Japan & Tokyo Directory : Society and Culture
| Karl's Gagaku Page http://www.voicenet.com/~fuekarl/ |
| Description: Description of Gagaku, Japan's traditional court music. |
| Japanese Swords http://members.cox.net/jkk/jpnzswd.htm |
| Description: Collecting information. With articles on foundries, exhibitions, swordsmiths, appraisal, purchasing, maintenance and other subjects. |
| Onomatopoetic English-Japanese Dictionary http://www.badguy.jp/onomato/onomato_f.html |
| Description: Glossary with English and Japanese indexes. (GIF) |
| Married in Japan (MIJ) http://www.marriedinjapan.homestead.com/MIJ.html |
| Description: Online community for foreign women in relationships with Japanese men. Local area friendship, with over 250 women all over Japan. Membership is free. |
| Kanji Dictionaries for Learning Japanese http://www.kanji.org/ |
| Description: The Kanji Dictionary Publishing Societys site for NTC/Kenkyushas New Japanese-English Character Dictionary and The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary. (GIF) |
| Discover Japanese Tea Ceremony (Chado) http://www.unioasis.com/docs/dis/teaceremony/dis_teaceremony.html |
| Description: The Chado (Sado), or Japanese Tea Ceremony is a study or discipine of preparing, serving and drinking green tea. |
| Gunma Archaeological Research Foundation (GARF) http://www.gunmaibun.org/index_e.htm |
| Description: Carry out research and study related to those large scaled public development excavation projects. Includes Bulliten and excavations. |
| Noh Mask Gallery http://noh-mask.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ |
| Description: Explains noh, its masks, and how creators make them. |
| Faked Digs Put Archaeologists on Defensive http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20010128b2.htm |
| Description: From the Japan Times, shock waves ran through Japan in November after it was revealed that revered amateur archaeologist Shinichi Fujimura had planted findings of early Paleolithic relics at two of his dig sites. |
| Kumamotoben.jp http://kumamotoben.jp/index-en.html |
| Description: Guide to regional Kumamoto dialect. |
| Solving Anti-Burakujumin Prejudice in the 21st Century: Suggestions from Twenty-One Buraku Residents http://www.japanesestudies.org.uk/discussionpapers/McLauchlan.html |
| Description: Essay describing the Burakumin problem in Japan as having negligible improvement in a century, and lists suggestions on how to fix it. |
| Yamato - the drummers of Japan http://www.wadaiko-yamato.com/ |
| Description: Contains profile, members, and performance schedule. |
| Kuwaiti in Japan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kuwaiti-in-japan/ |
| Description: Group for Kuwaitis interested in Japanese affairs. |
| Japan Asian Association and Asian Friendship Society http://www.jafs.or.jp/ |
| Description: Promotes international cooperation, community and environmental conservation activities, and global education for citizens. |
| Gorin Taiko http://www.gorintaiko.com/ |
| Description: New York-based group founded by member of Sukeroku Taiko. |
| Association of Medical Doctors of Asia (AMDA) http://www.amda.or.jp/intl/English/ |
| Description: A humanitarian, non-profit, non-political, non-sectarian and non-governmental organization to promote the health and well-being of underprivileged and marginalised people in Asia and other continents. |
| Kabuki21 http://www.kabuki21.com/ |
| Description: Includes an actors and drama database, glossary, chronology, prints and illustrations, theaters, schedules of performances and a derivative products section. |
| Maven Search http://www.maven.co.il/synagogues/synagogues-search.asp?C=404 |
| Description: Directory of synagogues in Japan. Contact details and weblinks provided. |
| The Bomb That Fell on Niagara http://www.ask.ne.jp/~hankaku/english/niagara_fall.html |
| Description: Describing the chronology of the making of the atomic bomb and Niagara Falls' involvement in the production of the largest amount of uranium metal for the entire Manhattan Project. |
| Ogawa Butoh Center http://orbita.starmedia.com/~ogawa1 |
| Description: An organization that "develops projects in the areas of Ecology, Education and Historical Patrimony." Ogawa maintains Delirivm Dance Theater, Zilda Pereira Portugal, and the annual Butoh Inside Movement Series. |
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