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Bands and Artists
Arashi, B'z, Dir en Grey, Dreams Come True, Gackt, Camui, Glay, Kageyama, Hironobu, Kawamura, Ryuichi, L'Arc-en-Ciel, Luna Sea
Enka
Barbara's Enka Site, Enka - Song of Sweet Resignation, The Native Ballad, or Enka
Record Companies
Devinette Online, Geisha Farm
Web Rings
Every Little Thing Webring, Hydeism, International Taiko WebRing Home Page, Join the Celebration, Keichan's Doki-Doki J-Town, Shutter Speed Visual Ring, The J-Rock Express Ring, The Ultimate JRock Ring, WebRing: J-Pop, WebRing: Nippongroove
Anime and J-Rock Guitar Tabs
Guitar tabs for anime, videogames and various J-Pop and J-rock groups, such as X Japan and Luna Sea.
Bandmasters Academic Society of Japan
Promoting Japanese band music. Activities and lecture on brass playing.
Centigrade-J (JPop)
Translations of newest JPop in English. Unique artist profiles and reviews.
Famous Japanese
Large photo collections of current popular Japanese musicians, and performers.
Fujisawa Symphony Orchestra
Includes schedule and history.
Icepoint
Extensive resource for jpop/jock/Jdrama contents and mp3s.
Improvised Music from Japan
Independent labels, upcoming concerts, and artists/groups including profiles, discographies, and interviews.
J-Addicted Gallery
Features a Japanese idol gallery, wallpapers, and forum.
J-Fan
Japanese entertainment directory, devoted to Jpop, anime, and video games.
J-Pop Fan Club
BBS for J-Pop fans.
J-POP Forum
Talk about the latest groups, Japanese concerts and make friends.
J-Pop Station 2000
A collection of Jpop MP3s, updated frequently.
Japan Mania
Jpop artists' websites and song collection, with new and old songs from Japanese singers.
Japanese Channel
With galleries, MP3s, and wallpapers, such as X-Japan, Hide, L'Arc~en~Ciel, Luna Sea, Glay, Gackt, Shazna, Speed, Max, and Namie Amuro.
Japanese Idol Photo Gallery
A photo collections from magazines and pictures, including Noriko Sakai and Emiri Nakayama.
Jpop
Contains news, reviews, galleries, and special Japan features and photos.
JPop Lyric Station
Contains romanized Japanese lyrics of several J-pop songs.
Jpop Music UK
A Japanese pop music site providing music video downloads, gallery and forum sections.
Jrockish
JPop desktop wallpaper featuring artists ayumi hamasaki, dir en grey, gackt, and utada hikaru.
Juice Music Magazine
Monthly bilingual music magazine from Tokyo, with interviews, reviews, previews, columns and artists from both the live band and club circuits.
Keikaku
Profiles and album reviews of independent and overlooked Japanese bands.
Mana Heaven
Forum that is not limited to Mana but also J-Pop and related subjects.
Mognet Official Japanese Translation Group
Offers Japanese song translations, forum, and links.
Neko Boy
A fanlisting for Hitsugi, one of the guitarists of the Japanese rock band Nightmare.
Nihon no Pops
Japanese Pop from the 1950s to the 1990s.
Oni to Sakura:
Jrock and Jpop site with mp3s, downloads, icons, graphics, layouts, winAMP skins, wallpapers, postcards, and lyrics.
Opera Japonica
Comprehensive coverage of opera in Japan; includes monthly schedules, reviews, interviews, international reports, and multimedia files.
Project E/J
The J-Rock fan art archive. Featuring Luna Sea, Glay, L'Arc~en~Ciel, Dir en grey and various bands.
Rushed Blue
Guide to several new J-rock and unsigned bands.
Samishii Mimi
Find resources for electronic music, indie rock, and Shibuya Kei for a variety of Japanese artists including bios, discographies, and links.
Sunboiled's
Features English-translated lyrics of Japanese songs.
The J-Rock Saga
Japanese rock and visual kei resources.
The JRock Reservoir
JRock mp3s rotation weekly, with Dir en Grey, Miyavi, and Malice Mizer.
Tokyo Indie Gig Guide
Calendar guide to live shows in Tokyo with information about venues and links. For Japanese and foreign indie-pop, Shibuya-kei, DJ, and other indie gigs.
Tokyo Weekender: Music
Music articles from the Tokyo bi-weekly publication for the English-speaking community.
Toxic Illusion
A visual indie J-rock info site with biographies, MP3 clips, magazine scans, interviews, a BBS, and recent news.
Umichan's Japanese Artist Image Gallery
Image galleries of various Japanese artists including j-pop, j-rock, and anime singing seiyuu.