A huge collection of photos of the Great Kanto Earthquake categorized by area, on the site of the National Museum of Nature and Science. Impressive and depressing.

JPN | Great Kanto Earthquake | 06/27/2010 | Info | Review

Blog that presents Japan “as it is.” “As in any country, the people and its customs range from the sublime to the silly, but this site will not be informed by the fashionable irony and ill-concealed sense of superiority that too frequently infects the foreigner’s view of Japan.”

ENG | Blogs | 06/07/2008 | Info | Review

Bibliographies of online and offline resources and research papers related to manga and anime.

ENG | Manga & Anime | 11/28/2003 | Info | Review

Complete texts of Japanese literary books that have expired copyright.

JPN | Literature & Books | 06/27/2008 | Info | Review

Artelino is a family-run business located in a small village in Bavaria, Germany, specializing in the sale of Japanese and Chinese art prints and paintings. Highly recommended.

ENG, GER | Ukiyo-e & Hanga | 01/23/2008 | Info | Review

Multi-lingual multi-cultural social networking site offering blogs, groups, the ability to upload video clips and photos, etc. Asoboo means let’s play.

CHN, ENG, JPN, KOR, SPA | Online Communities | 07/29/2008 | Info | Review

Provides the who, what, and why of UCLA’s involvement with the development of the atomic bomb and nuclear issue for over six decades.

ENG | Atomic Bombings | 01/30/2009 | Info | Review

Japanese and English database service designed to promote cooperation among industry, academia and government. ReaD is the only Web site that collects and provides scientific information on research institutes, researchers, research projects and research resources in Japan.

ENG, JPN | Science | 12/22/2008 | Info | Review

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport sent out an appeal throughout Japan for information about attractive local tourism resources. The results, many of them newly discovered or re-discovered, have been compiled on this site. Search by theme, keyword or location.

ENG, JPN | Travel | 06/20/2008 | Info | Review

Digitized documents of Japanese history such as drift diaries written during the Edo period and Japan research documents written by non-Japanese, available online at the site of Doshisha University in Kyoto.

ENG, JPN | History | 05/21/2009 | Info | Review