Mr. Henry

Links:

General Sites: these cover many of your topics

Contemporary Japan: Society and Culture
http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/at_japan_soc/

JGuide: Stanford Guide to Japan Information Resources
http://jguide.stanford.edu/

Japan Guide.com; you need to explore a bit here, but there is lots of information
http://www.japan-guide.com/

Japan Factbook
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Teaching and Learning About Japan
http://www.csuohio.edu/history/japan/index.html



Electronics

Search the JGuide under “General Sites” above


Samurai/Bushido

Japanese Samurai
http://www.artelino.com/articles/samurai.asp

Bushido
http://mcel.pacificu.edu/as/students/bushido/bindex.html

Samurai
http://mcel.pacificu.edu/as/students/bushido/bsamurai.html

Samurai History
http://www.ospreysamurai.com/



The Tokugawa Shogunate

The Tokugawa Shogunate
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/TOKJAPAN/SHOGUN.HTM

Tokugawa Japan
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/TOKJAPAN/CONTENT1.HTM

Japanese History: Edo Period
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2128.html



Shinto Religion

Shinto
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2056.html

Shinto Religion of Japan
http://www.cs.indiana.edu/~port/teach/relg/shinto.sketch.html

Shinto
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/ANCJAPAN/SHINTO.HTM


Kabuki Theatre

Kabuki
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2090.html

Kabuki: Traditional Theatrical Arts
http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/countries/japan/kabuki.html

Shochiku Kabuki Pavilion
http://www.kabuki.gr.jp/pavilion/index.html

Kabuki Theater
http://www.artelino.com/articles/kabuki_theater.asp



Ikebana

Ikebana International Gallery
http://www.ikebana.org/Gallery.html

Nihonkoryu Ikebana School; great gallery of examples, arranged by season
http://www.nihonkoryu.org/nihonkoryu/contents-e.html



Japanese Gardens

Zen Gardens; great interactive site with details about each garden
http://academic.bowdoin.edu/zen/

Seiwa-en; an example of a Japanese garden
http://www.outside-in.com/seiwa-en/index2.html

Japanese Gardens; the elements link is great; the types link is empty
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/ealac/V3613/gardens/overview.html

Japanese Gardens; includes links to some famous ones
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2099.html



Martial Arts

Martial Arts
http://www.japan-zone.com/omnibus/martial.shtml


Hiroshima and the Aftermath

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/index_e2.html

The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/abomb/mpmenu.htm

Photography Gallery Hiroshima; includes first person recollections
http://www.lclark.edu/~history/HIROSHIMA/gallery.html



Japanese Architecture (homes)

Homes and Urban Residences
http://www.csuohio.edu/history/japan/japan16b.html

Japanese Homes and Apartments
http://www.stonebridge.com/ash/Pages/apartments.html

Japanese Homes; made for kids, but good photos and explanations
http://www.psd70.ab.ca/broxton/Tutorial%20folder/Japan%20WebQuest/houses.html


Robotics

Robotics in Japan
http://transit-port.net/Lists/Robotics.in.Japan.html

ASIMO the Robot
http://asimo.honda.com/

Tea Ceremony

Japanese Tea Ceremony
http://www.holymtn.com/tea/Japanesetea.htm

Japanese Tea Ceremony
http://www.teamuse.com/article_001001.html?OVRAW=%22japanese%20tea%20ceremony%22&OVKEY=ceremony%20japanese%20tea&OVMTC=standard

Kamikaze Pilots

Kamikaze Threat
http://www.pbs.org/perilousfight/psychology/the_kamikaze_threat/



Baseball in Japan

Jim Allen’s Japanese Baseball Page
http://www2.gol.com/users/jallen/jimball.html

Japanese Baseball
http://www.baywell.ne.jp/users/drlatham/baseball/yakyu/yakyu.htm



The Japanese Workplace

The Workplace
http://www.eltnews.com/guides/living/work.shtml



Food as an Art Form

Kaiseki
http://japanesefood.about.com/library/weekly/aa061100a.htm

Introduction to Japanese Food
http://www.chinesewhispers.info/jap-food.htm

Virtual Tour of Japan

Visit travel sites for photos, and search Google for photos.

Where to Go; this will give you some ideas of places to look up
http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-753928-japan_where_to_go-i


Calligraphy

Calligraphy
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2095.html

Calligraphy
AboutJapan
http://japanese.about.com/cs/calligraphy/index.htm?once=true&



Japanese Anime

AnimeInfo.org
o Scroll down to “Classes/papers” for links
http://www.animeinfo.org/animeu.html

Japanese Animation on the WWW
http://alumni.imsa.edu/~leda/anime/



Do’s and Don’ts in Japan

Japanese Etiquette
Japan-guide.com
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e622.html

Etiquette and Manners
http://jguide.stanford.edu/site/etiquette_manners_2114.html


Social Conventions and Etiquette
http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-753951-japan_social_conventions_and_etiquette-i



Origami

JapanZone
History of Origami
http://www.japan-zone.com/culture/origami.shtml

Joseph Wu Origami
Illustrations, instructions, articles, and links
http://www.origami.as/home.html