Japan & Tokyo Links

Fresh Japan Links

General Information Japan

• Japanese National Tourist Organisation
  Well, sometimes indespensable
• Japanorama
  This is nearly everything!
• Japan Language Resource Center
  Kanji, Kana and all that stuff: Includes Tests!
• Quirky Japan Homepage
  Some unusual tipps for the advanced....
• Randy Johnson's Rural Getaways
  Something of the unknown Japan
• Japan Reference
  A whole database of links....
• Gaijin Network
  For foreigners from foreigners
  
• Jim Breen's Japanese Page
  Online dictonary, linguistics and computer stuff
• Mobile Phone Rental
  Stay connected while being in Japan
• Walk Japan
  Guided walking courses into the japanese country side
• Engrish
  So you think Japanese speak English? Very well.....
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Tokyo general information

• Captain Japan
  A diary featuring personal insights into Toyko life.
• Mid-Tokyo Maps
  A really delicate site exploring the central wards of Tokyo. Wonderful maps included.
  
• Realtokyo
  This webzine comes to no surprise. Nearly complete.
• Metropolis
  Distributed as a free print version here's the online survey.
  
• Timeout Tokyo
  The Toyko Branch of the well-known London magazine
• Pandemic Tokyo
  The "basics" from "Planet Tokyo": eat, sleep, see!
• Nokia Japan Tokyo Page
  Under the label "TokyoQ" a very comprehensive guide to nearly everything.
  
• Tokyo Subways
  8 lines, 177 km, 2500 cars, 5.6 mio passengers a day!
• Tokyo Leisure Page
  Very useful informations about going out in Tokyo. Restaurants, Pubs, Record-Stores. See also Tokyo Food Page
  
• Paperlantern
  Some useful hints on accomodation, sightseeing, internet access and others
  
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• Tokyo Toilet Map
  Some hints on a very delicate subject. Prefer clean or dirty?
  
• Tokyo Sento Map
  If you got dirty you might want to take a bath? But where and how? ("Sento" is public bath)
  
• Tokyo Sento Organisation
  Public baths in Tokyo
  
• Tokyo Damage Report
  For everything which went wrong...
• Outrageous Tokyo
  This link seems to be outdated, though featured on a lot of websites. It was a gay magazine with good survey on clubs and bars. Maybe it appears again?!
  
• Tokyo Pink Guide
  Looking for a blowjob in Harajuku? This site may help. Adults only!!
• SPIRAL
  80s style cultural center, in Aoyama
• Superfuture Tokyo Map
  Your guide to the hot shopping districts, like Aoyama...
• Made in Tokyo
  Foto blog by Frederic Gautron (in French)
• Tokyo Art Beat
  Events and news from the official arts
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Tokyo alternative art

• Command N
  Artist group in Akihabara
• FADs artspace
  self organized project in Kunitachi
• Rice+
  self organized project in Kyojima
  
• P3 alternative museum
  under a buddhist graveyard, near Shinjuku
• P-House
  One of the oldest spaces is back, now in Roppongi
• Tactical Museum
  News from art and underground
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Tokyo big art

• Mori Art Museum
  Newcomer and wonnabe big player. See also Roppongi Hills
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Tokyo and Japan weblogs

• Photokyo
  Photo journal from Tokyo and Japan
• Me and Tokyo
  Personal insights from a Tokyo inhabitant
• Tokyo Shoes
  Snapshots and blather from a shoe-loving girl
  
• Esthet
  a Tokyo perspective on photography
  
• Antipixel
  Jeremy's life in Japan
• Sushicam
  Because the name has not been already taken....
• Jeansnow
  Thrills, chills, and happy pills from the Tokyo front.
  
• Hunkabutta
  A stranger's life in pictures
• Big in Japan
  adventures from the gaijin ghetto
• Tokyo Ouja
  great chaos of Japonica
• Nippondaze
  a collective memory
• My private Tokyo
  Photo diary
• Geisha asobi blog
  crazy japanese pages
  
• Tokyo tales
  Best of Japlish and beyond
  
• Amsterdam - Tokyo
  Diary of dutch artist Hannie van den Bergh (in Dutch)
  
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Tokyo music, nightlife, clubscene

• Tokyo Nightclubbing
  Hints with different qualities; some insiders.
• Maniac Love
  One of the best clubs in town...
  
• Liquid Room
  Big space in Shinjuku
• Tokyo Bars by Worldsbestbars [Add 03-08-2004]
  Get some ideas from this side, but don't expect the ultimum!
  
• Super Deluxe [Add 09-12-2004]
  New hip club in Roppongi!
  
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Multimedia, Design

• PingMag
  Magazine about design and other cool stuff
• Hiropon Factory
  Design Group on the very edge ("Hiropon" is the japanese name for "speed".)
  
• Dumb Type
  Maybe the best known performance group in Japan?
• Joichi Ito
  A very busy and important person. Pioneer of cyberspace
• Maniackers Design
• Shift
  
• Digitalogue
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• Assemblylanguage
  Web guide to Tokyo avantgarde culture and art
  
• Asian Art Net
  Tokyo Galleries (+ China and Korea as well)
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• Shop 33
  Glorious Multimedia & Record Shop five stations from Shinjuku
  Now with new branch in Aoyama!
  
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Media + Internet

• Hot Wired Japan
  The japanese edition of Wired Magazine Website
• InterCommunication
  The media research facility of Japan Telecom (NTT)
• Glocom
  Mysterious Web-Intelligence company
• Atom Company
  Trendy Web-Design company from the very beginnings.
• CANON Art Lab
  No more available at www.canon.co.jp/cast
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Music, Sounds, Noise

• Frognation | Frogman records
  Electronic music complex, very nice design
• Ken Ishii
  Japan's Sven Väth, - but better than the original I find
• Sonic Net
  Another network for electronic music.
• Uplink factory
  Another (very small place) for contemporary music
• NOISE
  Internet Music Magazine
• Sony Music Techno Index
  Self explained...
• HEADZ/FADER
  Magazine, shop and music group.
  
• Cha Bashira
  Experimental music group
  
• Manual of Errors
  Another record shop for strange music. Near JR Koenji Station.
  
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Sake

• esake
  Sake delivery service, for Japan only. But good information on sake.
• Sake World
  Magazine edited by sake fetishist John Gauntner.
• Simply Sake
  All about Sake
  
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Sento & Onsen

• Tokyo Sento Map
  Find a public bath in Tokyo by clicking on the map
• Sento Group Flickr
  Help to collect sento pictures
• The MICHELIN guide to hotsprings
  Surprise! ***
• Dave's Natural and Traditional
  Hot Springs of Japan
• Hot Springs in Japan
  Official Japanese Page
• Onsen Page
  Strange but worthwile reading
• Hot Springs Guide in Nagano, Japan
  One of the best areas to go
• Tsuchiyu Onsen: Kawakami Onsen
  Just an example out of 100s
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Other

• Nagi Museum of Contemporary Art
  Far from Tokyo in the mountains of Hyogo. A wonderful complex by star architect Arata Isozaki.
  
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Japan in Frankfurt & Germany

• multi.trudi
  Artspace with strong ties to Japan and japanese culture
• Shibuyahot
  Label for japanese pop music and culture; in Frankfurt
  
• Nippon Connection
  Film festival in Frankfurt
• Intervall Audio
  Music exchange between Düsseldorf and Tokyo. Good luck!
  
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