Customs and Holidays

• New Year's Day - Kids' Web Japan
• How we spend New Year's Eve in Japan

Directories and Practical Info

• Japanese Guest Houses
• Japan National Tourist Organization
• Japan Post -- information about Japanese postal rates, etc.
• Japan Travel Planner -- About.com's resources for planning a trip inside Japan
• JapanReference -- A directory of Japan-related Web sites
• Japanese Search Engine Relationship Chart -- Find out where each Japanese search engine gets its search data.
• JHELP -- an organization dedicated to helping Japanese overseas and foreigners in Japan when they need help, and now also providing relief to regions ravaged by war or natural disasters.
• Jobs in Japan -- A Comprehensive Online Guide to Living and Working in Japan
• Mapion -- maps of Japan; zoom in or out (all in Japanese)
• Ohayo sensei -- help with looking for an English teaching job in Japan
• PrinterInks.com -- Japan resource links
• Schauwecker's Japan Guide
• Tokyo Food Page
• Tokyo Restaurant Reference
• Tokyo Q -- A weekly city guide

Education

• Cornell University FALCON program
• University of Maryland University College Asia

General Info

• Atlanta Web Town
• Hagakure -- books on Japan and more!
• Japan 101 -- Over 200 articles & 2300 images of Japan and growing daily!
• JapanReference
• Japan Ring home page
• Nekochan's Japan Links
• Jim Breen's Japanese Page
• Tokyo English Information Source

Interactive

• inJapan -- on-line forums

Kids

• Culture For Kids: Guide To Japanese Traditions
• Tokyo with Kids

Magazines (print or on-line)

• Eye-Ai -- Magazine about Japanese entertainment & culture
• Japan Echo -- a quarterly journal which provides insight and analysis from the Japanese media
• J@pan Inc. -- Monthly business and technology magazine
• The Japan Observer – Japan's Alternative Monthly
• Japanese Embassy to the U.S.
• Kyoto Journal
• Metropolis -- formerly Tokyo Classified
• Nipponia -- quarterly magazine
• Tokyo Journal
• Tokyo Weekender

News

• The Asahi Shimbun
• Japan Corporate News Network
• The Japan Times
• Kyodo News Service
• The Mainichi Daily News Interactive
• News on Japan -- compiled from Japanese and foreign media
• Nikkei Net Interactive - Japan Business News Online -- by subscription, but some pages are accessible for free
• The Daily Yomiuri
• View of Japan from Himawari satellite -- fun to look at during typhoon season!

Pop Culture

• Famous Japanese
• Jpop Music Station
• Welcome to J-pop
• Studio Ghibli Museum
• Avex -- the hottest record company in Japan

  Western stars in Japanese TV ads

  • Gaijin a Gogo -- videos of these ads--at least, the ones not pulled down by the stars' lawyers
  • Forbes' report on the phenomenon
  • My Nippon weighs in
  • Joi Ito discussion w/ Schwarzanegger vitamin drink ad clip

Radio

• InterFM -- Tokyo international radio station

Regional

• Japan Information Network -- links to other sites around Japan, with clickable maps for easy navigation
• Contemporary Okinawa
• Aichi Prefecture International Plaza, Nagoya
• YOKE Yokohama Association for International Communications and Exchanges

Society

• You Know What?
• Hugh Ashton's views on Japan, including an essay on "loose socks"
• J-Views -- views and opinions on contemporary Japan
• Keiichiro's Home Page -- For Japanese and Americans who want to understand each other.
• Phil Ono's PhotoGuide Japan

Traditional Culture

• Gagaku -- ancient court music
• Kabuki for Everyone
• National Theater of Japan
• The Shakuhachi World of John Kaizan Neptune
• Sumo ring

Transportation

• Hyperdia Timetable -- Schedules, fares and more for traveling by train between any two stations in Japan!
• Japan Railways West Japan
• Japan Railways East Japan
• Narita Airport
• Subways in Tokyo
• Tachikawa Bus (in Japanese only)

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