Japan & Tokyo Directory : Society and Culture
| Tanabata Celebration http://www.rumela.com/events/tanabata_index.htm |
| Description: Offers information on the Tanabaata celebration, history, legend and greetings. |
| Archaeologists Unearth Settlement Mentioned in Wei Chronicle http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20001104b3.htm |
| Description: From the Japan Times, recently unearthed remains of a Yayoi Period settlement on Tsushima Island, Nagasaki Prefecture, suggest it was the ancient capital of the Tsushimakoku kingdom mentioned in the third-century Wei Chronicle on the history of the Chinese Wei dynasty. |
| Japan Nepal Society http://www.big.or.jp/~jns/ |
| Description: Promoting understanding between the peoples of Japan and Nepal. Event dates, discussion forum, newsletter. |
| Japan Holocaust Education Resource Center http://www.ne.jp/asahi/holocaust/tokyo/topenglish.htm |
| Description: Museum dedicated to Holocaust Education. Includes tour of Hana's suitcase dates, awards, and photographs. |
| British Council Japan http://www1.britishcouncil.org/japan.htm |
| Description: The United Kingdom's international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations in Japan. Creates opportunities in education, English language learning and cultural exchange. |
| Japan Interactive http://happygold.com/japan/ |
| Description: Information on Japanese foods, lifestyle, culture, language, with pictures of Japan, mailing list, chat, bbs, and pen pals. |
| The Japan FAQ: Know Before You Go http://www.thejapanfaq.com/ |
| Description: A comprehensive site with detailed necessary information on visiting or relocating to Japan - visas, accommodations, transportation, survival, driving, banking, shopping, customs, tips, and links. |
| The Occupation of Japan as an Exercise in "Regime Change": Reflections After Fifty Years by a Participant http://www.jpri.org/publications/occasionalpapers/op29.html |
| Description: Compares and contrasts the US occupation of Japan after WWII with post-Hussein Iraq. |
| Give Peace a Chance http://give-peace-a-chance.jp/eng/ |
| Description: Activist Japanese group to oppose war, militarism, and violence. |
| Japanese Culture in NY and Japan http://www.aozoramarket.com/eng/ |
| Description: Introduces Japanese culture and people in New York and Japan. |
| Kyoto: Antaiji http://www.geocities.co.jp/HeartLand-Hanamizuki/5235/eng-index_f.html |
| Description: Zen monastery in the tradition of Dogen Zenji, the founder of Japanese SZen. It was established in Kyoto in 1921 by Oka Sotan Roshi as a place for religious study with a minimum of unrelated duties and distractions. It was reopened in 1958 by Sawaki KRoshi who's main emphasis was pure hearted zazen practice. |
| Rational Japanese http://www2b.biglobe.ne.jp/~shohei/preface.htm |
| Description: Case studies and analysis of westerner and Japanese encounters, and the different attitudes and thought processes each goes through. |
| Maintaining Identities: Discourses of Homogeneity in a Rapidly Globalising Japan http://www.japanesestudies.org.uk/articles/Burgess.html |
| Description: Looks at the ideological tools that maintain the idea of Japan as a mono-cultural, homogeneous society and investigates multiculturalism and internationalization in Japan. |
| Kyoto: Daioh Temple http://www.theZen.or.jp/ |
| Description: Offers historical information about the temple and information about its religious services. |
| Urayasu Friendship Doll Exchange Association http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/friendshipdolls/hpEnglish/eframedoll.htm |
| Description: Gives history of friendship dolls and the turbulent change of feelings between Japan and the US during World War II. |
| Japanese American National Museum http://www.janm.org/main.htm |
| Description: Events, history, and exhibits dedicated to Japanese Americans, located in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. |
| Japanese Architecture in Kansai http://www.kippo.or.jp/culture_e/build.htm |
| Description: Structures such as temples, castles, tea rooms and their component elements. |
| TLS Internet Mission Broadcast Association http://www.agape-tls.com/ |
| Description: Includes archived streaming sermons in Japanese, English, and Korean, ministry activities, and bookstore. |
| National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Nara http://www.nabunken.go.jp/english/his00.html |
| Description: Institute has four primary research concerns: history, architecture, archaeology, and art. |
| San Francisco Japanese Sword Society http://members.aol.com/Sfkatana/ |
| Description: Group for Japanese sword enthusiasts and collectors who appreciate Japanese culture, history, language, philosophy, and customs. |
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