Aikido

http://www.aikiweb.com/

Associations for Martial Arts Practitioners

http://www.e-budokai.com/

Architecture

http://www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/japan/architecture.htm

Currency Calculator

http://www.xe.com/ucc/

Current Events

http://www.us.emb-japan.go.jp/jicc/Jnindex.html
(Japan Now: a monthly newsletter of current topics in Japanese politics, economics, society as well as Japan-related information from around the U.S. Published by the Embassy of Japan.)

Guides to Japan for Travel

http://www. lonelyplanet.com/destinations/north_east_asia/japan/
http://www.japan-guide.com/
http://www.jn to.go.jp/eng/

For The Classroom

http://www.jinjapan.org/
http://web-jpn.org/kidsweb/index.html
http://www.csuohio.edu/history/japan/

Haiku

http://www.toyomasu.com/haiku/
http://www.worldhaikureview.org/
http://www.us-japan.org/jsnc/virtualjapan/Sensei/haikubiblio.htm

Ikebana (flower arrangement)

http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/virtual/ikebana/ikebana.html

Japanese Books Website

http://www.geocities. com/ju stjapan2 000/books.htm http://www.kinokuniya.co.jp/english/
http://www.japanshoten.com/home/default.aspx

Japanese Education

http://www.mext.go.jp/english/
http://web-jpn.org/kidsweb/life.html

Japanese Food

http://www.sushi.infogate.de/
http://www.bento.com/tokyofood.html

Japanese Language

http://www.japanese-online.com/
http://sp.cis.iwate-u.ac.jp/sp/lesson/j/#level

Japanese Media

NHK (major TV station) http://www.nhk.or.jp/english/index.html
Asahi Shimbun (major newspaper publisher) http://www.asahi.com/
The Japan Times (largest English newspaper in Japan) http://www.japantimes.co.jp/
Mainichi Shimbun (major newspaper) http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/
Nikkei (major financial daily) http://www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/
Yomiuri (major newspaper) http://www.yomiuri .co.jp/index-e.htm

Japanese Noh Masks and Plays

http://www.nohmask21.com/
http://www.iijnet.or.jp/NOH-KYOGEN/english/english.html

Judo

http://JudoInfo.com/

Kabuki

http://www.pageandmoy.com/articles/kabuki-theater.aspx
http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/countries/japan/kabuki.html

Kamishibai (traditional Japanese story cards)

http://www.kamishibai.com/

Kimono

http://www.asahi-jc.com/vinkis.htm
http://www.nishijin.or.jp/eng/eng.htm

Language Learning Library

http://www.languagelearninglibrary.org/japanese/

Origami

http://www.origami.vancouver.bc.ca/
http://www.paperfolding.com/

Purchasing Japanese Goods from Abroad

http://www.japan-shop.com/

Shinto

http://ias.berkeley.edu/orias/visuals/japan_visuals/shinto.HTM

Shopping

http://www.paperlantern.net/ (flea market info)
http://gojapan.about.com/cs/shoppinginjapan/

Tea Ceremony

http://www.teahyakka.com/
http://www.welcome.to/chanoyu

Time in Japan

http://swissinfo.net/cgi/worldtime/clock.pl?Tokyo,Japan

Weather in Japan

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/weather_e/map.htm