- Bandmasters Academic Society of Japan - Promoting Japanese band music. Activities and lecture on brass playing.
www.basj.or.jp/index-e.html
- Barbara's Enka Site - Detailed description of the genre, profiles of performers, album reviews, audio samples, and links.
www.quixium.com/enka
- Bonsai's Jpop Pages & Jpop Search Engine - An extensive resource of Japanese music, idol and entertainment links. Over 10,000 Jpop pages indexed by category and searchable by keyword.
jpop.hatch.co.jp
- Centigrade-J (JPop) - Translations of newest JPop in English. Unique artist profiles and reviews.
centigrade.blandplanet.com
- Ele-Bugi - Journal of hip hop in Japan, including artists, discography, audio samples, and articles.
www2.eccosys.co.jp/~elebugi/index2_e.html
- Enka Song on Internet - Singer offers audio files and links to lyrics.
www4.justnet.ne.jp/~yasumaru/ENKA01-E.HTM
- Famous Japanese - Large photo collections of current popular Japanese musicians, performers, and more.
www.kyoto-su.ac.jp/information/famous
- Fujisawa Symphony Orchestra - Includes schedule and history.
www.asahi-net.or.jp/~HR3I-USOD/english.html
- Icepoint - Extensive resource for jpop/jock/Jdrama contents and mp3s.
www.icepoint.com
- Improvised Music from Japan - Independent labels, upcoming concerts, and artists/groups including profiles, discographies, and interviews.
www.japanimprov.com/index.html
- J-Fan - Japanese entertainment directory, devoted to Jpop, anime, and video games.
j-fan.com
- J-Pop Fan Club - BBS for J-Pop fans.
groups.yahoo.com/group/JPOPfans
- J-Pop Station 2000 - A collection of Jpop MP3s, updated frequently.
members.aol.com/jpop00
- J-Rock Fanfic Archive - Large fan fiction archive.
web.singnet.com.sg/~jinnai/Tempo.html
- Japan Mania - Jpop artists' websites and song collection, with new and old songs from Japanese singers.
www.geocities.com/x-hawk
- Japanese Channel - J-Rock & J-pop galleries, MP3s, wallpapers etc. Features X-Japan, Hide, L'Arc~en~Ciel, Luna Sea, Glay, Gackt, Shazna, Speed, Max, Namie Amuro etc.
www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Field/4849
- Japanese Women Composers - A collection of links and sources related to various Japanese women composers.
music.acu.edu/www/iawm/pages/earth/comp/japancomp.html
- JPop Lyric Station - Contains romanized Japanese lyrics of several J-pop songs.
www.homestead.com/JPopLyricStation
- Juice Music Magazine - Monthly bilingual music magazine from Tokyo, with interviews, reviews, previews, columns and artists from both the live band and club circuits.
www.juicemusic.com
- Koto Workshops - Koto workshops offered by koto master Yoko Hiraoka. Local workshops are in the Boulder/Denver area of Colorado, however Ms. Hiraoka will also travel to your location.
atlas.csd.net/~yhiraoka
- Mirage - All about Luna Sea, L'Arc-en-ciel, Glay, and other J-rock bands. Has mp3s, real audio, fan pictures and art, lyrics/translations, and guitar chords.
www.geocities.com/enter_mirage
- Nihon Musique - Offers information about Japanese music and J-Pop/J-Rock artists. Includes lyrics, charts, audio files, artists profiles and discographies.
www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Teahouse/5000/index.html
- Nihon no Pops - Japanese Pop from the 1950s to the 1990s.
home.earthlink.net/~glenn_mariko/nihon.htm
- Oni to Sakura: - Jrock and Jpop site with mp3s, downloads, icons, graphics, layouts, winAMP skins, wallpapers, postcards, and lyrics.
www.angelfire.com/goth/ots
- Opera Japonica - Comprehensive coverage of opera in Japan; includes monthly schedules, reviews, interviews, international reports, and multimedia files.
www.Operajaponica.org
- Project E/J - The J-Rock fan art archive. Featuring Luna Sea, Glay, L'Arc~en~Ciel, Dir en grey and various bands.
www.geocities.com/project_edge
- Resources on Musics - Listening guide, women in Japanese music, articles on popular music including enka, JPop, and karaoke, the national anthem, list of recordings, and a music journal.
mailer.fsu.edu/~ataniguc/index-e.html
- Rushed Blue - Guide to several new J-rock and unsigned bands.
www.rushedblue.com
- The J-Rock Saga - Japanese Rock and visual kei resources.
saga.smutstars.com
- Tokyo Indie Gig Guide - Links to indie venues in Tokyo, gig guides and related resources.
www.geocities.com/mrcraige/index.html
- Tokyo Weekender: Music - Music articles from the Tokyo bi-weekly publication for the English-speaking community.
www.weekender.co.jp/MovieMusic/Music/MusicIndex.html
- Tripod Center - JPop - This is a collection of several cool independent fan pages for a bunch of different Japanese rock bands.
www.tripod.com/explore/centers/jpop
- Umichan's Japanese Artist Image Gallery - Image galleries of various Japanese artists including j-pop, j-rock, and anime singing seiyuu.
www.angelfire.com/ca5/elf
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