The Visual Soroban Project


Links to Related Sites

  • Tomoe Soroban Co., Ltd.
    Good online source (in Tokyo) for sorobans and books.
  • The Abacus Store
    Good online source (in Washington state) for sorobans.
  • Global Soroban Institute
    Classes, schools, online courses, examinations.
  • Stephen Utti
    Exercise sheets for addition and subtraction.
  • Association of Teachers of Mathematis (ATM-UK)
    Here is the site to buy the text you need to teach soroban:
    Introduction to the Soroban, by Kimie Markarian, Tandi Clausen-May, and Sue Pope. ATM (2004) for BP 10 plus shipping.
  • The Slavonic Abacus
    Excellent tutorial by Tandy Clausen-May.
  • The Slavonic Abacus
    Teaching aids for the classroom.
  • Demonstrations by Dr. Kouzi Suzuki
    Top teacher, Mr. Soroban.
  • Article about Suzuki-sensei
    in Japanese and English

  • Revised 01 october, 2010 by Ralph Abraham