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Japan & Tokyo Directory : Society and Culture
| Japanese Embroidery http://www.gate.net/~aubin/ |
| Description: Mailing list to join from this site. |
| Wajima-Nuri http://www.stutler.cc/pens/wajima/ |
| Description: Provides history, process, and photos. |
| Nabemono http://www.masterstech-home.com/The_Kitchen/Articles/NabemonoArticle.html |
| Description: Description of hearty wintertime stews of rural Japan. |
| Japan from Asahi to Zen http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~melmoth/japan/ |
| Description: An A-Z of traditional terms, and a pop culture glossary, from an interested European's perspective. |
| Ana Bortz's Law Suit and Minority Rights in Japan http://www.jpri.org/publications/workingpapers/wp88.html |
| Description: Article on Japanese 20th century immigration, influx of migrants, Japanese reactions, and a discrimination lawsuit filed to protect civil rights from racial prejudice. |
| Where to see Nihonto (Japanese Sword) http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Palace/1135/sights.html |
| Description: List of locations housing collections of nihonto in Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom and rest of Europe. Includes links to each location. |
| She's Only a Little Schoolgirl http://www.time.com/time/asia/features/sex/sexenjo.html |
| Description: An article on teen prostitution in Japan, interviewing the girls who did it and why. |
| Basic Terms of Shinto http://www2.kokugakuin.ac.jp/ijcc/wp/bts/index.html |
| Description: Kokugakuin Universitys Web version of a 1958 illustrated Japanese-English dictionary. |
| Chikujou Ichikawa's Tsugaru Shamisen Ensemble http://www.gwjapan.com/matsuri/chiku.html |
| Description: A "Living National Treasure" and her ensemble. Includes a brief history of Tsugaru shamisen: the instrument and the music. |
| Laurence Rawlins of Anima Dance Theater http://www.mindspring.com/~rawvor/ |
| Description: A dance company that explores a "hybrid form of butoh and modern dance." Includes links and a description of Butoh. |
| 10 Bulls http://www.cs.sfu.ca/people/ResearchStaff/jamie/personal/10_Bulls/Title_Page.html |
| Description: Also known as the 10 oxherding pictures, which signify life, truth in action, and the realization of one's true nature, along with comments in prose and verse from the Chinese Zen master Kakuan, which have been used since the 12th century for Zen enlightenment. |
| Glossary of Japanese Theatre Terms http://www.glopac.org/Jparc/tjtglossary/tjtGLOSS.html |
| Description: Beta version of theatrical glossary. |
| fi's Japan Trip http://www.cmis.csiro.au/Fiona.Evans/personal/japan/ |
| Description: A mostly photographic record of a two week trip to Japan in 2000. |
| National Center for the Elimination of Boryokudan http://www1m.mesh.ne.jp/BOUTSUI/english/e-index.htm |
| Description: Striving to expel crime syndicates (boryokudan) to create a better community. Reveals vicious acts by boryokudan, introduces consultation services to use, and explains the "Anti-Boryokudan Law." |
| Trinity Site http://www.ninfinger.org/~sven/trinity/trin_brochure.html |
| Description: The National Atomic Museum's history of the first atomic bomb test at Trinity Site in New Mexico. |
| The Poetry of Basho http://members.aol.com/markabird/basho.html |
| Description: Translation of six haiku by the Japanese master. |
| The Ninja of Ancient Japan http://www.cisl.ie/mars/rory/ninja.htm |
| Description: Lists the origins of the ninja, their weapons, history, and famous ninja. |
| Kirk's Trip to Shingu, Japan http://sj.znet.com/~kbender/shingu/shingu.htm |
| Description: Stories and pictures from Kirk's two week trip to Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture. |
| Japan's War Crimes : Has Justice Been Served ? http://skycitygallery.com/japan/japhonda.html |
| Description: Speech by prominent Japanese-Americans calling for the Japanese government to address its war crimes in WWII. |
| Harvest Time Ministries http://www.harvesttime.tv/English/navfrm1.htm |
| Description: Christian broadcast and publication media in Japanese language. |
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