EEssential Links for Travellers and Tourists going to Japan on vacation or for business

Travel Japan Guide:

Japan Travel Guide includes maps of Japan, Japanese phrase book, travel Japan articles, Japan hotel and covers all major cities and regions in Japan including Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima, Fukuoka & Sapporo. JNTO travel page.

Prefectures:

In Japan there are 47 prefectures (similar to states or provinces).

1 Hokkaido 2 Aomori 3 Iwate 4 Akita 5 Miyagi 6 Yamagata 7 Fukushima
8 Ibaraki 9 Tochigi 10 Gumma 11 Chiba 12 Saitama 13 Tokyo 14 Kanagawa
15 Niigata 16 Toyama 17 Ishikawa 18 Nagano 19 Gifu 20 Fukui 21 Yamanashi
22 Shizuoka 23 Aichi 24 Shiga 25 Kyoto 26 Hyogo 27 Mie 28 Nara 29 Osaka
30 Wakayama 31 Tottori 32 Shimane 33 Okayama 34 Hiroshima 35 Yamaguchi
36 Kagawa 37 Tokushima 38 Ehime 39 Kochi 40 Fukuoka 41 Saga 42 Nagasaki
43 Oita 44 Kumamoto 45 Miyazaki 46 Kagoshima 47 Okinawa

Telephone directory:

Japanese Telephone Directory

Time zones:

Japan Time Zones, Japan Time Zones #2

Weather:

Japan Weather

Map

Map of Japan

English language newspapers:

Mainichi-MSN, Japan Times, Yomiuri Shinbun

Ryokan (traditional inns)

Ryokan, Japanese Inns

Accommodation:

E-stay , Asiarooms.com/japan , Japan Welcomes You , Go Japan , Japan-Hotel-Reservation

Consulate offices in Japan:

http://web-japan.org/links/foreign/

Teaching English and other employment opportunities

a. http://eltnews.com/home.shtml

b. www.peppy-kids.com, www.ktc-canada.com, E-mail: ms_noftall@ktc-canada.com

Qualifications: At least 18 years of age, h igh school graduate, no criminal record, possess clear spoken English, adaptable to foreign culture, can stay in Japan for one year or more
Robin Noftall
Human Resources Officer
KTC Foreign Language Institute
TEL: (604) 681-5588
FAX: (604) 681-5524

c. Gaijin Spot

d. http://www.jobsinjapan.com/

e. http://www.lib.duke.edu/ias/eac/employ.htm

f. http://www.ohayosensei.com/

g. TeachAway is a Canadian company focused on providing English speaking teachers with an opportunity to work and live abroad. They actively recruit teachers for jobs in Japan all year round. They send teachers to work with the Japanese public school system. For more information about our programs, please visit our site at www.teachaway.com

Transportation

a. http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e627.html

b. http://www.seejapan.co.uk/transport/rail/jrrailways.html

c. http://gojapan.about.com/od/transportation/

d. http://www.gaijinpot.com/transport.php

Rent-a-car agencies

a. http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2024.html

b. http://www.eztrip.com/Japan/CAR-RENTALS-COUNTRY_Japan.html

Golfing

a. http://www.jgto.org/jgto_web_e/about_jgto/

b. http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2082.html

Sumo wrestling

a. http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2080.html

b. http://www.artelino.com/articles/japanese_sumo_
wrestling.asp

c. http://www.sumo.or.jp/eng/