Japan & Tokyo Directory : Society and Culture
| Preservation Project for the Remains of Yofukuji Temple http://www.city.kamakura.kanagawa.jp/english/stroll/treasury/index.htm |
| Description: Designed to preserve the historic ruins of Yofukuji Temple, use the place for history education, stimulate the interest of visitors in the historical significance of Kamakura, and to create an attractive landscape. |
| Response of Traditional Wooden Japanese Construction http://nisee.berkeley.edu/kobe/tobriner.html |
| Description: Shows the weaknesses in traditional Japanese wooden homes in the face of earthquakes. |
| Shinto Creation Stories http://www.wsu.edu:8001/~dee/ANCJAPAN/CREAT.HTM |
| Description: Gives modern translations of several old myths of Japan, on the creation of gods and the island nation. |
| History of the Samurai http://www.americankangdukwon.com/samurai.html |
| Description: Gives timeline of Japanese history, quotes from famous samurai, and glossary. |
| Osaho-Zuka http://www.pref.miyazaki.jp/resort/english/rekisi/b0803.htm |
| Description: Access, location, and contact information. |
| Images of Taisekiji http://www.taisekiji.net/ |
| Description: Commemorating 750 years by presenting historical and modern pictures of Head Temple Taisekiji and surroundings in Fujinomiya City. |
| Dan's Adventure in Japan http://members.tripod.com/daniel-c-davis/japan |
| Description: Perspectives from a Hospital Administration student from Iowa during a summer internship at Kameda Medical Center in Kamogawa City, Japan. |
| Japan Policy Research Institute http://www.nmjc.org/jpri/ |
| Description: A non-profit membership organization dedicated to the promotion of understanding of Japan's political economic behavior and growing significance in world affairs. |
| Institute of Cultural Affairs, Japan http://www.icajapan.org/ |
| Description: A private, non-profit organization seeking to integrate the methods of human consciousness and organizational transformation to maximize the participation of grass-roots people in taking responsibility for their own lives and for their community as a whole. |
| Voices in Amber: Women in Japanese Folklore http://ua1vm.ua.edu/~paulette/voices.html |
| Description: Paper by Catherine Oshida on the tradition of strong minded, self-expressive women in Japan. |
| Stuart Jackson Gallery http://jacksonarts.com/ |
| Description: Toronto, Canada, gallery with antique Japanese woodblock prints. Online galleries. |
| Favorite Getaways in Rural Japan http://ease.com/~randyj/rjjapani.htm |
| Description: Randy Johnson's detailed guide to rural Japanese travel getaways, with comprehensive facts on using Japanese inns, transportation, and baths, plus insights on Japanese culture, customs, and religion. |
| Spencer's Japanese-English Dictionary http://spencer.blackmarket.net/dic_word_search.asp |
| Description: EDICT and KANJIDIC server with kana, radical-indexed kanji, or romaji Japanese to English and English to Japanese. (SJIS) |
| Discover Japan http://japan.chez.tiscali.fr/ |
| Description: Site includes a photo gallery, various essays regarding Japanese culture and close-up looks at Tokyo, Kyoto and Mt. Fuji. Site is bilingual in French and English. |
| Miso Soup http://www.recipesource.com/soups/soups/20/rec2094.html |
| Description: A simple recipe making four servings, at RecipeSource. |
| Learn Japanese: Japanese Education http://ux01.so-net.ne.jp/~o1779uma/ |
| Description: Several Japanese lessons and explantions made by Japanese instructors. |
| Free Light Japanese http://www.hikyaku.com/fljap/fljapg.html |
| Description: Learn the Japanese writing system (hiragana, katakana and the 1,945 jouyou kanji), vocabulary, and pronunciation by using multimedia techniques. |
| Seattle Butoh http://www.seattlebutoh.org/ |
| Description: Home of Dappin' Butoh, directed by Joan Laage. Includes details about ongoing "intimate stage" performances. |
| United for a Multicultural Japan http://www.tabunka.org/ |
| Description: Working to promote the welfare and legal rights of non-Japanese with Japanese spouses and other long-term or permanent residents of Japan. |
| Grand Masonic Lodge of Japan http://www.japan-freemasons.org/ |
| Description: Tokyo. Free and Accepted Masons. Updated with new GL Officers. |
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