This site is a huge reference hub with more than 150,000 well-written articles on nearly every subject known to man and has a lot of in-depth material you won’t find elsewhere.

reference.allrefer.com/country-guide-study/japan/

This page details 500 famous people in Japan, from comedians to athletes, movie stars to singers.

htpp://www.kyoto-su.ac.jp/information/famous/

Welcome to How to Japanese, where Japan, and its people come together under such classifications as Anatomy, How to Walk, Language, School, Apologize, Office, Leisure, and more.

http://home.inter.net/glaabs/

Japan 101

An on-line encyclopedia with thousands of entries on every aspect of Japanese culture and society, along with a huge photo library of more than 3500 images.

http://www.japan-101.com/

A great place to buy anything from Pocky to electronic dictionaries. The top seller is the ever-popular “Nihon-jin kanojo boushuuchuu” (Looking for a Japanese girlfriend) T-shirt. They ship all over the world.

http://www.jlist.com/PG/

Japan Reference

This site has been the premier web portal for Japan-related content since it was founded in 1999. With nearly 10,000 links, if you can’t find what you’re looking for here, it probably doesn’t exist.

http://www.jref.com/

Quirky Japan

The Quirky Japan Homepage provides information about oddities such as the The Meguro Parasitological Museum, the Thousand Person Bathtub, love hotels, temple lodging, and the Yakiimo man (the ice cream man's evil twin).

http://www.quirkyjapan.or.tv/

The Foreign Buyer’s Club

They’ve been in business for more than 12 years and have been a godsend to foreigners with cravings for products from home. Groceries, books, and great educational materials for kids as well.

http://www.fbcusa.com

The Flying Pig

Just because you don’t live near a Costco doesn’t mean you can’t take advantage of the low prices. Place an order and the folks at the Flying Pig will ship it to you within 72 hours.

http://ww.theflyingpig.com/tfp/Shop.ASP

These useful websites will help you avoid waking up your loved ones at 2am.

http://www.worldtimeserver.com/