Another true nipponophile’s resource
Looking for a portal of all things Japanese? I always am ;). check it:
J Guide: Stanford Guide to Japan Information Resources
[c/o Resourceshelf 22 jul '04]
Anyone who knows me well knows I love all things Japanese, and most/some things generally asian. Laid out like Yahoo, nice and image-sparse, the J Guide is part of the Virual Library for Japan, and is hosted and maintained by Stanford University.
Categories are very logically laid out, and each link notes how many hits it has received, as well as when it was listed. I even saw a bunch of links listed yesterday and the day before, which indicates the site is updated somewhat regularly. The listings also helpfully note page languages, so that if a page has a Japanese version, or only a Japanese version, you know before you go there. There aren’t tons of links in each category, which is nice, because they’ve pared it down to the useful and essential, without making it a mish mash garage sale of resources that you need to pick through. Every link is somehow useful without having to wade through useless links.
There’s even a Reference section that provides overall information on Japan, how to find overall information, and how to find *libraries* in Japan. So very cool.
Tags: checkitout, reference
