Welcome to the Web Site "Boise on the Web"!
From August 1997 to July 1998, I stayed in Boise Idaho, USA. There I worked at Department of Mathematics, Boise State University, as a visiting post-doctoral fellow.
This is a web site introducing the city of Boise to Japanese people. Unfortunately, most Japanese people never heard about Boise, and moreover, they do not know where Idaho is in the north America. So I decided to provide various information about Boise in Japanese through the Web, and made this site. I hope that this site helps more Japanese people to know, get interested in, and love Boise!

Unfortunately, the information in this site is written only in Japanese. Here I show what kind of information Japanese version contains.

About Boise

Introduction: "Boise -- a fascinating little city" / How is "Boise" pronounced? (boizee or boisee?) / location / time zone / climate / airport / about Boise State University / Boise River Festival / etc.

Boise Pictorial Tour

A collection of pictures taken in Boise.

A guide for sightseeing and driving in Boise

approaches to Boise / downtown map / renting a car / points of interest / parks / museums / restaurants / shopping / lodging / daytrip / driving tips / etc.

Report: "A little city on continuing growth"

This report, which was contributed by Los Angeles Office of Development Bank Japan, deals with the economic growth of Boise.

Life in America

Yard-Pound unit system / Time zones in the U.S. / currency / Amarican way of social communication / airline transportation / daylight saving time (In Japan we do not have DST system yet.) / aspects of road traffic and driver-licensing / supermarkets / etc.