AN ASDP SELECTED LIST OF ENGLISH-LANGUAGE WORLD WIDE WEB RESOURCES

on JAPAN

by Kenneth Harris

October 3, 1996


Academies in Japan - links to college and university home pages

The Art Treasures of Seikado

ARTS OF ASIA - the fine arts magazine's home page

Asia Information Page - click on the map of Japan, or any other country

Asian Arts - galleries, exhibitions, auctions, etc.

Asia-Pacific Network - home pages for H-ASIA, H-JAPAN, H-ANZAU, KIAPS

Association for Asian Studies

Background to Noh-Kyogen - the traditional Japanese theatre

Center for Japanese Studies - UCLA

Chado: The Way of Tea - a wonderful page at the University of Illinois

East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii

Haiku Home Page - with links to other haiku sites, some of them "hokey"

Info Asia

Internet Movie Data Base - key in the name of the film, director, actor, etc.

Japan Foundation - Tokyo

Japan Information Network

JAPAN TIMES - a daily newspaper, in English

The Japan Ukiyo-e Museum Home Page - the XXth century woodblock prints

The Japan Web Guide - Forest Linton's extensive list: over 700 Japanese web sites

Japan World Wide Web Virtual Library

Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Japanese Studies Resources - Duke University

Japanese Text Initiative - several texts in English and Japanese of classic literature

K-12 in Japan - elementary, middle, and high schools on-line; some in English

Kabuki For Everyone

Keidenran - Japan Federation of Economic Organizations

Akira Kurosawa Database - the master filmmaker of Japan

Kyodo News World Wide Web Server - a Japanese equivalent of the Associated Press

NEW YORK TIMES - presently free access

Nihon Dumo Kyokai Home Page - the official organization for sumo wrestling

Noh Mask Home Page - 20 character masks

On-Line Newspapers - links to Japanese and other papers on-line

Professional Baseball (Japan) - up-to-date data, schedules, standings, etc.

Edwin O. Reischauer Inst. of Japanese Studies - at Harvard University

The Japan FAQ: Know Before You Go - one man's answers to frequently asked questions about Japan

Syllabus and Bibliography Collection, ASDP

A Tea Ceremony Home Page - in English

Ukiyo-e: The Pictures of the Floating World - a stunning site

Videotapes on Japan: resources at Sinclair Library, U. of Hawaii

Voice of America Global News - searchable by country

WASHINGTON POST - maintains an archive of stories, searchable by nation

World Wide Web Sites in Japan - compiled and maintained at Leiden Univ., Netherlands

Yahoo! - one of many free "search engines" for the Web


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