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Hello and Welcome to our
ongoing Japan Festival. Here you
will find many interesting links
to explore including language
lessons, travel tips, places to
go, and business information.
The newest section gives a summary
of Japanese historical periods.</font>
<cite>last update Mar 21, 2000</cite>
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<td><h3>Anime</h3>
<p><pre><cite>
Anime probably should go under
Entertainment but it's such a
popular and large area we're
giving it a spot of its own.
What is it? Anime is a style
of animation and drawing.
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some Anime Words
anime - A Japanese word for animation.
Pronounced by them "ah-neem-uh" without stress.
For Westerners it also conjurs up a certain way
of drawing- a style. Generally anime refers to
video/movies while manga refers to comic books.
dojinski - fan drawn works which copy existing
commercial storylines in manga.
hentai - erotic works
manga - comic books!
otaku - literally a big fan but usage tends
towards something similar to our "geek" used
in a perjorative way.
shoujo anime - for young girls.
shounen anime - for young boys.
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<p>These are all Western sites about anime/manga
- if you have some good Japanese ones
please <a href="mailto:hexdancer@hotmail.com">email us...</a>
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<p><a href="http://www.cs.mun.ca/~anime/afs/p_index.html" target="bottom">Alan Takahashi's Anime Pocket Guide to characters and stories</a>
<p><a href="http://www.ex.org" target="bottom">Ex Org's nicely produced online world of anime and manga</a>
<p><a href="http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/3068/" target="bottom">You can get an anime background for your webpage here</a>
<p><a href="http://www.chibi.simplenet.com/anime/" target="bottom">Anime toys! (the attack of..)</a>
<p><a href="http://www.anipike.com/" target="bottom">Anime Web - very complete links to all aspects</a>
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<td><font color="#c0c0c0" face="Helvetica,Arial" size=2><h3>Business</h3>
<p><pre><cite>There are a huge number of Japanese
companies on the Web and this is just a small
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<cite>Some Company Sites</cite></font>
<p><A HREF="http://www.ajinomoto.co.jp/" target="bottom">Ajinomoto Foods</A>
<p><a href="http://www.honda.co.jp/eng/" target="bottom">Honda</a>
<p><A HREF="http://www.jtnet.ad.jp/WWW/JT/JTI/index-j.html" target="bottom" >Japan Tobbaco</A>
<p><A HREF="http://www.toppan.com/kirin/" target="bottom" >Kirin Beer</A>
<p><a href="http://www.nintendo.com/home/index.html" target="bottom">Nintendo</a>
<p><a href="http://www.shiseido.co.jp/e/" target="bottom">Shiseido</a>
<p><a href="http://www.sony.co.jp/" target="bottom">Sony</a>
<p><a href="http://www.toshiba.co.jp/high.htm" target="bottom">Toshiba</a>
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<cite>Finance Related and News</cite>
<p><a href="http://www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/enews/index.html" target="bottom">NIKKEI
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<h3>Entertainment</h3><h5> and Culture</h5></font>
<p>First, you'll need some food! <a href="http://www.japanese-recipes.com"> Here</a> you can get seasonal
recipes in English and order things as well.</pre>
<p><a href="http://www.bento.com/tokyofood.html" target="bottom">Tokyo Food Page</a>
<p><a href="http://www.nbn.co.jp" target="bottom">Nagoya Ukiyo-e Museum - a must!</a>
<p><a href="http://www.express.co.jp/ALLES/ART-JAPAN/" target="bottom">Art Japan Network</a>
<p><a href="http://www.jpan.org" target="bottom">Japan Performing Arts Net</a>
<p><a href="http://www.wnn.or.jp/wnn-craft/eng/" target="bottom">Traditional Crafts and Industries</a>
<p><a href="http://www.st.rim.or.jp/~liliko/club/club.html" target="bottom">
Some clubs in Tokyo</a>
<p><a href="http://www.so-net.or.jp/tokyoq/" target="bottom">Tokyo Q</a>
<p><img src="tv_a.gif"><img src="tv_a.gif">
<p><a href="http://www.so-net.ne.jp/CYBERJAPAN/index.html"
target="bottom">Cyberjapan TV</a>
<p><a href="http://www.bekkoame.or.jp/~kasait/butoh/butoh-e.htm" target="bottom">Butoh Dance</a>
<p><a href="http://www.godzilla-japan.com/" target="bottom">Godzilla!<img src="god_l_anim.gif" width=80 height=60 border=0></a>
<p><a href="http://www.tni.co.jp/sogetsu/sogetsu-e.html" target="bottom">Ikebana</a>
<p><a href="http://www.fix.co.jp/kabuki/kabuki.html" target="bottom">Kabuki</a>
<p><a href="http://www.mainichi.co.jp/sumo/index.html" target="bottom">Sumo - culture and sport!</a>
<p><a href="http://akebono.stanford.edu/users/jerry/sumo/" target="bottom">More Sumo</a>
<p><a href="http://www.teahyakka.com/" target="bottom">Tea</a>
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<h3>Language</h3>
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<p>To Westerners the Japanese language and
writing system can appear truly daunting.
The best way to start is with a simple
phrasebook. After you've become a little
familiar with the basics go to a more
serious language book concurrently
with a book on the writing system. There
are three different character sets in the
Japanese writing system. Kanji is derived
from ancient Chinese characters (there are
over five thousand of them!) while Hiragana
and Katakana are more recent developements
and are phonetic (and not nearly so
numerous). Hiragana is mostly used as a
phonetic add-on to kanji. It was originally
developed as a writing system for women to
learn. Katakana is mostly used to spell out
Western words that have been borrowed for
Japanese usage.
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<p><a href="http://enterprise.ic.gc.ca/cgi-bin/j-e" target="bottom">Dictionary</a>
<p><a href="http://www-japan.mit.edu/articles/JapaneseLanguage.html"
target="bottom">MIT's Intro</a>
<p><a href="http://members.aol.com/Joyo96/index96.html"
target="bottom">Characters Intro</a>
<p><a href="http://www.shodouka.com/" target="bottom">This page allows you to view
Japanese language
sites as the Japanese see them</a>
<p><a href="http://www.rim.or.jp/nisshinkyo" target="bottom">Assoc for Promotion of the Japanese Language</a>
<p><a href="http://www.bekkoame.or.jp/~cji/" target="bottom">Watch a Kanji
character being drawn</a>
<p><a href="http://ftp.monash.edu.au/pub/nihongo/">Collection</a> of utilities
for learning Japanese.
<p><a href="http://www.humanjapanese.com/forum/">humanjapanese.com</a> have a free forum for people
learning Japanese.
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<p><a href="http://www.jnto.go.jp/" target="bottom">Japan National Tourist
Office</a>
<p><a href="http://www.japan-guide.com" target="bottom">Guide to Japan</a>
<p><a href="http://www.yadokari.co.jp/home_E.htm" target="bottom">Hotels and Inns</a>
<p><a href="http://expedia.msn.com/wg/Roo.1/Asi.206/Wor.15335/Cou.15336/209.htm"
target="w">Expedia.com</a>
<p><a href="http://www.artisandevelopers.com/web/tokyo" target="_new"><pre>Roger and Marilyn's
photo tour of Tokyo.
Nice pics and good for
those who are apprehensive
as you get taken through
the airport, transport
to the city, subways, etc</pre></a>
<p><a href="http://perso.worldonline.fr/ol1jb/Index.htm">Olivier's A Look into Japan</a> has a
slide show and a forum for
french speakers.
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<h3>Support</h3>
<p><pre><cite>
Japan has an innately safe and civil society but
if problems do arise it's comforting to have
someone to talk to or attend to whatever it is.
A slight case of feeling out of place might be
cured by looking in the <a href="http://www.japantimes.co.jp">Japan Times</a> for a
Western Bar and going for a chat and a drink. In the
case of medical or legal problems your Embassy
will help with information.
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Andrew Grimes lives in Tokyo and has an
<a href="http://www2.gol.com/users/andrew/" target="bottom">information site</a> on counselling, psycho-
therapy, and online support.
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<center><h3>General Guides</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.jinjapan.org/atlas" target="bottom">Japan Atlas</a>
<p><a href="http://www.gol.com/jguide/" target="w">Japan Web Guide </a>
<p><a href="http://www.majic.co.jp/TELLnet" target="bottom">Services for foreigners living in Japan</a>
<p><a href="http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Cafe/5437/Price.html"
target="bottom">Various Prices in Japan</a>
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<h3>History</h3>
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<b>Jomon period (ca 10,000-300BC) </b>
Early Jomon people were mostly food gathering nomads living on the coasts.
From about 3500BC the focus shifted to inland areas and then from 2000BC
it shifted back to the coast.
<b>Yayoi Period (ca 300BC-AD300)</b>
Significant cultural transition as migrants came from rice growing areas on the
Asian mainland. At the end of this period Japan was a nation of farming villages.
<b>Kofun Period (ca AD300-710)</b>
Family clan communities developed. Buddhism arrived. An aggresive clan,
the Soga endeavored to make Buddhism the state religion. Government
is becoming more centralised. Location of capital changed twice before the
end of the seventh century.
<b>Nara Period (710-794)</b>
Saw full enforcement of centralised imperial rule. All land used to farm rice
was claimed to be imperially owned. Arts and culture flourish.
<b>Heian Period (794-1185)</b>
Site of capital was moved to Heiankyo, the forerunner to present day Kyoto
and capital until 1868. A glorious time for arts and culture of all kinds.
Towards the end of this period the government of provincial areas was
neglected. The Lords of provincial estates began to fight amongst themselves
and this brought an end to the stability and peace of the Heian period.
<b>Kamakura Period (1185-1333)</b>
Minamoto no Yoritomo (no means 'of' - same as 'von' or 'de') was the victor
and granted the title of Shogun. The Emperor remained (powerless) in Kyoto
while the new center of govenment was set up in Kamakura.
At this time there were great improvements in agricultural techniques and this
enabled a significant increase in the population. Buddhism became popular
amongst the samurai and common people due to new doctrines being
preached.
Towards the end of this period the system of military governors began to
fail. Extra strain was put on the system by two unsuccessful Mongol invasions.
<b>Muromachi Period (1333-1568)</b>
The capital was returned to Kyoto and the Shogunate joined in aristocratic
pursuits. At this time there were futher improvements in agricultural techniques
and the craftsmen's guilds appeared. A money economy spread and towns
and cities arose.
An Ashikaga shogun was assassinated in 1441 and the relationship between
the shogunate and the provincial military governors broke down. This led
to the Age of Warring States which lasted a hundred years until 1568.
<b>Momoyama Period (1568-1600)</b>
A time of great artistic achievement and also a time of war as attempts were
made to re-centralise the government.
A class system was introduced and only samurai were allowed to carry
weapons. The tea ceremony as it is known today came to be under Sen no
Rikyu - Toyotomi Hideyoshi's teamaster.
<b>Edo Period (1600-1868)</b>
Tokugawa Ieyasu, after a fending off a challenge from war lords in Western
Japan became shogun and moved the capital to Edo, the site of present
day Tokyo.
The system of government combined feudal authority with bureaucratic
administration. The lords, or daimyo had to sware allegiance to the
shogunate and also had to spend a certain time per year at court.
This era saw a huge increase in trade, wealth, and the importance of
Edo itself. There was a rise in importance of merchants though they were
still classified at the bottom of the social heap.
<b>Meiji Period (1868-1912)</b>
The emporer is restored as ruler as the complicated bureacracy of the
shoguns falls apart amid fears for Japan's hegemony brought on by the
forceful opening of the trade barriers by Commodore Perry.
The Meiji period saw the rapid industrialisation of Japan.
<b>Taisho Period (1912-1926)</b>
The depression saw a polarization between left and right, as elsewhere.
There were a series of political assassinations which helped usher in
the rise of the military.
<b>Showa Period (1926-1989)</b>
Emperor Hirohito succeeded Emperor Taisho on his death in 1926.
The rise of the military saw Japan's entry into World War II and their
defeat saw their eclipse.
The subsequent re-construction of Japan saw the country emerge as
one of the world's economic powerhouses.
<b>Heisei Period (1989 -)</b>
Emperor Hirohito died in 1989 and was succeeded by his son
Akihito.
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