General Information on
Japan
Information
on major cities, prefectures of Japan
Japan Information Network
The Japan Times Online
Japan: a country study from the Library
of Congress
Japan Window: excellent "view" of life in
Japan
Schauwecker's Guide to Japan
Japan:
Traditional and Modern Culture
Key aspects of Japan
Japanese Information
J Guide on Japan: Stanford University
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Art, Music, Theater, Crafts
Kabuki
for everyone
Traditional Japanese Crafts
Japanese Travel Updates: culture and
tradition
Origami
More Origami
About Japan
Japanese Museums
Education
The
American School in Japan
Japan: a country study from the Library
of Congress
"Japan Window" site on
education * See above under general links
J Guide Education: Stanford
University
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Everyday
Life
Contemporary life in Japan: Japanese
National Tourist Bureau
Tokyo Food Page
History
Welcome
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Japanese History
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over seas. The webmaster has selected sites which have an English version.
The Opening of Japan
Meiji Period 1868 - 1912
The Meiji
Period
Tokugawa Japan 1603 - 1868
Japanese history
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki
A Bomb WWW Museum
Religion
Japanese Religions
Religion in Japan:
Shinto and Buddhism
Shinto
Religion and Customs
Japanese
Religion and Philosophy
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Resource Units for Teachers
Japan:
Resources for visual arts theme unit
Land of the Rising Sun
Asia for Educators
Curriculum Resources
Materials Grades K - 6
Curriculum Resources
Materials Grades 7-12
Diplomats Online
Fiction and Non Fiction
List: Japanese American Internment
Tailing
the Samurai's Tale
Five College Center for East
Asian Studies
National Clearing House for U.S. - Japan Studies
Sites for Younger Students
Kids Web Japan
Japanese Folktales
Yahooligans Japan
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Work Cited Page
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Dower, John W. Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II. New York:
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Gibney, Frank. The Pacific Century: American and Asia in a Changing World. New
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Hall, Eleanor. Life Among the Samurai. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books, 1999.
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Hoobler, Dorothy. Showa: the Age of Hirohito. New York: Atheneum, 1970.
Iwao, Sumiko. The Japanese Woman: Traditional Image and Changing Reality.
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Lifton, Betty Jean. Return to Hiroshima. New York: Antheneum, 1970.
Lum, Peter. The Growth of Civilization in East Asia: China, Japan, and Korea before
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Tuttle,
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Munsterberg, Hugo. The Arts of Japan: an Illustrated History. Rutland,
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Mura. David. Turning Japanese. New York: Atlanic Monthly Press, 1991.
Nardo, Don. Modern Japan. San Diego, Ca: Lucent books, 1995.
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Piggott, Juliet. Japanese Mythology. London: Hamlyn, 1969.
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Reiber, Beth. Frommer's Walking Tours Tokyo. New York: Macmillan, 1995.
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Whiting, Robert. The Chrysanthemum and the bat: Baseball Samurai Style. New
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Fiction
Clavell, James. Shogun. New York: Dell, 1975.
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Rowland, Laura Joh. The Way of the Traitor. New York. St. Martin's, 1998.
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