Japan Links 
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Japan Links |
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Updated: 3 August 2008 FOLKLORE "Ghosts, Demons and Spirits in Japanese Lore," by Norman A. Rubin. http://www.asianart.com/articles/rubin/ "Japanese Ghosts," by Tim Screech (teaches at University of London), Mangajin, issue 40. http://www.mangajin.com/mangajin/samplemj/ghosts/ghosts.htm "Japanese Ghosts and Spirits," by Charla White. http://theshadowlands.net/ghost/japanese.html Sarudama: Japanese Folklore. http://www.sarudama.com/japanese_folklore/index.shtml FUN LINKS Crest Japan: Japanese family crests. http://eps.crest-japan.net/index_en.php Design for You—Japanese Symbols. http://www.dsfy.com/index.htm Electric Samurai's Omikuji. http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~EB3Y-KKTK/omikuji/omikuji.html (oracle) J-List online store. Popular culture products. http://www.jlist.com/index.html KanjiGraphy.com: Oriental Zodiac. Hour, season, year. http://www.kanjigraphy.com/mainpages/info/orientalzodiac.html MEDIA Asahi Shimbun. http://www.asahi.com/english/ The Japan Times. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/ Mainichi Daily News. Home of infamous WaiWai column. http://mdn.mainichi.jp/ Metropolis: Japan's No. 1 English Magazine http://www.metropolis.co.jp/default.asp MUSIC & FASHION JaME American/Europa/East Asia (est. 2005). Japanese music database. JapanFiles.com. MP3, contemporary Japanese music. http://www.yesjapan.com/japanfiles/ Jrock Revolution. http://jrockrevolution.com/ Lolita Kisama International. Gothic Lolita, Visual Kei clothing. http://www.lolita-kisama.com/main Purple Sky, W. Caldewell, NJ (Clear Phoenix Media). J-Rock magazine. http://www.purpleskymagazine.com/ visual-addicts: Online community for Japanese alternative fashion fans. http://www.visual-addicts.com/ THEATRE Japan Performing Arts Network Japan. http://www.performingarts.jp/E/topics/ Kabuki-za Theater Company, Ginza, Tokyo. All-male theatre company. http://www.shochiku.co.jp/play/kabukiza/theater/ National Bunraku Theatre, Minami-ku, Osaka, Japan. http://www.kisho.co.jp/WorksAndProjects/Works/bunraku/ National Theatre of Japan, Japan Arts Council web site. http://www.ntj.jac.go.jp/english/index.html Takarazuka Revue Company. All-female musical theatre company. http://kageki.hankyu.co.jp/english/ Traditional Japanese Noh Masks. http://www.nohmask.com/ TRAVEL Airports & Airlines ANA (All Nippon Airways). http://www.ana.co.jp/eng/ JAL (Japan Airlines). http://www.jal.co.jp/en/ Kansai International Airport (near Osaka). http://www.kansai-airport.or.jp/en/index.asp Matsuyama Airport (island of Shikoku). http://www.matsuyama-airport.co.jp/ (in Japanese only) Narita International Airport (near Tokyo). http://www.narita-airport.jp/en/ Trains Japan Rail Pass. http://www.japanrailpass.net/eng/en001.html JR-EAST. To/from Narita Int'l Airport. http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/ JR-WEST. To/from Kansai Int'l Airport. http://www.westjr.co.jp/english/global.html Jorudan train route finder. http://www.jorudan.co.jp/english/index.html General Travel H.I.S. (travel agency). http://his-usa.com/en/top/Top.aspx Japan National Tourist Organization (JNTO). http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/ Japan Ryokan Association. http://www.ryokan.or.jp/index_en.html Japan Youth Hostels, Inc. http://www.jyh.or.jp/english JTB (Japan Travel Bureau) USA, Inc. http://www.jtbusa.com/ L.A. Walker, Culver City, CA. Relocation info for native Japanese. http://la-walker.net/ Pop Japan Travel. http://popjapantravel.com/ Sakura House: Tokyo Apartment & Guest House Agency. http://www.sakura-house.com Tokyo International Hostel. http://www.tokyo-ih.jp/en/index.html Tokyo Tourism Info, Tokyo Metropolitan Government. http://www.tourism.metro.tokyo.jp/english/ YES! TOKYO, TCVB (Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau). http://www.tcvb.or.jp/en/index_en.htm OTHER LINKS GaijinPot.com. For foreigners in Japan. http://www.gaijinpot.com/ JAL (Japan Airlines) Foundation. http://www.jal-foundation.or.jp/indexe.htm Japan Foundation. http://www.jpf.go.jp/e/index.html The Japan Foundation Forum, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan. http://jfforum.jpf.go.jp/ Museum of Contemporary Art, Koutou-ku, Tokyo, Japan. http://www.dnp.co.jp/museum/tokyo/tokyo-e.html?MU=2 |
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