Body & Society    / An academic journal by SAGE for the social and cultural analysis of the human body

Reproductive Technologies Web    / An insightful site about basic concepts of social theory related to science, technology and the body

OrgansWatch     / Interdisciplinary site of "Social Justice, Human Rights, and Organ Transplantation" at Berkeley

Centre for the Study of Body Culture     / At Tsukuba University (especially about sport)

A manual for "using your body" in Japan   / Some useful advice of how to be more Japanese than the Japanese

Hadaka matsuri   / An article about the tradition of ritual purification, in which naked men end up in chilly water ...

Yakushi Nyorai: the Buddha of medicine and healing   / Introducing the religious background of medicine

Japan's No Aerobic       / Interview with Laura Ginsberg (Spielvogel), the author of Working Out In Japan in the HARVARD MAGAZINE

Face to Face: Shiseido and the Manufacture of Beauty 1900-2000    history of Japan's biggest cosmetic company and beauty ideals

Notebook on Cities and Clothes　/ A film by Wim Wenders about Japanese fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto

Japanse Tattoo Art    / a brief history of irezumi in Japan

The World of Kampo   / a partly commercial site about East Asian medicine in today's Japan

Public Health of Japan, 2004    / in numbers

Some insightful essays on Japanese food   / an interesting blend of academic writing and global industry

A brief history of bento   / it's not only what you eat, but how...

What is sushi?   / if you thought you knew it!

Kyoto City Web

Koya san, the temple complex in the midst of the mountains

Nara, A Journey to the Ancient City

EXPO Aichi, 2005

Himeji Castle, an other World Heritage (or watch a short video sequence here)

Kobe Earthquake Museum   / about The Great Hanshin Earthquake (1995)

Kansai Time Out    / the English language monthly of the region