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Links for Japanese Religions

General:

• Japanese Journal of Religious Studies
• Papers on Japanese Religion
• Religion in Contemporary Japanese Society
• Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture
• Society for the Study of Japanese Religions
• Polls of religious belief in Japan
• Japanese Mythology
• Map and basic facts
• Satellite view of Japan
• Japanese E-text collection

Shinto:

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• Shinto Online Network Association
• Glossary of Shinto Terms
• Essays on Matsuri (festivals)
• Ise Shrine
• Meiji Shrine
• Yasukuni Shrine
• Suitengu shrine
• Shinto mounted archery ritual
• Sacred Places in Japan
• Live view of Mt. Fuji

Buddhism:

• Glossary of Buddhist term
• Buddhist philosophy
• Zen Buddhism links
• Buddhism links

• Shin Buddhism Network
• Shin Dharma Net
• Jodo Shinshu
• Amida Sutra (illustrated)
• Jodo Shinshu Handbook for Laymen
• Japanese Buddhist Centers
• Renjo-ji
• Enryakuji
• The Millennium at Zojoji Temple
• Nichiren Shoshu website
• Aum Shinrikyo website

New Religions:

• Essays on New Religions
• Tenrikyo website
• Tenri University
• Soka Gakkai International (Japan)
• Soka Gakkai International (USA)
• "A Sect's Political Rise Creates Uneasiness in Japan"

Art:

• Slides of Japanese art
• Meiji period woodblock prints
• Lady Murasaki Shikibu

Articles:

• Sumo Ban on Women
• "Still Wary of Outsiders, Japan Expects Immigration Boom"
• "Women Win a Battle, but Job Bias Still Rules Japan"
• "The Social Contradictions of Japanese Capitalism" (Atlantic Monthly)
• New trends in Japanese education (Far Eastern Economic Review)
• Review of The Rape of Nanking
• Jews of Japan
• Short article on wa (harmony)

Sumo:

• Nihon Sumo Kyokai
• O-Sumo
• Sumo World (magazine)
• Sumo Web
• Sumo Web Pages

• Taiko Drumming