• General Information
• Architecture
• Arts and Crafts
• Clothing
• Culture
• Education
• Entertainment

• Festivals and Celebrations
• History
• Landscape and Climate
• Modern Japan
• Maps
• Nature
• Regions and Cities

Key aspects of Japan
- Links under headings headings: Traditional Japan (Entertainment, Culture & Art, Sports, Toys, Clothes, Food, Living, Religion) --  Modern Japan (Spirit, Social life, Leisure, Language, Education, Politics, Symbols, Events & holidays, Festivals) -- Nature (Animal. Plant, Geography)

Global Education Country Profile - Japan
- Brief information about Japan: the land, people, economy, achievements, challenges and links with Australia, from the Global Education website

Japan Fact Sheet
- Topics: Geography & Climate, Regions, Flora & fauna, Government, Culture, Economy, Sports, Society

Journey through Japan
- Topics covered include Famous places, Daily life, People and Culture & Society.  Also includes a Timeline, Photo gallery

Web Japan Video
- Topics: Culture and Society, Nature, Politics & Economy, Science & technology, Travel

World Fact Book – Japan
- Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications, Transport in Japan

Japanese houses
- Looks at the Structure, History and Inside a Japanese house. Take a virtual tour

Japanese castles and traditional Japanese homes
- A collection of images

Castles of Japan
- Select by name or geographic location

Bonsai
- Miniature plants, trees and landscapes

Ikebana
- Traditional flower arrangement

Origami
- Traditional art of paper folding

Traditional crafts Interactive
- Interactive map of regional crafts

Traditional crafts of Japan
- Includes Weaving, Dyeing, Pottery and Porcelain, Lacquer, Wood, Bamboo, Metal, paper, Stone, Dolls and Craft materials

Japanese art and culture links
- Traditional art, crafts and literature

Ukiyo-e
- Traditional Japanese art form

A brief history of Japanese clothing

Kimono
- History of the kimono, A man’s kimono, A woman’s kimono and a Child’s kimono

Kimono
- Design and diagram showing parts of the kimono

Footwear
- Traditional Japanese footwear

Traditional clothing
- Male and female clothing, hairstyles and shoes

Family life

Japanese delicacies
- Description and pictures of regional and traditional food

Japanese food
- the basics

Japanese food
- description of a range of Japanese traditional food

Living in Japan
- Japanese homes and household items,

Popular Japanese dishes
- Sashimi and Sushi, Domburimono, Tempura, Sukiyaki, Shabushabu, Okonomiyaki and Yakitori

Japanese gardens
- Information on the essential elements of a Japanese garden

Japanese manners and etiquette

Religion
- Descriptions of different aspects of religion in japan

Sado (Chado) - Japanese tea ceremony
- History and ritual of the tea ceremony

The Taian Teahouse
- Japan’s oldest and smallest remaining teahouse. Includes information on its layout and reconstruction

Education and Schooling
- An overview of everyday life in an Elementary School, a Junior High, a High School and information about educational reform. Images of school life.

Education Japan
- an overview of the Japanese school system

Japanese Education and Literacy
- History of Japanese system, Schools today and education issues including examinations

Bunraku
- Japanese puppet theatre

Geisha

Japanese entertainment links
- Traditional music, dance and drama

Kabuki
- Traditional Japanese theatre performance

Musical instruments
- Drums, stringed instruments and flutes

Noh
- Oldest form of Japanese theatre

Events and Holidays

Festivals celebrated in Japan

Holidays and Celebrations in Japan

Japanese Festivals
- Information on a variety of Japanese festivals

Traditional Annual Events
- Festivals and holidays organized by month and region

A brief History of Japan in the medieval period
- Contents: The era of wars – One nation – Foreigners - Tensions

Ancient Japan
- Includes early History, Japanese Buddhism, Culture – language, writing, women’s communities, music and art

Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire
- History of Japan from 16th–19th century. The website includes a timeline, descriptions of typical social roles (eg samurai, geisha, monk) and information about places around Edo

Geography
- Includes geographical features and climate

Landscape and Climate

Images of Japan
- Nature and landscape photos of Japan

Modern life in Japan
- Topics: Spirit, Social life, Leisure activities, Language, Education, Politics, Economy, Symbols.

Japan atlas Interactive
- Clickable map by regions with information on historical sites, Festivals, Architecture, Nature, Traditional crafts and Communities

Map
- Map of Japan by regions and cities Interactive

Japan: National Geographic Physical map

Maps of Japan (pdf) Printable
- Variety of maps including Land elevations, Major cities, roads and rivers, Blank map

Animals of Japan

Plants of Japan

Japan Slide Show
- Slide show and virtual reality tours of famous places in Japan

Regions of Japan
- Description of each region

Regions and Cities of Japan
- Select by region or search by keyword