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Information:

• AASCU Incorporating Japanese Studies into the Undergraduate Curriculum Program (summer seminar for faculty & others).
• Consulate General of Japan in New York
• Consulate General of Japan in Chicago
• JGuide - History and Geography Links Stanford University
• JAPAN For Dummies - A couple of Dave Barry fans (apparently) put together a show of the real (mundane) Japan. Check it out.
• The Japan Foundation Artists, Scholars, and Researcher Exchange Programs
• Japan My Japan If it has to do with Japan, you'll find links here.
• Japan Information Network
• Japan History Routes Rekishi Kaido
• Japan Agricultural Cooperatives - JA (Zenchu)
• Japan Prime Minister's Official Residence
• Japan Directory (links)
• JAPAN GIS-MAPPING SCIENCES RESOURCE GUIDE Table of Contents
• Japan Web Guide A very good list of Links of all things Japanese
• Japan Studies, University of Kentucky
• Japanese Textbook Translation on WWII
• Japan Information Network Maps and introductory information on Japan
• Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries
• METI Ministry of Economy Trade & Industry (Formerly MITI)
• Newspapers
  • The Japan Times Home Page
  • Asahi NewsPaper Index
  • The Daily Yomiuri Shimbun Home
  • Mainichi Shinbun Newspaper (J)
  • Kyodo Cyber Express Home Page
  • Kumaniti Niti Shimbun (only Japanese now)
  • Tokyo Kaleido Scoop
• Sources of information on Japan via Italian Embassy in Tokyo
• STATISTICS BUREAU AND THE STATISTICS CENTER
• Grand Sumo Home Page (English in the upper right)
• Sumo Kyokai Home Page
• Tokyo Food Page

Japan's Infant Environmental Awareness Links:

• Friends of the Earth Japan
• Global Village (email only)
• Green Action (of "Save Peter Rabbit's Homeland" fame) (email only)
• Japan Eco Tourism Society (English at bottom in left frame)
• Japan Environmental Exchange (email only)
• Japan Tropical Forest Action Network
• Nature Conservation Society of Japan
• Wild Bird Society of Japan
• WWF Japan (Japanese Only)
  
  
• EcoNippon
• Japan Ministry of the Environment (Since 2001!!)
• Center for International Cooperation

Airports & Transportation:

• Narita Airport, Tokyo
  
  
  
• Centrair Airport, Nagoya
  
  
  
• Kansai Airport, Osaka
  
  
  
• Sapporo Airport
  
  
  
• Fukuoka Airport
  
  

• Airline Links - Companies
• Japan Rail Pass Information
• JALPAK Travel (Best rates on JAL to Japan)
• Travel Department Dot Com (All the Best rates to Japan-Ask for Nishi-san)
• Best Travel dot Com - check for rates to anywhere

Currency:

• X-Rates Japanese Yen Chart - 30 and 120 days. Other currency rates also
• Real Time Foreign Exchange Rates - Bridge.Com
• Currency Converter

Travel:

• Realtime View of Mt.Fuji (Need RealPlayer for RealTime View)
• Views of Mt. Fuji if RealTime View is down
• Tokyo Weather
• Beautiful Scenes of Japanese Villages Photo Contest
• Castles of Japan
• Cortex Translation Guide to Japan
• Dave Barry Does Japan
• FAVORITE GETAWAYS IN RURAL JAPAN
• Images of Japan (Collected public images from around Japan)
• Jan Dodd Japan Top 10 (Top 10 places in Japan - Rough Guide)
• Japan National Tourist Organization Check out the very detailed "In Depth Regional Travel Guides." Kumamoto's guide has information down the each village level on clickable maps.
• Japan TownNet Tours
• Japan Central - links for travel and language
• Japan Photo Gallery
• Japan Hometown Links - a variety of city pages
• Japanese Hot-springs (Matt's incredibly useful guide to the Orient)
• Journeys to Japan - Gary Kobliska's tours around the entire country, 1982-1989 - Goal: every prefecture
• Lonely Planet - Destination Japan
• Matt's Japan Trip, 2002
• My Favorite Japan Places - Yoshiko Okonogi's photos of onsen, kofun, and utagoe around Japan.
• Outdoor Japan Page - Hiking and Hot Springs
  
  
• Packing for Japan
• Pictures of the Japanese Agricultural Scenery
• Roger & Marilyn's Photo Tour of Tokyo (1 week in Tokyo, but 3 months putting the java, sounds, maps, links, and photos!! You decide: Project or Vacation - Step by step from the US driveway to Japan.)
• Schauwecker's Guide to Japan
• Tobias Wittig's Photos from around Japan
• Trek Japan - Photos from around Japan to rate yourself.
• Japanese Pizza - Here it's described in horrible detail.

Working/Living in Japan:

• Debito.org - If you have a problem or need advice, check here, from being questioned by police to getting a divorce. Arudou Debito (Dave Aldwinckle) has picked up the torch for gaijin rights in Japan.
• Japan Association For Language Teaching
• Japanese Manners and Etiquette
• Japanese Culture, A Primer for Newcomers
• O-Hayo Sensei The Newsletter of (Teaching) Jobs in Japan
• Quirky Japan - When you want to more about Japan than just Tokyo and Kyoto
• Rob's Japan FAQ (know before you go)
• Rob's Useful Photos of Useful Japanese Things - schools, cemeteries, & johns
• Secrets of Teaching English in Japan
• Teaching English in Japan and other links
• Riding Motorcycles in Japan (My personal preference for transport outside cities - the roads are narrow but so is a bike)
• Why Are Prices So High in Japan (Tokyo & Osaka are world's #1 for draining $)

Japanese Language:

• BabelFish - translate a word or page from Japanese to English and most other languages.
• E-Kanji reading course
• Engrish.com site - Perhaps results should be judged and not effort. Or, English as decoration, but not language.
• Jim Breen's WWWJDIC
• The Japanese Language - Info and name translations
• J-Translation Service - Kimi Usami, K Square Corp. Tokyo, Japan.
• Japanese-Online - Free Japanese Lessons on the Internet
• Japanese Translation Service - Toshi Ikagawa, University of Hawaii, Windward
• DSFY Kanji Translation - Don't be an idiot and check what a symbol means before you have it tattooed permanently on your body.
• Cortext Translation - translation and web design services as well as Japan info.
• Japanese Name Translator - put your name into katakana.
• Kanji Networks Dictionary - Look up a kanji character by stroke count, radical, or reading. Includes quizzes and old pictographs (Howell & Morimoto).
• The Kanji Site
• Links to Dialect Dictionaries by prefecture (Japanese characters)
• Hokkaido Dialect Dictionary (Japanese characters)
• Online Center for Japanese Studies; The Yamasa Institute, Okazaki, Japan - An inexpensive online Japanese course
  
• Mangarama - Listen and learn Japanese by manga.
• Monash Nihongo FTP Site (FREE JWP wordprocessor - look for JWP131.RME Readme file)
• Monash Japanese Viewing Page (Use this site to view Japanese without downloading any other software)
• NJSTAR Word Processor and Internet Translator (NJWIN)
• Your Name in Japanese - Japanese Translator Service in the UK
• Your Name in Katakana & Kanji - as well as information about Japanese Calligraphy

Japanese Art / Religion:

Craft Arts

• Arita Porcelain and Pottery
• Kagedo Japanese Art -- Specializing in tansu, porcelain and antiquities of Japan
• Georges Bouvier's Kutani Pottery Page
• Ishigawa Prefecture's Kutani Pottery Page
• Kutani Collection
• Japanese Pottery Information Center
• Wajima-Nuri Lacquer Ware
• Ishikawa-ken's Wajima-Nuri Lacquer Ware
• Yamanaka-Nuri Lacquer Ware

Music, Dance, and Theater

• Akira (Manga)
• Anime Checklist - anime since 1917 (G. Albanese)
• Bunraku
• Chushingura (47 Ronin) Text
• Gagaku (court music)
• Japanese Flutes (Shinobue, Noh-kan, Ryuteki)
• Kabuki Theater
• Koto
• Noh Masks
• Noh / Kyogen
• Shomyo (Buddhist Chant)
• Shomyo - Buddhist music - Realplayer is needed to listen
• Tai Hei Shakuhachi (for sale)

Arts and Literature

• Haiku Moments
• Japanese Garden Database
• Ogura Hykunin Isshu (13th century Poetry)
• Tour the St. Louis Japanese Garden
• Tokugawa Art Museum (Nagoya)

Japanese Shopping:

• Asahi Japan Collectibles (Kimono, ukiyoe, dolls)
• Asian Collection Internet Auction (all quality ukiyoe on auction)
• Good Orient - mainly Chinese but also other items from the Orient
• Hanga Gallery ("new prints" at fair prices)
• Ichiya Ikebana & Calligraphy Supplies
• J-Life International - Futons, apparel, kotatsu, rice cookers, etc.
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  Japanese Green Tea Shop - Organic Tea and Matcha from Uji, the place where it was first grown in Japan.
  
• Japan Woodworking Tools (those great saws, etc.)
• Japan Poem - Send a message with Japanese poetry, music, and graphics via email - looks nice!!
• Joyo96 - Books and info about Japanese language and culture
• Kutani Pottery, from Kanazawa
• Nichibei Bussan - Silicon Valley (Martial Arts, Home furnishings, tatami mats)
• Shinju Pearls (Fairfax, Virginias' Ms. Ikeda's uncle owns an Ise pearl farm. Result: Mikimoto quality at half price)
• Shogun Gallery, Inc. Fine Japanese Woodblock Prints, Ukiyo-e Art (print auction each week)
• Shoji Styles - Information on the Japanese sliding doors.
• Tai Hei Shakuhachi (Japanese flute for sale)
• Utsuwa no Yakata - (Buy Japanese dishes, lanterns, noren, and tatami lights in the US at these stores)

• Mapion - If you type in the address in Japanese, it will find a map of that area of Japan.
• Diddlefinger - If you know the address in English, it will find that area on the Japanese Google Maps.
• Alpslab - Another map site for Japan that has a good locator on the right while you look on the left.

Click Region Below For Links

REGIONS: HOKKAIDO TOHOKU CHUBU KANTO KANSAI CHUGOKU SHIKOKU KYUSHU

Click Region Above For Links

(Send interesting links for above to: stradfot@uwplatt.edu)

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Hokkaido Links:

 

Select Here Akan Abashiri Asahidake in Daisetsuzan National Park Live Cam (often down) Current Volcanic Eruptions in Japan Hakodate Hakodate Live Cam (best night views in Japan) Hokkaido Tokai University Asahikawa Live Cam Kushiro City Mt. Usu & Toyako volcano Mt. Usu Volcano Live Cam View Mt. Usu 2000 eruption Onuma Park - Nanae Town Otaru City Web City Sapporo Sapporo Downtown Live Cam Sapporo HBC Live Cam Sapporo Mt. Moiwa Live Cam Shiraoi Town Shiraoi & Toya photos Xene's Hokkaido Page

Infocreate Hometowns of Japan Hokkaido -------------------- Otaru Wakkanai Chitose Tomakomai Kushiro Sapporo Furano Hakodate

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Tohoku Links:

Kanto Links:

Kansai - Kinki Links:

Chugoku Links:

Shikoku Links:

Kyushu & South Links:

Select Here ACROS Fukuoka Fukuoka City Guide The Gaijin Gleaner Online (Fukuoka News) Fukuoka Live Cam Huis Ten Bosch Kagoshima City Live Cam Kitakyushu Kumamoto Nichinichi News Kumamoto Castle Live View Kumamoto Castle Live View (slow) Mt. Aso NP Aso Volcano Nagasaki City Nagasaki Sights Nagasaki Hotels and Travel Guide Okinawa Okinawa Topics Contemporary Okinawa Saitobaru Kofun Sakurajima Volcano Live Cam

Infocreate Hometowns of Japan Kyushu -------------------- Amagi Naha Sasebo Nagasaki Kumamoto Kagoshima Takachiho

*Note

• Windows XP has built-in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean IME that allow input in Word as well as Web. Open Regional Options in the Control Panel. Under the General tab select Language Settings to install the fonts and IME.
• An easy way to view Japanese Characters is to download NJWIN 1.6 from the NJSTAR link or the Monash Nihongo FTP site above. Once installed and running, select "Japanese Auto Detect" from the place where the menu reads "Ansi / No CJK Support." This will give you kanji, hiragana, and katakana viewing capabilities
• Use the Monash University site to view Japanese at: http://www.dgs.monash.edu.au/~jwb/jviewer.html without loading any software.

Last Update: 04/16/2008