Newspapers & Magazines
With my limited vocabulary, TV news from Japan just looks like the same clips of
the same politicians and business executives being chauffered to jail over and over!
These links let me get the real story -- in English.
Asahi Shimbun
Yomiuri Shimbun
Features
Words in the News, a glossary of current Japanese buzzwords
Mainichi Shimbun
Japan Times
Tokyo Journal
Tokyo Kaleidoscoop
Tokyo Q
A weekly city guide
Tokyo Classifieds
Articles and reviews for English-speaking expats
Goto Shimbun
News from the Goto-retto
Asiaweek
Look Japan
Since 1953, a comprehensive, analytical view of Japan
Nipponia
People, food and features
Japan File
"Information bridge between Japan and the world"
Chotto Matte
Cronicas de Japon Moderno (en Espanol)
Japan Report
Publication of the Japan Information Centre
(public relations arm of the
Consulate General of Japan in Toronto).
Webcasts in Japanese 
Do you have RealPlayer streaming video software?
If not, download it for free from
RealNetworks.
Then you can click "Add New Channels" and select the following
Japanese video webcasts:
- FNN: Fuji News Network (in Japanese)
- MBS WebChannel (in Japanese)
- News TBS - Cutting-edge Online News (in Japanese)
- NTV News on Demand (in Japanese)
- Otenki Jyouhou (Weather Information) (in Japanese)
- Web Gendai (in Japanese)
- Yomiuri NewsStream (in Japanese)
- Yomiuri Daily (in English)
General Information
What's New In Japan?
Ni-Ka Online
A Japan-Canada home page from the Canadian federal
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
The Japan Ring
An ever-expanding ring of beautiful and fun Japanese and Japan-related home pages.
Japanese National Tourist Organization
Information on tourist destinations in Japan
The Japan Foundation (Kokusai Koryu Kikin)
An organization promoting Japanese culture abroad.
Traditional Japan
A Brief History of Japan
The history's not brief, just this telling of it.
Gateway Japan
"Creating Culture and Community"
Schauwecker's Guide to Japan
Great-looking, comprehensive resource
The Japan Web Guide
Over 500 links to Japan related websites.
The Culture of Japan
Links about traditional Japanese culture.
Network Sophia
Etsuko Shioda's guide to Japanese culture and customs.
Japan Atlas
Historic, cultural and architectural sites in Japan
IBM Japan Hometown
Introducing Japan's regional information to the world.
Shopping for Japanese Local Specialties
What's whose meibutsu where.
Annual Events in Japan
Japan's festivals and national holidays
Japan's 3-day New Year Holiday
Information about oshogatsu
About Obon
The Buddhist Festival of the Dead
Quilt Stories
English translations of the best-known Japanese folktales.
Tales of Wonder
Stories from Japan
Getting Hitched, Japanese Style
What is it like to get married in Japan?
About Japanese Funerals
Japanese ceremonies surrounding death
Virtual Japanese Tomb
If you dare ...
About Japanese Coins
Images and descriptions of Japan's modern currency
Shodo (Calligraphy)
Artistic poems ... or poetic art
About Ohashi
There is more to chopsticks than you think
Kyoto Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan
The Kyoto National Museum online
Japan Q & A
Get authoritative answers to your submitted queries about Japan.
Your Japanese Guest
Background on Japanese psychology and potential East-West conflicts
The Japan FAQ: Know Before You Go
Info for anyone visiting or relocating to Japan
Japanese Manners & Etiquette
How to avoid looking like a buffoon in Japan
Forbidden Behavior With Chopsticks
Are you aware of these taboos?
Modern Japan
Nipponia
People, culture and food.
Japan: Between Tradition and Modern Society
The stereotypical and the dark sides of Japan
Japan As It Is
Archive of Masaki Okada's impressive site
Japan Insight
Learn about the Japan of today from the Japan Information Network.
Japan is Strange
A collection of observations of the Japanese culture
The Web Kanzaki
Information about the Japanese mass media and more.
About.com: Japanese Culture
Morgan Pitelka, a graduate student studing Japan in Kyoto guides you
through various aspects of Japanese culture
Japanese Families Today
Articles from The Daily Yomiuri
r e a l j a p a n
Alisa Sanada shows the modern Japan
Famous Personages in Japan
A primer on modern Japanese pop culture
Japan Entertainment Ring
Great-looking homepages about modern Japanese pop culture.
What's Cool In Japan?
These bimonthly reports give you an idea, but lag a bit behind the times.
Chotto osoi kedo... Can a government website truly be hip anyway?
Japan Edge
The Archive of Japanese Street and Underground Culture
Alles Magazine
Dead site, but a good archive of interviews with pop culture figures
Sports Information Japan
by Michiyo Ishida
News in English about all kinds of sports in Japan
The Gaijin Scientist Page
Resources for Western scientists researching in Japan.
Images
Japan Pictorial
Today's Image
Images From Japan
Jamie Marconi's collection of images of Japan and Japanese landmarks
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Nikkei Links
To most people, "Nikkei" means the Tokyo stock index (NIppon = Japan, KEIzai = business).
But when different kanji (Chinese characters) with the same phonetic reading are used,
it is the word for "people of Japanese ancestry living outside Japan"
(NIppon = Japan, KEItou = lineage).
Nikkei Nexus
An Internet resource for people of Japanese heritage
Nikkei View
by Gil Asakawa
"Pop culture and politics from a Japanese American perspective."
National Association of Japanese Canadians
Japanese Canadian Book Catalogue
Books for sale at the Toronto NAJC
Japanese Genealogy
Toronto Japanese Canadian Community Event Calendar
Toronto Japanese Language School
a.k.a. Toronto Nihongo Gakko
Japanese Language Learning Centre (Toronto)
For learners and instructors of the Japanese language
Shin-nova Japan-Canada Internet Project
Good JC links in the Vancouver area.
Nikkei Place
The Japanese Canadian community and cultural centre in Vancouver.
Asian Canadian
A database of resources and news on issues affecting the
Asian Canadian (and Asian North American) communities.
Asian American Village
Articles, job and scholarship listings
JA*Net - The Japanese American Network
Find out what's up in Los Angeles CA and beyond
Ties Talk Archive
Recent messages from JA*Net's nikkei listserv
Nikkei Heritage Online
Home page of the National Japanese American Historical Society in California.
Nikkei Home Page
By the sansei sensei Russ Nakatsu in Seattle, WA.
Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center, Portland OR
Japanese American Organizations in Oregon
About.com: Asian American Culture
Hello! from Japan
Takashi Saito's links from around the world to Japan
Food and Drink
The Tokyo Food Page
Extensive links, great design. Yum, yum!
Sarah's Japanese Recipes
From ... Scotland ?!? Recipes for haggis, too!
The Sushi World Guide
A guide to over 1300 Japanese restaurants in 350 cities outside Japan
The Ramen Page
Ramen is the Japanese version of a Chinese noodle soup. It is pretty much the only kind of Japanese food I know how to make!
Japanese One-pot Dishes
When you don't feel like cleaning up much after dinner.
Eki-soba Page
Rates the quality of buckwheat noodle soup at restaurants in or near train stations in Tokyo and beyond.
There's a picture of the reviewer on the front page (Hey, he looks familiar ...).
Eki-ben Museum
Eki-ben are box lunches (bento) sold at Japanese train stations
(or on the trains themselves). The contents vary from region to region.
Check them out!
Mutant Ninja Soybeans
All about natto, a gaijin's "final frontier" in Japanese cuisine
Japanese Pizza 1 and
2
"But that's Italian!" you say? Not if it's "Made in Japan"!
Have a look at these interesting toppings.
Ji-biiru Page
A guide to ji-biiru,
the regional microbrewery beers of Japan
Sake World
Offers a Label-reading Service
Sake Magazine
All about Japanese rice wine
Fun & Games
The Window of Japan
A link to 47 websites of online cameras in Japan. (Thanks, Paul M., for this link)
The Shogi Home Page
Shogi is Japanese chess. This page will show you how to play,
and has a system for writing moves that allows you to play by e-mail. Care for a
game ?
An Introduction to Go
When I visit Japan and play this with my Uncle Takeo, he always whups me.
Someday I will understand this game...
Hanafuda (flower cards)
I learned this interesting game on my
1997 trip to Japan.
Japanese Scrabble Words
For that competitive edge (wait til next time, Joe, Mansoor!).
Japan Lyrics
Do you like karaoke (kara = empty,
oke = okesutora, orchestra) but have trouble reading
the Japanese lyrics? This website has the lyrics of
most of the popular Japanese songs in romaji format.
(Thanks to
Ken T. for this link)
The Shonen Knife Nexus
The Osaka trio of Naoko, Atsuko and Michie!
Pizzicato 5
Actually only two, but enough style for ten!
Nick's Guide to Onsen in Japan
Good hot spring soaks here.
Clubs and Associations
Japan-Canada Students Association, Toronto ON
A student club at the University of Toronto
Konnichiwa Japan, Waterloo ON
A student club at the University of Waterloo
Japanese and Canadian Students' Society, Edmonton AB
A student club at the University of Alberta
JET Alumni Association, Toronto ON
Canada-Japan Society of Toronto, Toronto ON
Includes Bruce T's humongous links list!
The Japan Society, Toronto ON
Canada-Japan Society of Ottawa, Ottawa ON
Canada-Japan Society of British Columbia Vancouver BC
Embassy of Japan in Canada Ottawa ON
Consulate General of Japan in Toronto Toronto ON
Japan-America Society of Oregon Portland OR
Internet Resources for Overseas Japanese
Japanese Network
Websites for Japanese expats in San Francisco, Chicago, New York and Boston.
Utilities
Japanese-English Dictionary
Translations downloadable as gifs in color of your choice
The Shodouka Launchpad
This is a great way to browse Japanese language web pages. And it's Canadian! (Ability to read Japanese not included)
Honyaku Home Page
A home page for translators. Check out the
Head-scratcher's Glossary of Gairaigo and Wasei-Eigo
sci.lang.japan FAQ
From the newsgroup about the Japanese language
InTransNet Home Page
A translation service via E-mail. Also Vancouver JC links.
UnionWay
An unobtrusive way
to enable a non-Japanese-environment computer to show Japanese script.
Kanji Kit
Pacific Software's product enables an English-environment
computer to to read and write Japanese.
Lernout & Hauspie
Japanese software for English Windows.
Demo software for drag-and-drop e-mail word processing!
Okay Japanese
Search Japanese-language websites on your choice of
four search engines using English keywords with this translating interface
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