SPORTS IN JAPAN
Links in this Website: SPORTS IN JAPAN (Click Sports, Recreation, Pets ) Factsanddetails.com/Japan ;SPORT, FITNESS, FANS AND COMPANIES IN JAPAN Factsanddetails.com/Japan ; MOTORSPORTS IN JAPAN Factsanddetails.com/Japan ; EKIDEN, EATING CONTESTS AND BULLFIGHTS IN JAPAN Factsanddetails.com/Japan ; PROFESSIONAL GOLF AND TENNIS IN JAPAN Factsanddetails.com/Japan
SPORT AND FITNESS IN JAPAN Good Websites and Sources: Sports Info Japan t3.rim.or.jp/~sports ; Japan Sports Association japan-sports.or.jp ; MEXT, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology mext.go.jp/english Links in this Website: SPORT, FITNESS, FANS AND COMPANIES IN JAPAN Factsanddetails.com/Japan
MOTORSPORTS IN JAPAN: Formula One ? Japan Official Site formula1.com/races/in_detail/japan_820 ; Moto Racing Japan motoracing-japan.com ; The Japan Biker esmartweb.com/bikerfaq-toc ; Suzuka Circuit mobilityland.co.jp/english/suzuka ; Fuji Speedway fsw.tv/english/index ; Twin Ring Motegi Motor Sports Complex Website: Mobilityland mobilityland.co.jp ; Indy-Car Racing in Japan indycar.com ; Toyota Motorsports toyotaracing.com/ Links in this Website: MOTORSPORTS IN JAPAN Factsanddetails.com/Japan
EKIDEN, EATING CONTESTS AND BULLFIGHTS IN JAPAN: Wikipedia article on Ekiden Wikipedia ; Wikipedia article on Takeru Kobayashi Wikipedia ;Takeru Kobayashi takeru-kobayashi.com ; Wikipedia article on the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest Wikipedia Links in this Website: EKIDEN, EATING CONTESTS AND BULLFIGHTS IN JAPAN Factsanddetails.com/Japan
PROFESSIONAL GOLF AND TENNIS IN JAPAN: Japan Golf Tour, Official Homepage jgto.org ; Ai Sugiyama Official Site ai-sugiyama.com ; Ryo Ishikawa, PGA Tour Profile pgatour.com ; Ryo Ishikawa, 18 Things to Know pgatour.com ; Golf Digest article on Ryo Ishikawa golfdigest.com/golf-tours-news ; Links in this Website: PROFESSIONAL GOLF AND TENNIS IN JAPAN Factsanddetails.com/Japan
SUMO
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Good Websites and Sources: Nihon Sumo Kyokai (Japan Sumo Association) official site sumo.or ; Sumo Fan Magazine sumofanmag.com ; Sumo Reference sumodb.sumogames.com ; Sumo Talk sumotalk.com ; Sumo Forum sumoforum.net ; Sumo Information Archives banzuke.com ; Masamirike’s Sumo Site accesscom.com/~abe/sumo ; Sumo FAQs scgroup.com/sumo ; Sumo Page http://cyranos.ch/sumo-e.htm ; Szumo. Hu, a Hungarian English language sumo site szumo.hu ; Books : “The Big Book of Sumo” by Mina Hall; “Takamiyama: The World of Sumo” by Takamiyama (Kodansha, 1973); “Sumo” by Andy Adams and Clyde Newton (Hamlyn, 1989); “Sumo Wrestling” by Bill Gutman (Capstone, 1995).
Sumo Photos, Images and Pictures Good Photos at Japan-Photo Archive japan-photo.de ; Interesting Collection of Old and Recent Photos of Wrestlers in Competition and in Everyday Life sumoforum.net ; Sumo Ukiyo-e banzuke.com/art ; Sumo Ukiyo-e Images (Japanese-language Site) sumo-nishikie.jp ; Info Sumo, a French-Language site with Good Fairly Recent Photos info-sumo.net ; Generic Stock Photos and Images fotosearch.com/photos-images/sumo ; Fan View Pictures nicolas.delerue.org ;Images from a Promotion Event karatethejapaneseway.com ; Sumo Practice phototravels.net/japan ; Wrestlers Goofing Around gol.com/users/pbw/sumo ; Traveler Pictures from a Tokyo Tournament viator.com/tours/Tokyo/Tokyo-Sumo ;
Sumo Wrestlers : Goo Sumo Page /sumo.goo.ne.jp/eng/ozumo_meikan ;Wikipedia List of Mongolian Sumo Wrestlers Wikipedia ; Wikipedia article on Asashoryu Wikipedia ; Wikipedia List of American Sumo Wrestlers Wikipedia ; Site on British sumo sumo.org.uk ; A Site About American sumo wrestlers sumoeastandwest.com
In Japan, Tickets for Events, a Sumo Museum and Sumo Shop in Tokyo Nihon Sumo Kyokai, 1-3-28 Yokozuna, Sumida-ku, Tokyo 130, Japan (81-3-2623, fax: 81-3-2623-5300) . Sumo ticketssumo.or tickets; Sumo Museum site sumo.or.jp ; JNTO article JNTO . Ryogoku Takahashi Company (4-31-15 Ryogoku, Sumida-ku, Tokyo) is a small shop that specializes is sumo wrestling souvenirs. Located near the Kokugikan national sports arena, it sells bed-and bath accessories, cushion covers, chopstick holders, key chains, golf balls, pajamas, kitchen aprons, woodblock prints, and small plastic banks?all featuring sumo wrestling scenes or likenesses of famous wrestlers.
JAPANESE MARTIAL ARTS
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KARATE, AIKIDO AND JAPANESE MARTIAL ARTS: Wikipedia article on Japanese Martial Arts Wikipedia ; Japanese Martial Arts allmartialarts.com ; Classical Martial Arts Resource koryu.com ;
Karate: World Karate Federation wkf.net ; Wikipedia article on Karate Wikipedia ; Karate in Okinawa wonder-okinawa.jp ; International Karate Organization, Kyokushinkaikan, Kyokushinkaikan ; All Gojuryu Network gojuryu.net ; International Shuri Ryu Association shuri-ryu.com ; Order of Isshin-Ryu isshinryu.net ; Classical Ryu Te Okinawan Karate kushu.com ; Shotokai Encyclopedia shotokai.com ;Photos at Japan-Photo Archive japan-photo.de ; Links in this Website: KARATE, AIKIDO AND JAPANESE MARTIAL ARTS Factsanddetails.com/Japan
Aikido Aikido.com aikido.com/ ; Aikikai Foundation Aikikai Foundation; Aikido FAQs aikidofaq.com ; Tom?s Aikido International Pages hosmanek.com/aikido ; Wikipedia article on Aikido Wikipedia ; Encyclopedia of Aikido aikidojournal.com/encyclopedia ; Aikiweb, Aikido Information aikiweb.com ; Aikido Journal aikidojournal.com ; Links in this Website:
JUDO, JAPAN AND THE OLYMPICS: International Judo Federation www.ijf.org ; Judo Information site judoinfo.com ; Kodokan Judo Institute website: All Japan Judo Federation ; Wikipedia article on Judo Wikipedia ; USA Judo /www.usjudo.org ; NBC 2009 Beijing Olympics on Judo nbcolympics.com/judo ; Olympic Judo Results judoinfo.com ; Wikipedia article on Ryoko Tani Wikipedia ; Ryoko Tani in Sports Reference sports-reference.com ; Wikipedia article on Japanese Martial Arts Wikipedia ; Japanese Martial Arts allmartialarts.com ; Classical Martial Arts Resource koryu.com ; Links in this Website: JUDO, JAPAN AND THE OLYMPICS Factsanddetails.com/Japan
KENDO, ARCHERY AND MARTIAL ARTS WITH WEAPONS: Kendo: All Japan Kendo Federation, All Japan Kendo Federation ;International Shinkendo Federation shinkendo.com ; International Kendo Federation kendo-fik.org ; Wikipedia article on Kendo Wikipedia ; Kendo World kendo-world.com Photos at Japan-Photo Archive japan-photo.de ; Wikipedia article on Japanese Martial Arts Wikipedia ; Japanese Martial Arts allmartialarts.com ; Classical Martial Arts Resource koryu.com ; Links in this Website: KENDO, ARCHERY AND JAPANESE MARTIAL ARTS WITH WEAPONS Factsanddetails.com/Japan
Kyudo (Japanese Archery) : Photos at Japan-Photo Archive japan-photo.de ; Photos of Horseback Archery at Japan-Photo Archive japan-photo.de ; Meishin Kyudojo kyudo.com ; Archery from Clan Yama Kaminari yamakaminari.com ; Kyudo.com kyudo.com ; All Nippon Kyudo Federation kyudo.jp ; White Rose Kyudojo japanese-archery.org.uk ;
Weapon-Based Martial Arts Shinkageryu, a martial with swords shinkageryu.us ; Dragon Hoshi Defense dragonhoshidefense.com ; Naginata konishi.co.jp ; Classical Martial Arts Resoruce koryu.com
BOXING AND PRO WRESTLING IN JAPAN: New Japan Pro Wrestling puroresu.com/newjapan ; Pro Wrestling Video YouTube ; Oriental Boxing ring-japan.com/oriental ; Latest in Boxing t3.rim.or.jp/~sports ; Links in this Website: BOXING AND PRO WRESTLING IN JAPAN Factsanddetails.com/Japan
TEAM SPORTS IN JAPAN
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Good Websites and Sources: AMERICAN FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL AND TEAM SPORTS IN JAPAN: american-football-japan.com ; American Football in Japan, a Personal Account gaijinpot.com ; Good Photos of American Football at Japan-Photo Archive japan-photo.de ; Rice Bowl Video YouTube ; Japan Basketball League jbl.or.jp ; Asia-Basket on Japanese Basektball asia-basket.com/Japan ; 2006 International Herald Tribune Article on Basketball in Japan nytimes.com ; Links in this Website: AMERICAN FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL AND TEAM SPORTS IN JAPAN Factsanddetails.com/Japan
RUGBY IN JAPAN: Japan Rugby Football Union rugbyjapan.com ; Unofficial Japanese Rugby Site dhs.kyutech.ac.jp ; International Rugby Board ? Japan irb.com/unions ; Rugby in Japan article pdf file usarugby.org ; 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan telegraph.co.uk ; Tokyo Crusaders RFC tokyocrusaders.com ; Links in this Website: RUGBY IN JAPAN Factsanddetails.com/Japan
SOCCER IN JAPAN: Good Photos at Japan-Photo Archive japan-photo.de ; Official J-League site j-league.or.jp ; Jsoccer jsoccer.com ; Japan Football Association jfa.or.jp/eng ; 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea fifa.com/worldcup/archive ; Wages of Soccer Players in Japan pdf file otemon.ac.jp/cas ; Links in this Website: SOCCER IN JAPAN Factsanddetails.com/Japan J-LEAGUE, JAPANESE SOCCER PLAYERS AND FANS Factsanddetails.com/Japan
Soccer Players Official Hidetoshi Nakata site nakata.net ; Hidetoshi Nakata: Time Magazine Asian Hero time.com/time/asia ; Shunsuke Nakamura Official Site shunsuke.com ; David Beckham in Japan 2003 soccerphile.com ; Pubic Hair Like Beckham?s Mohican, 2003 smh.com.au/articles
JAPANESE BASEBALL
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BASEBALL IN JAPAN: Good Photos at Japan-Photo Archive japan-photo.de ; Pro Yakyu Now japanesebaseball.com ; Japan Baseball Daily japanbaseballdaily.com ; BaseballGuru baseballguru.com ; Japan Times Baseball Page japantimes.co.jp ; PBS Documentary on Japanese Baseball wbgu.org/community ; Japan Visitor japanvisitor.com ; Links and Baseball Cards robsjapanesecards.com ; Japan orama japanorama.com ; Wikipedia article Baseball in Japan Wikipedia ; Wikipedia article on Professional Baseball in Japan Wikipedia ; Pro Yakyu Forum, with Blogs and Discussions on Japanese Baseball japanesebaseball.com ; Sites That are a Little Old and Outdated But Still Have Good Info Jim Allen?s Japanese Baseball Page (old site) gol.com/users/jallen/jimball ; japanball.com ; Nisei Baseball niseibaseball.com ; Books: “The Mining of Ichiro” (2004), “You Gotta Have Wa” (1989) and “The Chrysanthemum and the Bat” (1977) by Robert Whiting. Links in this Website: SPORTS IN JAPAN (Click Sports, Recreation, Pets ) Factsanddetails.com/Japan ; JAPANESE BASEBALL Factsanddetails.com/Japan ; JAPANESE BASEBALL RULES, CUSTOMS AND FANS Factsanddetails.com/Japan
Articles on Japanese Baseball: Negative Impact of Japanese Success in the Major Leagues time.com/time/world/ ; World Baseball Classic worldbaseballclassic.com ; Early Days of Japanese Baseball international-baseball.suite101.com ; New York Times article om Japanese Fans travel.nytimes.com ; Baseball Hall of Fame Timeline on History of Japanese Baseball english.baseball-museum.or.jp ; Academic Paper on Japanese Baseball /www.economics.hawaii.edu
JAPANESE BASEBALL TEAMS: Yomiuri Giants Official Site (Japanese Language) giants.jp ; Wikipedia article on the Yomiuri Giants Wikipedia ; Hanshin Tigers Page www2.gol.com/users/michaelo/Tigers ; Hanshin Tigers Official Site (Japanese Language) hanshintigers.jp ;Hanshin Tigers Fan Page wallpaperman.tripod.com/Hanshin_Tigers_page ; Hanshin Tiger Blog tigerdude.com/japan/tigers ; Links in this Website: SPORTS IN JAPAN (Click Sports, Recreation, Pets ) Factsanddetails.com/Japan ; JAPANESE BASEBALL TEAMS Factsanddetails.com/Japan ; JAPANESE BASEBALL PLAYERS Factsanddetails.com/Japan ; JAPANESE MAJOR LEAGUE PLAYERS Factsanddetails.com/Japan ; JAPANESE MAJOR LEAGUE PITCHERS Factsanddetails.com/Japan ; ICHIRO SUZUKI Factsanddetails.com/Japan
Koshien Stadium is the home of the Hanshin Tigers, a major institution in Osaka. Try to see a game if you can. The park is nearly always filled and the fans are fanatic as Red Sox fans except they pound plastic thunder sticks and do organized cheers throughout the game and set off balloons en masse in the seventh inning. Koshein is Japan?s oldest extant stadium. Built in 1924, it also hosts Japan?s main high school baseball tournaments, spectacles in themselves that can be viewed for free in the spring and summer.
JAPANESE BASEBALL PLAYERS: Time Magazine on Sadaharu Oh time.com/time/asia ; Wikipedia article on Sadaharu Oh Wikipedia ; Sadaharu Oh to Copperstown baseballguru.com and baseballguru.com ; Baseball Reference Article on Shigeo Nagashima baseball-reference.com ; Wikipedia article on Shigeo Nagashima Wikipedia ;Baseball Reference Article on Shigeo Nagashima baseball-reference.com ; Unofficial Yu Darvish Site yudarvish.com ; Wikipedia article on Yu Darvish Wikipedia Links in this Website: JAPANESE BASEBALL PLAYERS Factsanddetails.com/Japan ; JAPANESE MAJOR LEAGUE PLAYERS Factsanddetails.com/Japan ; JAPANESE MAJOR LEAGUE PITCHERS Factsanddetails.com/Japan ; ICHIRO SUZUKI Factsanddetails.com/Japan
JAPANESE MAJOR LEAGUE PLAYERS: Japanese Ball Players japaneseballplayers.com/en ; Baseball Reference (Do a Search) baseball-reference.com ; Successes and Failures seattle.mariners.mlb.com ; Hideki Matsui on mlb.com mlb.mlb.com/team/player ; Hideki Matsui Baseball Museum hideki.co.jp/top/english ; New York Times on Matsui?s Exit to the Angels nytimes.com ; Matsui, World Series MVP nytimes.com ? Links in this Website: JAPANESE MAJOR LEAGUE PLAYERS Factsanddetails.com/Japan ;
JAPANESE MAJOR LEAGUE PITCHERS : Hideo Nomo on mlb.com mlb.mlb.com/team/player ; Hideo Nomo on Baseball Reference baseball-reference.com ; New York Times Archives on Hideo Nomo nytimes.com ; New York Daily News on Hideki Irabu Comeback nydailynews.com/sports ; Daisuke Matsuzaka on on Baseball Reference baseball-reference.com ; Daisuke Matsuzaka on mlb.com mlb.mlb.com/team/player ; Daisuke Matsuzaka Bio on Associated Content associatedcontent.com/article Links in this Website: JAPANESE MAJOR LEAGUE PITCHERS Factsanddetails.com/Japan
ICHIRO SUZUKI: Baseball Reference baseball-reference.com ; Major League Baseball mlb.mlb.com/team/player ; Wikipedia article Wikipedia ; Collecting Ichiro Card Collecting Site collectingichiro.com ; Google e-book books.google.com/books ; Pictures zimbio.com ; Club Ichi Fan Site clubichiro.com ; Ichiro Fan Club myspace.com/ichiro51sea ;Time Magazine Asian Hero time.com/time/asia Links in this Website: ICHIRO SUZUKI Factsanddetails.com/Japan
OLYMPICS AND JAPAN
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OLYMPICS AND JAPAN: Wikipedia article on Japan at the Olympics Wikipedia ; Medal Winners in Olympics.org olympic.org/en ; Japanese Olympic Committee joc.or.jp/english ; Essay on Japan?s Rebirth at the 1964 Olympics aboutjapan.japansociety.org ; Database on Olympic Athletes databaseolympics.com ; Links in this Website: OLYMPICS AND JAPAN Factsanddetails.com/Japan
MARATHON RUNNERS AND TRACK ATHLETES: Japan’s Marathon Queens (1998) web-japan.org/trends98 ; Naoko Takahashi site linkoln.tripod.com ; Mizuki Noguchi: IAAF Profile iaaf.org/athletes/biographies ; Wikipedia article on Mizuki Noguchi Wikipedia ; Koji Murofushi, Official Site kojimurofushi.net ; Links in this Website: JAPANESE MARATHON RUNNERS AND TRACK ATHLETES Factsanddetails.com/Japan
JAPANESE OLYMPIC SWIMMERS: Kosuke Kitajima, Official Site kitajima-kosuke.com ; Japanese Olympic Synchronized Swimmer Collapses at the Water Cube welt.de/english-news ; Links in this Website: JAPANESE OLYMPIC SWIMMERS Factsanddetails.com/Japan
JUDO, JAPAN AND THE OLYMPICS: International Judo Federation www.ijf.org ; Judo Information site judoinfo.com ; Kodokan Judo Institute website: All Japan Judo Federation ; Wikipedia article on Judo Wikipedia ; USA Judo /www.usjudo.org ; NBC 2009 Beijing Olympics on Judo nbcolympics.com/judo ; Olympic Judo Results judoinfo.com ; Wikipedia article on Ryoko Tani Wikipedia ; Ryoko Tani in Sports Reference sports-reference.com ; Links in this Website: ; JUDO, JAPAN AND THE OLYMPICS Factsanddetails.com/Japan
WINTER OLYMPICS AND JAPANESE ATHLETES: Nagano Olympics hikyaku.com/nagano ; Nagano 1998 on Olympics.org olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games ; Sapporo 1972 olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games ; Links in this Website: WINTER OLYMPICS AND JAPANESE ATHLETES Factsanddetails.com/Japan
JAPANESE FIGURE SKATERS: Japan Skating Federation skatingjapan.jp ; Time Magazine on Mao Asada Versus Yuna Kim time.com/time/specials ; Mao Asada Official Site maomaiasada.com ; Mao Asada Fan Site maoasadafanwebsite.com ; Mao Asada Vancouver Olympics Profile ctvolympics.ca/countries ; Wikipedia article on Mao Asada Wikipedia ; Mao Asada Fan Forum Portal maoasada.logu2.com ; Links in this Website: JAPANESE FIGURE SKATERS Factsanddetails.com/Japan
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Last updated March 2010