J-pop: Sing and dance your way to stardom.
J-pop (Wikipedia)
J-Pop’s dream factory (The Guardian)
List of Japanese celebrities (Wikipedia)
TV Stars (Japan Zone)
Anime: Cartoons for every taste, from children’s favourites to fantasy, sci-fi, romance, drama and even horror!
Anime (Japan Zone)
Tokyo Anime Guide (japan-guide.com)
Origins of Anime (openculture.com)
Manga: Reading is so much more fun with pictures.
Manga (Wikipedia)
Manga and anime (japan-guide.com)
Manga and anime – Japan culture (Inside Japan)
Tezuka in English (Find out about Osamu Tezuka, an early Manga writer and creator of Astro Boy.)
Fashion: Lead the world with cutting-edge fashion from the streets of Harajuku, Tokyo.
High school real talk: Fashion boosts our spirits (The Japan Forum)
Bringing seifuku to the world (The Japan Forum)
Expressing my world through shironuri (The Japan Forum)
Harajuku fashion (Japanese Streets)
Japan Pop Culture Views: Cosplay (Japan Monthly, JNTO)
Taiko: Exciting and energetic drumming performances.
Taiko (Wikipedia)
A basic intro to taiko and why it’s awesome (tofugu.com)
Learning new taiko music (taikoskin blogspot)
This is a Japanese drum line! (YouTube – 3:52)
Mt.Fuji Taiko Festival (Japanese high school drummers) (YouTube – 9:58)
Japanese drumming Taiko rhythm from drum tent WOMAD 2012 (YouTube – 0:54)
Kabuki & noh: Japanese theatre and drama is both unique and fascinating.
Kabuki theatre (Japan Zone)
Noh theatre (Japan Zone)
Noh: What is noh? (Kids Web Japan)
Invitation to Kabuki and Introduction to Noh (Japan Arts Council )
What’s Kabuki (Kabuki official website)
Introducing the world of Noh (the-NOH.com)
Koto: Musical instruments to suit all styles and tastes.
Koto (Kids Web Japan)
A performance of ‘Sakura Sakura’ by professional koto player Fuyuki Enokido (YouTube)
Yuko Watanabe – Smooth Criminal (cover) (YouTube)
Shodou: Every word is a brush-painted masterpiece.
Shodo (Kids Web Japan)
Japanese Calligraphy: How to Write with a Brush (YouTube video)
School of Shodo (The art of traditional Japanese calligraphy)