Japan Links

English Links

• Culture
• Arts
• Cooking
• Photos
• Language
• Religion
• History
• Emperor
• Misc.

Culture

• Guide to Japan
  I strongly recommend this site! Check out their page on proper etiquette. It also has a great photo library.
• Network Sophia Part Two (All About Japan)
  Includes customs, eating manners, etc.
• Learning About Japanese Customs
• Japan Information
  Includes arts & culture, sights & sounds, maps, travel & tourism, and much more.
• International Society for Educational Information
  Provides accurate and up-to-date information about Japan.
• Japan Window
  Several categories, including one for children.
• Navigating Life in Japan
  For those who live in or are planning to visit Japan.
• Favorite Getaways in Rural Japan
• Destination Japan
  Contains slide show, history, culture, events, etc.
• Annual Events
• About Obon
  Obon is a popular yearly festival in Japan.
• Japan as seen through an American eye
• The Wanderer's Guide to Japan
• Japan and Kyoto
• Japanese Culture and Society
• Japan Culture Club

Arts

• CHADO - the way of tea
  The Japanese tea ceremony
• Museums in Japan
• The Japanese Sword Index
• Japan Art
• Japanese Art and Western Influence
• Japanese Garden Database
• Yubiya
  Yubiya means "beautiful glaze."
• History of Ikebana
  Contains info on the three leading schools of Japanese flower arranging.
• Flowerpage
  Another Ikebana page
• Japanese Paper-Cut Art
  The art of sen-shi (snip-paper).
• Kirie
  The art of kiri-e (cut-pictures).
• Beautiful Kana Calligraphy
  Intro to ancient and modern Japanese Kana calligraphy.
• The Japan Ukiyo-e Museum Guide
  Displays some of the Museum's collection.
• The Tokugawa Art Museum
  Tokugawa was a era in Japanese history.
• Kyoto National Museum
  Contains asian art. It even has a kids section.
• 19th-Century Japanese Prints
• Haiku Art

Cooking

• Tokyo Food Page
• Open Kitchen
• Virtual Japanese Restaurant
• Japanese Foods

Photos

• Kenkichi's Photo Gallery
  Contains photos from pre-war to modern-day Japan.
• Nature Photo Gallery
• Photos of Ehime After WWII
• Photo Guide Japan
• Nagasaki: the Johnson Family Albums ca. 1895 - 1910
• Dave's Japan Photos
  This is a different Dave!

Language (2 categories)

• Japanese Language in General
  • Masashi's Home Page
    Kana and basic Japanese grammar.
  • Nihongo: Japanese Language
    A cluttered site, filled with a lot of information.
  • Jim Breen's Japanese Page
    Japanese Language and an image gallery.
  • Chinese Character Dictionary for Learning Kanji
  • The Japanese Language
    Contains vocabulary, sounds, grammer, writing, history, dialects.
  • Survival Japanese
    When you first arrive in Japan, survival is a good word.

• Dialects
  • Kansai Ben
    This is the dialect I learned to speak.
  • Kyo Kotoba
    Lessons in the Kyoto dialect.
  • Tosa Ben
    A dialect of Kochi prefecture on Shikoku.

Religion (3 categories)

• Shinto
  • Shinto
  • Shinto: The Way of the Gods
  • A Brief History of Shinto
  • Jinja Online Network League
    Jinja is one of the ways of Shinto.
  • Shinto & Buddhism

• Buddhism
  • Eight Fold Path
    A basic Buddhist study with a Nichiren Shoshu perspective.
  • Guide to Buddhism and Buddhist Studies
    Contains links to many Buddhist related sites.
  • Zen Stories to Tell Your Neighbors
  • JIZO-AN Monastery
    The Zen Society
  • Kyoto Zen
  • Daigo-ji Temple
    A very old Buddhist temple
  • Nichiren Shu
    A major sect of Buddhism
  • Faith, Practice and Study
    Nichiren's Daishonin's Buddhism
  • Soka Gakkai Japan
    A very popular and controversial Buddhist sect.
  • Soka Gakkai and Politics

• Christianity
  • Israelites Came to Ancient Japan
    Some people believe that Japan is one of the lost ten tribes.
  • The Kirishtan Holocaust
    Nearly one million Japanese Christians were martyred around the 1600's.
  • The 26 Martyrs
  • Gospel Japan

History (2 categories)

• History in General
  • Asuka Historical Museum
    The Asuka region was home to Japan's ruling dynasty around the 6th century.
  • Welcome to Edo
    Not only educational, but I found it very enjoyable traveling down its highway.
  • Exploring Japanese Feudalism
    It also has an audio readout of the text.
  • National Museum of Japanese History
  • Photo History of Japan
  • A Premodern History of Odowara

• War Crimes
  • Lifesaving Visas
    A tribute to a Japanese diplomat who saved Jews during the Holocaust.
  • Bamboo Shoots
    Commentary on Japanese War Crimes and their consequences.
  • Japanese War Crimes
    Rated a Top5% web site by Lycos.
  • Japanese Army's Atrocities - Nanjing Massacre

Emperor

• Japan and the Imperial Household
• Japan and the Status of the Emperor
• The Emperor System and Japan's Royal Family
• The Imperial Family of Japan

Misc.

• Ju-Jitsu
• Aum Shrinri Kyo (Supreme Truth)
  This is the cult responsible for the Sarin gas attack in the Tokyo subway.
• Aum Shrinri Kyo and the Japanese Police
• INOKEN
  Homelessness in Japan.
• Castles of Japan
• Tourist Guide to Kyoto
• Japan Web Guide
• Global Window: The Guide to Business Success in Japan
• Billiken God (Lucky God)
• A Long Way Home
  Growing Up Nisei in Japan During the War
• JAPAN - A Country Study
  Part of the Library of Congress
• Rekishi Kaido
  A bridge to Japanese history and culture
• History of Japan's Auto Industry
• The Way of the Samurai
• A Guide to Japanese Visas
• Japan Information Network
• Japan, my Japan!
  A Guide to Japan
• Teaching English in Japan
• The Japanese Mafia, Yakuza
• Japanese Aviation Military Web Ring

Japanese Links (in Japanese)

Japanese Search Engines

• Mako's Bookmarks
• Yahoo! Japan
• Infoseek Japan
• DRAGON
• GOO Power Search
• RCAAU - Discovery System for WWW Resources

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• English to Japanese Dictionary
• Japanese Online
  A good site for beginner's japanese.
• Rashomon
• Nagoya Ben
  A dialect of Japanese.