Anime Related Links

• Common Japanese Terms in Anime
• Japanezy
• Joe is Japanese
• Reiko-chan's Japanese for Anime-Lovers
• Shôjo Manga

For the artistically inclined

• e-yakimono.net: Japanese Pottery Information Center
• Exploring Origami
• Gaijin a Go Go Cafe
• Handbook for the Appreciation of Japanese Traditional Crafts
• Hans Olof Johansson's Ukiyo-e Page
• Introduction to Noh-Kyogen
• Japan Still Life
• Japanese Art Dealers Association of New York (JADA)
• Japanese Cinematic History
• Japanese Tattooing from the Past to the Present
• Jim Breen's Ukiyo-E Gallery
• Kabuki for Everyone
• Kimono, Kimono Fabric & Japanese Clothing
• Living with washi
• Miyake, Kawakubo, and Yamamoto: Japanese Fashion in the Twentieth Century
• Sapporo Snow Festival
• The Etsuko & Joe Price Collection
• Tokyo Q
• Traditional Crafts of Japan
• WebMuseum - Japanese Art and Architecture

Doing or hoping to do business in Japan?

• Center on Japanese Economy and Business
• Darkness Before The Dawn
• From Convenience Store to Online Behemoth?
• Inside the Bank of Japan
• Instant Business Japanese: Real Life Skills for Real Life Situations
• Is This Man Building the Amazon.com of Asia?
• Japan Economic Foundation (JEF)
• Japan Institute for Overseas Investment (JOI)
• Japan Internet Communications Service
• Japan's Lost Decade: Lessons for America
• Japan's Music Industry Is Losing Its Groove
• Japan's Net Builders
• Japan: Land of the Hostile Takeover?
• JETRO
• Keizai Doyukai (Japan Association Corporate Executive)
• Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
• Net Shopping: Why Japan Won't Take the Plunge
• Nikkei Net
• Nippon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation)
• Process improvement by poka-yoke
• Small and Medium Enterprise Agency
• The Art and Practice of Japanese Management
• The Bank of Japan
• The Keiretsu System: Cracking or Crumbling? (.pdf)
• The Panic Spreads
• The Social Contradictions of Japanese Capitalism
• Tokyo Stock Exchange
• U.S. Commercial Service Japan
• Unsung Hero

Sites that cover a wide range of Japan related topics

• Japan - A Country Study
• Japan Information Network
• japan-guide.com
• The World Factbook - Japan
• Global Window: A Business Resource on Japan
• iKjeld.com
• Japan Zone
• Japan-101
• Japanese Lifestyle Japan Guide
• JapaneseLearning.com
• Japanzine
• Jim Breen's Japanese Page
• Portals to the World Japan

Learn about Japanese culture

• BROVISION
• Children of Japan
• Chopstick bad habits in oneself and others
• David Notkin's and Cathy Tuttle's "Japan Stories" (1990-91)
• Famous Personages in Japan
• Folktales from Japan
• gate39.com - webzine on Japan
• Hinamatsuri (Doll's Festival)
• iKjeld.com
• Introduction to Noh-Kyogen
• Japan Desu!
• Japan Newbie
• Japan Still Life
• Japan's Crisis of the Mind
• Japanese Culture - A Primer For Newcomers
• Japanese Festivals & Celebrations
• Japanese Ghosts
• Japanese holidays and cultural events
• Japanese Manners & Etiquette
• Japanese Tattooing from the Past to the Present
• Japanorama
• Japan’s Outcasts Still Wait for Society’s Embrace
• JP Net - Japanese Language and Culture Network
• JP NET Kimono Hypertext
• Kabuki for Everyone
• Let’s Die Together
• Men in Land of Samurai Find Their Feminine Side
• New Year's Holidays
• NIPPONIA
• Old Japanese Christmas and Samurai Santa
• Oldmind: Yakuza
• Relationships with Nature: The Firefly
• Sadako and the Paper Cranes
• Samurai Archives
• Shopping Rebellion
• TeaHyakka
• The Japanese tea ceremony
• The Number Seven
• The Year of the Rooster
• Tim's Takamatsu: Culture
• Tokyo's 'manga' cafes serve a restless generation
• Total Quality Japanese
• Trends in Japan
• Vending Machines of Japan
• Visiting Someone's Place
• Water Therapy for Better Humans
• Writing New Year's Cards
• YesJapan.com Culture Center
• Yoko's Photo World
• 世論 What Japan Thinks

Learn more about Japanese cuisine

• A Cup of Japanese Green Tea
• Putting the Bite On Pseudo Sushi And Other Insults
• Rolling Your Own Sushi
• Sake World
• TeaHyakka
• Tokyo Food Page

In case you want to work in Japan

• Asia-Net
• Bilingual-Jobs
• CareerCross
• Careerjet
• FindaTeacher.Net
• GaijinPot.com
• International Affairs Fellowship in Japan
• Japanese Jobs
• Jobs in Japan
• lingo24 Translation Industry Career Guide
• O-Hayo Sensei
• Tokyo Connections

Learn more about Japanese history

• A Letter From Japan: The Photographs of John Swope
• A Nagasaki Report
• Black Ships & Samurai
• Famous Cases: Iva Toguri d'Aquino and "Tokyo Rose"
• Famous Personages in Japan
• History’s 100 Most Influential People: Hero Edition (Video)
• Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire
• Japanese Historical Maps
• Old Japanese Christmas and Samurai Santa
• Oldmind: Yakuza
• Sadako and the Paper Cranes
• Samurai Archives

Images of Japan

• A Letter From Japan: The Photographs of John Swope
• Japan, Hand-Colored Photographs, ca. 1880
• Vending Machines of Japan

Latest Japanese News...

Keep up with events in Japan

• The Daily Yomiuri - The Language Connection
• Asahi Shimbun
• Asahi WebUD
• Daily Yomiuri On-Line
• gate39.com - webzine on Japan
• Hiragana Times
• Japanese News in Translation
• Japanzine
• Kansai Scene
• Kodomo News (こどもニュース)
• Mainichi Daily News
• Mangajin
• Metropolis
• NewsOnJapan.com
• NHK Radio News online
• Nikkei Net
• NIPPONIA
• The Japan Times
• The Wide Island View
• Tokyo Journal
• 読売ニュースポッドキャスト (Yomiuri News Podcast)

Learn more about religion in Japan or religion and Japanese language

• Bible Japanese Page

Learn more about Sumo etc.

• Banzuke.com
• Bench Sumo
• JapaneseBaseball.com
• Nihon Sumo Kyokai
• Stefan Gelow's Sumo page
• Sumo East and West
• Sumo FAQ
• SumoWeb
• The Art of Being Ichiro

Traveling to or within Japan?

• japan-guide.com
• Yahoo!路線情報 (rosen jyouhou)
• Anna's Japan Guide
• Consular Information Sheet - Japan
• Embassy of Japan in Washington D.C.
• Fukuoka Introduction
• Gaijin House
• International Affairs Fellowship in Japan
• Japan Customs
• Japan National Tourist Organization
• japan-guide.com: Transportation
• Japanese Railways Page
• Nagoya Convention & Visitors Bureau
• Sapporo Snow Festival
• Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA)
• The Japan FAQ: Know Before You Go
• The Japanese Garden
• The Quirky Japan Homepage
• Tokyo's 'manga' cafes serve a restless generation
• Welcome to Osaka
• WWOOF Japan - Work Your Way Around Japan
• Yes! Tokyo - Tokyo Convention & Bureau