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Japanese Resources

 
Japan Window Home Page - Stanford University: directories, events, and the top 101 Japanese sites.

Japanese News Daily - Yahoo Japan: news in the Japanese papers.

Nippon Telegraph - language, culture, and news links to many Japanese sites.

Japan Times Online - One of the largest English newspapers in Japan, the online version includes stories, editorials, Resources about Japan, Employment Opportunities, Current Shows and Exhibition Schedules, and Sumo scores.

Mainichi Newspaper - Headline stories, a web search engine, Editorials, Sumo scores, and Eco-technology pages.

Georgia Public Broadcasting - Distance learning information including language, arts, architecture, business, education, geology, geography, government, history, music, food, culture, life in Japan, sports, and travel information.

Hiragana - help with this syllabary.

Katakana - help with this syllabary.


Japanese Food & Cooking

Hyozaemon - All about chopsticks, utensils, and how to eat. English or Japanese.

Black-kat - Easy to make Japanese recipes including the basics, a glossary, pages on rice, tofu, vegetables, pickles (tsukemono), noodles, miso, one pot cooking, eggs, sweets, and drinks.

Yasuko - a Japanese woman who loves to cook has a huge set of menus and explanations of the basics of Japanese cooking.
 


 
 

Culture and Religion

Shinto - This site includes an explanation of nature's shrines as well as a tour of Shinto shrines including how to pray.

Daio Temple - Visit this famous Zen Buddhist temple.

Usenet Manga Glossary - terms for anime and manga.

Japan Interface - an online magazine about modern Japan written in English.

Kotowaza - Japanese proverbs.
 

 Books About Japan

Kodansha Publishers - A large selection of books about Asia in English.

Sasuga Bookstore - Specializing in books about Japan.

Stonebridge Press - Also specializing in things Japanese.

Tuttle Books - One of the oldest publishers about Asia in English.

 Sports

 Aikido - Information, Links, and Organizations
 
 

Arts

Japanese Gardens - Visit our local Kumamoto Garden at the San Antonio Botanical Center.

Flower Arranging - Learn about various styles of Japanese tradition.

Bonsai - How they keep those little trees alive.

Japanese Art Museums - Guide to what's available in Japanese collections.

Daiwa Foundation - Another guide to Japanese Art History.

Kabuki - links to the Japanese theater world.

Noh - museum for this form of Japanese theater.
 
 

Updated 8/5/98

 

 
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