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This page is for general links to resources on Japan, almost all are in English.
This page is a result of my need to keep an organized list of useful links on the web. The most common way to locate useful stuff on the web is to search with a vague direction and hope you stumble across something useful. In my case this usually means useful in searching for information related to the Anime Companion Supplement a web supplement to my first book. In fact this page can be considered a supplement to the supplement.
For links related to places such as buildings, cities, and landmarks as well as orgainizations see the proper entry in Anime Companion Supplement many items are listed only there and not on this page.
Contents:
I now have a seperate page of anime and manga resource links.
European Association of Japanese Resource Specialists (EAJRS)
College, University & Academic Programs:
Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics
International Research Center for Japanese Studies
Daily Japanese Cooking Glossary of tools and words
Japanese Food Dictionary (A multi lingual dictionary, includes kanji & kana for some terms)
Geography, Maps:
For city maps see Geography, Cities
and prefectural maps see Geography, Prefectures.
Cities and Prefectures at times may have the same name.
Links are usually to the English section of pages.
Besides being mainly in Japanese many official pages also have Korean, Chinese or Portugeuse sections.A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y- Z
Aomori City (official site)
Arai Town - Shizuoka (official site)
Ashiya (official site)
Chiba City (official site)
Fujisawa City (official site)
Fukuoka City Museum (official site)
Hamamatsu City (official site)
City of Hiroshima (official site)
Kawasaki City (official site)
City of Kanazawa (official site)
City of Kobe (official site)
City of Kurume (official site)
Nagoya City (official site)
Odawara City (official site)
A Premodern History of Odawara
Saiki City (official site)
Web City Sapporo (official site)
City of Yokohama (official site)
Geography, Prefectures
Cities and Prefectures at times may have the same name. This link takes you to the Ken (prefecture) section of the Anime Companion Supplement
Manmade:
Natural:
History:
See also pages on specific localities.
General:
Outline Chronology of Japanese Cultural History
Bakumatsu:
Daimyo and Samurai in Bakumatsu
Image Galleries:
Japan, hand-colored photographs, ca. 1880
Nagasaki University OldPicture Database
Library Resource Pages:
Dictionaries, Directories:
Japanese <-> English Dictionary
Dictionaries, Individual
Japanese-English Dictionary Interface (JEDI) Includes kanji and kana
jeKai Japanese-English dictionary project Includes kanji and kana
Jim Breen's WWWJDIC Japanese-English Dictionary Server Includes kanji and kana - very good
Kanji Networks: Etymologies of Chinese Characters as Used in Japan
Online English to Japanese to English Dictionary Does not include kanji and kana
Pani English-Japanese Dictionary Includes kanji and kana
PSP's Bi=Directional English Japanese Dictionary Includes kanji and kana
JEDict, a dictionary program for Macs.Learning Japanese:
Kantango a free site devoted to teaching Japanese vocabulary
12 Super Sites For Kanji Learning, at Kanji Clinic
Language Related Software:
CJKOS, shareware for displaying Chinese, Japanese and Korean on Palm OS devices.
Literature & Online Texts:
See also underthe category of Religion
below.
Directories:
Japanese Historical Text Initiative
Japanese Literature Electronic Texts
National Academy Press title word search for Japan
Specific titles, books and essays pre-WWII:
By Author/Editor
Unbeaten Tracks in Japan by Isabella Bird
The Constitution of the Empire of Japan (1889)
Gleanings in Buddha-Fields: Studies of Hand and Soul in the Far East by Lafcadio Hearn (1897),
In Ghostly Japan by Lafcadio Hearn (1899)
Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation (New York: Macmillan, ca. 1904), by Lafcadio Hearn
Kwaidan by Lafcadio Hearn (1904)
Noto: An Unexplored Corner of Japan by Percival Lowell
The Book of Tea by Okakura Kakuzo
Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan by Lady Murasaki Shikibu, Izumi Shikibu, and Anonymous (11th Century Japan), trans. by Annie Shepley Omori and Kochi Doi
Japanese Fairy Tales compiled by Yei Theodora Ozaki
Kokoro by Soseki Natsume, trans. by Edwin McClellan
Specific titles, books and essays post-WWII:
By Author/editor
Aspects of Japanese Culture and Society An Anthropologist's View by Professor Abito Ito of Tokyo University. (1997)
JAPAN - A Country Study Edited by Ronald E. Dolan and Robert L. Worden
Japan from a Japanese Perspective by 16 members of the ISEI Expert Committee
Japanese Cinema: Film Style And National Character by Donald Richie
Japanese Education by Katsuta Shuichi and Nakauchi Toshio
Neo-Onnagata: Professional Cross-Dressed Actors and Their Roles on the Contemporary Japanese Stage by William Hamilton Armstrong IV
Japan, the Beautiful and Myself Kawabata Yasunari Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1968
A Teachers' and Textbook Writers' Handbook on Japan (6th revised edition) by Takahashi Nobuo, Kanasaki Hajime, Inouchi Noboru, Bekki Atsuhiko,
Specific titles, Lupin novels:
(included here for it's connection to the Lupin III manga and anime stories)Arsene Lupin by Maurice Leblanc
Maurice Leblanc at Blackmask Online - many Lupin works can be found here in several formats.
Woman with Two Smiles by Maurice Leblanc. In Doc format.
Title lists:
Specific titles, periodicals:
Focus Japan (JETRO) Issues more than one month old available as PDF files.
GINGKO An English and Japanese Journal of Hachioji CityJapanese Book News (English, quarterly) Available as PDF files stating with Volume 16. Volume 15, available in a text version.
The Japan Foundation Newsletter (English, quarterly)
Available as PDF files starting with Volume XXV/No.1).Tokyo Q [They even have a book out]
Newspapers:
Radio and TV:
J-WAVE Jam the World. Radio station
NHK. Japan's publis broadcaster.
Publishers Sites:
Publishers that release significant works on Japan
DH Publishing (Cocoro Books)
Religion, General Online Texts :
General Journals:
Bulletin of the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture
Japanese Journal of Religious Studies - Includes index and recent articles online.
Kenkyûshohô of the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture (Japanese only)
Individual Texts:
Contemporary Papers on Japanese Religion
Folk Beliefs in Modern Japan INOUE Nobutaka, General Editor - Contemporary Papers on Japanese Religion 3
New Religions INOUE Nobutaka, General Editor - Contemporary Papers on Japanese Religion 2
The Master of the Wilderness, the Bear, Lives in the Upper Part of Our Home: House and World View of the Ainu by Nold Egenter
Omihachiman - The Foundation of a Town by Nold Egenter
The Sacred Trees Around Goshonai Japan by Nold Egenter
IRIZ"The Electronic Bodhidharma" - Hanazono University
Religion, Buddhism Online Texts:
General Directories:
Institute of Buddhist Studies On-line Reading Room
General Glossaries:
Index of Terms Includes Japanese text
General Journals:
Pacific World Journal: 3-1: Special Issue on the 500th anniversary of Rennyo Shonin's Death (Fall 1999)
Pacific World Journal 3-2: Special Issue on T'an-luan and the Development of Shin Buddhist Thought (Fall 2000)
Pure Land Text Directories:
The Principal Sutras & Texts of Pure Land Buddhism
Writings... at Shin Dharma Net
Pure Land Individual Texts:
The Life of Shinran Shonin: The Journey to Self Acceptance by Alfred Bloom IBS Monograph Series 1
"Reflection on The Collected Works of Shinran" by Alfred Bloom
Jodo Shinshu in the 21st Century: A Return to the Starting Point of Religion by Akira Omine CCSBS On-line Publication Series 2
Shinran 's Approaches towards Bereavement and Grief: Transcendence and Care for the Pain of Separating from Loved Ones in Shinran 's Thought by Naoki Nabeshima CCSBS On-line Publication Series 3
Tannisho - translated by Dr. Taitetsu Unno,
Zen Individual Texts:
Manual of Zen Buddhism by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
The Religion of the Samurai by Kaiten Nukariya (1913)
Religion, Buddhist Organizations:
Shinto at Rottie's Redroom (In Japanese)
Religion, Shinto Online Texts:
Basic Terms of Shinto Kokugakuin University,
Kami INOUE Nobutaka, General Editor - Contemporary Papers on Japanese Religion 4
KAMI NO MICHI The Way of the Kami by Guji Yukitaka Yamamoto
Matsuri: Festival and Rite in Japanese Life - Contemporary Papers on Japanese Religion 1
Religion, Shinto Organizations:
Select Link Directories:
Note: Some of these will be mined for useful links and removed.
Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library
Japanese Online Resources - Harvard-Yenching Library Website
Japan: Internet Resources Golden Gate University Library
J-Guide: Stanford Guide to Japan Information Resources
Japan: Internet Resources A GGU University Library Guide
Japan (section of East & Southeast Asia: An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources)
Japan -- Resources for Teaching and Research
National Museum of Japanese History Links
Tokyo English Information Source
Created December 21, 1996 - Last updated August 8, 2008