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At Home in Japan by Jane Bachnik, National Institute of Multimedia Education ( Japan )
http://athome.nealrc.org/
An introduction to Japanese culture and society designed for students preparing to study abroad. Through images, video clips, games, quizzes, and text, the website outlines basic cultural interactions and misunderstandings that often occur when a foreigner stays in a Japanese household.
Cornell University Teahouse Project
http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/la694/
This site presents photos and videos of the construction of a Japanese teahouse on the Cornell campus in Spring 2003. Also includes background information on the Japanese tea ceremony, teahouse architecture, and tea gardens.
Cross Currents, University of Hawaii
http://www.crosscurrents.hawaii.edu:8080/jwork_e.asp
Japanese Studies Resources, Duke UniversityA bilingual Japanese-English site that enables students to explore Japan, the US, and the similarities and differences between the two countries. Topics include agriculture, employment, industries, labor unions, workplaces, and women.
http://library.duke.edu/research/subject/guides/japan/
The Japanese Studies Resources website of Duke University is divided into several main sections. Each section is further broken down into more specific categories and is easily searchable.
Japan Focus
http://www.japanfocus.org
Japan focus is a refereed electronic journal that includes translated and reprinted articles on politics, economics, society, history, culture, international relations, war and peace, and historical memory in Japan and the Asia-Pacific region.
Henry Smith’s Home Page
http://www.columbia.edu/~hds2/
Columbia University Professor Henry Smith’s website includes a bibliography for research on Japan, articles and publications, the full text of Learning From Shogun, syllabi for undergraduate and graduate classes, and more.
Stanford University Guide to Japan Information Resources
http://jguide.stanford.edu
The Stanford Guide to Japan Information Resources includes links organized in a wide variety of categories including: Arts and Entertainment, Government and Politics (useful links to Japanese government agencies), Education and Academia, Society and Culture, Language, Literature, and History, and Health and Medicine. Also contains links to Japanese media resources and other reference works.
Through Japanese Eyes
http://www.cipa-apex.org/books/through_japanese_eyes/
Richard H. Minear, ed.,Through Japanese Eyes. 4th ed., New York: The Apex Press, 2008. A considerable expansion and revision of this useful survey of Japanese culture, society,and people aims to recreate the reality of everyday life by letting Japanese speak for themselves. Also contains a link to the Teaching Strategies guide which offers suggestions for how to use this text in high school and college courses.
Carol Gluck"A rich anthology of historical and literary writings by Japanese combined with a wealth of information about Japan today, this reader is intended for the American classroom, where it will be appreciated by students and teachers alike. There is nothing else like it."