Guidance and Information to help ease your life in Japan

• Color Map of Yamato-machi, showing restaurants, places of interest, roads, etc.  Provided by Yamato-machi town hall.
• From Hanna is a new service providing guides to daily living, travel and hobby ideas, online shopping, more links to Japan-related sites, AND IT IS ALL IN ENGLISH! This site is sponsored by Sony!
• Guide to Japan FULL of information on Japan, life here, working, education, dictionaries, shopping, more more more! Even Pen Pals and Life Chat rooms. The information does not stop.
• JapanFile:  Online shopping, media guides, business and finance links,. Foreign goods online shopping,  hard to find items in our area, Japan search engines, Also help with job hunting, travel questions in and around Japan, and much much more. 
• Telephone Directory & Addresses for Tokyo and outside of Tokyo.  TownPage listing and search IN ENGLISH 
• Gorgeous photos of Japan taken by IUJ Alumni Christopher Domitter for an online publication.  Here are even more for the Weekender.  And want to know about Skiing in Japan?  Check out these great shots by Christopher.
• Foreign Buyers Club - provides some of the foods, books, etc. from "home" especially if you are from Western countries. You can order online, pay with Bank Transfer, and get door-to-door delivery of a huge list of products. Sign up for their email coupon offer and get easy order information via email!
• Halal Foods for delivery!   New
• The First Indian e-Grocery Store in Japan!
• English Book store that takes orders over the Net - based in Kyoto with a cooperative relationship with an NYC bookstore.
• The Japan Travel Calculator
• Amazon.com now operates in Japan. You need to read Japanese or be a good guesser to use the site, but might be cheaper for delivery of books. I use the Amazon.com in the US to determine titles I want, then find it on this site.
• Japan Information Network - links and contact info for a variety of Japanese organizations, including employment contacts, homestays and exchange organizations, help for foreigners, and much much more.
• Japanese Manners and Etiquette guidelines. 
• Postal Information - rates, options, services and more (all in English)
• Prices in Tokyo for everything from movie tickets to fruits.  New New New
• A Japanese-English dictionary ONLINE and FREE!   More languages but good for J-E and E-J language help.
• Owning a Car Japan - purchasing, taxes and insurance, licenses, etc. See the OSS Homepage for information provided by IUJ. This site can provide confirmation or more details.
• Weather Forecast for Niigata, Japan
• Various topics from cooking tips to hospital guides.
• Japan FAQs "Know before you go"
• Places to stay in Tokyo. See the Career Homepages in the "After the Search" Section for more lists, but here is the most affordable weekly/monthly mansion we have found so far. LeoPalace