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This category is for sites related to Japanese customs and traditional social practices.

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Key Aspects of Japan Traditional culture, modern Japan, and nature. www.japanlink.co.jp/ka/home.html

Things Japanese A detailed look at weddings and marriage customs. mothra.rerf.or.jp/ENG/Hiroshima/Things/81.html

Ofuro - Bath Explains bath etiquette, public baths, hot springs, and related vocabulary. www.tjf.or.jp/eng/ge/ge04ofuro.htm

Rational Japanese Case studies and analysis of westerner and Japanese encounters, and the different attitudes and thought processes each goes through. www2b.biglobe.ne.jp/~shohei/preface.htm

Japanese Names Typical surnames, as well as names for boys and girls in Japan. hsb.baylor.edu/html/vanauken/JapaneseNames.html

How To Use Japanese Style Toilet Step by step guide for the totally clueless. www.asahi-net.or.jp/~AD8Y-HYS/movie.htm

Japanese Manners and Etiquette Extensive guide on how to avoid looking like an idiot in Japan. www.geocities.com/japanfaq/FAQ-Manners.html

The Japanese Way of Death: A Funeral in Sapporo Insightful example of how procedures and funerals take place. www.debito.org/JPRIjapanesefuneral.html

Japanese Funeral Style Gives a step by step process of how Japanese take care of their funerals, from the moment of death to after all the ceremonies. www.osoushiki-plaza.com/eng/eng1.html

Sakura Tour of Japan '98 Descriptions of funerals and related vocabulary. www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Island/6653/sakura.htm