \ **Category:** Reading\ **Created:** [February 12, 2019, 10:55am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/web-sites-to-start-reading/35120 "2019-02-12T10:55:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![coren82](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/coren82/32/41998_2.png) [@coren82](https://community.wanikani.com/u/coren82)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 10:55am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/web-sites-to-start-reading/35120/1 "2019-02-12T10:55:39Z")
Hi, are there any japanese web sites to start reading? I tried NHK easy but furigana ruins the process. I would like something easy, but without furigana, if I come up with words/kanji I dont’t know (there will be LOTS of them since I am only Level 11), I can copy and paste them on Jisho or other resources. Thanks a lot 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Leebo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/leebo/32/439476_2.png) [@Leebo](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Leebo)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 10:58am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/web-sites-to-start-reading/35120/2 "2019-02-12T10:58:06Z")
I think there’s a browser extension to remove furigana from NHK Easy IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![coren82](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/coren82/32/41998_2.png) [@coren82](https://community.wanikani.com/u/coren82)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 11:02am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/web-sites-to-start-reading/35120/3 "2019-02-12T11:02:19Z")
That is nice! ---
**Author:** ![Radish8](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/radish8/32/206088_2.png) [@Radish8](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Radish8)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 11:03am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/web-sites-to-start-reading/35120/4 "2019-02-12T11:03:46Z")
TangoRisto is a companion app to NHK News Easy which I believe lets you toggle the furigana on or off (it also gives you on-click lookup and the ability to study words). You could also try something like Satori Reader - it is a paid service but a reasonable number of their articles are available to read for free, and they also let you toggle furigana. If you check ‘free online resources’ in this post you should find a few more ideas too - oh, ‘online readers’ might also be helpful to you. > [@Resources for Starting to Read Japanese Content](https://community.wanikani.com/t/resources-for-starting-to-read-japanese-content/31644): > > [Reading] This thread brings together resources and advice for helping people to get started with reading. If you know of any great tips or resources, please share them! You can also let me know if anything needs updating, like if any of the links go out of date for example. Reading Advice and Support Toolsplay_button Where to Startplay_button Buying Booksplay_button Kanji Lookupplay_button Online Readersplay_button FloFloplay_button Book Clubs Sources of Reading Materialplay_button Graded Readersplay_button Bilingual Books and Parallel Textsplay_button S… ---
**Author:** ![coren82](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/coren82/32/41998_2.png) [@coren82](https://community.wanikani.com/u/coren82)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 11:08am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/web-sites-to-start-reading/35120/5 "2019-02-12T11:08:58Z")
Thank you so much! ---
**Author:** ![Belthazar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/belthazar/32/4469_2.png) [@Belthazar](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Belthazar)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 11:11am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/web-sites-to-start-reading/35120/6 "2019-02-12T11:11:07Z")
> **[福娘童話集 -世界と日本の童話・昔話集-](http://hukumusume.com/douwa/index.html)** > > まんが日本昔ばなしでおなじみの日本昔話、イソップ童話、アンデルセン童話、グリム童話などの世界と日本の昔話を毎日紹介。声優、アナウンサーによる昔話の朗読や、プリンターで作る豆本、ぬりえコーナーもあります。 Intended for kids. Has literally thousands of short stories to read, and no furigana. Plus, many come with audio recordings, so you can practice listening. ---
**Author:** ![Radish8](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/radish8/32/206088_2.png) [@Radish8](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Radish8)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 11:12am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/web-sites-to-start-reading/35120/7 "2019-02-12T11:12:27Z")
_And_ pulled by TangoRisto, or so I’ve been led to believe 😉 not sure whether you can access the audio recordings via TR though. ---
**Author:** ![jerseytom](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/jerseytom/32/209989_2.png) [@jerseytom](https://community.wanikani.com/u/jerseytom)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/web-sites-to-start-reading/35120/8 "2019-02-12T12:28:08Z")
> [@Leebo](#): > > I think there’s a browser extension to remove furigana from NHK Easy IIRC. NHK have actually built it into their site now, can toggle off furigana and color coding. ---
**Author:** ![YukiPhoenix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/yukiphoenix/32/458505_2.png) [@YukiPhoenix](https://community.wanikani.com/u/YukiPhoenix)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 4:22pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/web-sites-to-start-reading/35120/9 "2019-02-12T16:22:51Z")
Manabi Reader is also another option for reading stuff. Has blogs, news sites, etc. ---
**Author:** ![zefeldo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/zefeldo/32/1025_2.png) [@zefeldo](https://community.wanikani.com/u/zefeldo)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/web-sites-to-start-reading/35120/10 "2019-02-12T16:46:42Z")
NHK Easy has an option to turn off furigana. Click the big blue button 漢字の読み方を消す. It is right beside the audio button. ---
**Author:** ![Belthazar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/belthazar/32/4469_2.png) [@Belthazar](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Belthazar)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 7:59pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/web-sites-to-start-reading/35120/11 "2019-02-12T19:59:16Z")
> [@jerseytom](#): > > NHK have actually built it into their site now, can toggle off furigana and color coding. Colour coding? Like, nouns and verbs are different colours, or something? ---
**Author:** ![jerseytom](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/jerseytom/32/209989_2.png) [@jerseytom](https://community.wanikani.com/u/jerseytom)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 11:11pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/web-sites-to-start-reading/35120/12 "2019-02-12T23:11:14Z")
The default for their news articles is to have furigana on, and then proper nouns like names, places, companies are in different colors. Makes it a little easier when you’re like “What the hell is that kanji combination… ohh that’s a name” ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/6/2/a/62a8b0f4c59ff2c5b6651ffcf43531480b3e5297.png) [@system](https://community.wanikani.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 11:13pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/web-sites-to-start-reading/35120/13 "2020-02-12T23:13:52Z")
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