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Japanese Music Sites |
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Anusaya |
Community generated digital World music site. |
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Asian Girl Rock |
Female Artists |
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Barks |
Video and Music samples (Japanese) |
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Blanket |
English language fan site - Blankey Jet City |
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Centigrade-J |
Reviews, Translations |
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Circlewithadot |
Profiles on Japanese artists |
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Cucumber Surrender |
independent rock music forum with personality |
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Culture Universal |
Urban (Hip-hop, Reggae, R&B, etc.) |
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Girly Rock |
Girl Rock, discographies, profiles, lyrics. |
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I've come for your children |
label and distro |
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Improvised Music from Japan |
Comprehensive information on avant-garde and improvisational musicians |
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Indiesmusic.com |
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IndiesNews.com |
Indies news (Japanese) |
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Instant Music |
English language fan site - The Pillows |
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ISS♀-NET |
Girl singer, song writers.net |
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J-Music Ignited |
Reviews, bios, translationions. |
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J-Music.com |
Various Japanese musicians homepage |
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J-SPOT |
J-Rock, J-Pop, K-Pop |
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J-Wave |
81.3FM Internet Radio (Japanese) |
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Japan Live |
Journal about Tokyo's independent rock music scene. |
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Japanese Hip-Hop |
written by an MIT professor |
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Japanese Music Archive |
English Japanese indie digital library. |
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jrocker.com |
Japanese rock music web-ring |
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Juice Music Magazine |
Monthly bilingual music magazine from Tokyo, with interviews, reviews, previews |
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Junk Magnet |
Artist Profiles |
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K.O.G.A. Records |
Record label specializing in girl punk |
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Kick Rock MUSIC |
Record Label, English page |
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Link of Music |
Music Links |
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Loft Project |
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Metal Inside [New] |
Japanese Metal links |
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Midnight Garage |
Radio Show 802.15FM Japan |
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Midnight Revolution |
Online radio |
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Mitsuketa! |
Japanese Lyrics |
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MogNet |
Translations, Links |
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Music Club Online |
News, Artist Profiles (Japanese) |
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Music Walk |
Releases, Samples (Japanese) |
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Music Whore |
Reviews, Profiles, News |
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Nippop |
profiles |
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Penpals |
English language fan site - Penpals |
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Play It Loud |
Music Rotation Site web-ring |
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Project J |
Profiles, Translations |
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Punk & Dokyuso Oi in Japan |
Japanese Punk Magazine, English translations. |
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Qool.jp |
News, Information (Japanese) |
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Rock In Japan |
News, Live Reports |
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Rock Of Japan |
Artist, CD, Live Reviews |
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Rock Rabbit |
English language fan site - GO!GO!7188 |
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Roger's J-Rock Page |
Russian language fan site |
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Sister Records and Benten Label |
Girl rock central |
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Smashing Mag |
Interviews, Reviews, Live Reports (excellent photography) |
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Song Japan |
Magazine (Thai) |
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SoundClick |
Music Samples |
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The Brilliant Green |
English language fan site - The Brilliant Green |
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The J-Rock Saga |
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The Star Club |
English language fan site - The Star Club |
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Tokyo Gig Guide |
Live event calendar for Tokyo area |
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Tokyo Recohan |
Shibuya Kei |
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UK Project |
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UNGA! |
Music Magazine. |
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US-JP Underground Alliance |
underground news & reviews |
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Usagi Chang |
Japan's premiere electro-pop record label |
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Uta-Net |
Lyrics (Japanese) |
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World of Illusions |
Webzine covering international hardcore acts (French) |
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Shopping for Japanese Music |
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Amazon Japan |
Selection second only to tower records. Their basic shipping is very cheap but a little slow, frequent buyer rewards (International Shipping and English pages available) |
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CD Japan |
Limited selection, English version of NeoWing website (very user-friendly), higher prices (International Shipping) |
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HMV |
Good selection, carries the hard to find, frequent buyer rewards, fast shipping, English version of site, expensive shipping. |
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Tower Records Japan |
Wide Selection, English language customer service, very high base shipping cost, but becomes more reasonable the more items you order at once. |
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YesAsia |
Small selection (good selection of international versions), fast shipping (free shipping with minimum purchase level) (International Shipping and English pages available) |
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eBay |
Cheap prices, limited selection, shipping varies, bootlegs and fraud could be a problem |
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JapanFiles.com |
USA Distribution of Japanese Independent Bands, mp3, videos, and cds. |
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Resources |
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Audioleaf |
Purevolume Japan. |
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Audioscrobbler |
Personal music habit tracking |
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Babelfish |
Language Translation |
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dmoz |
Directory site - entry for Japanese Music |
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Excite Japan |
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Flyer.tv |
Quatro Label, live interview & video. |
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Japanese for Beginners |
Language Tutorial |
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Japanzine Magazine |
Zine about life in Japan |
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Japanzone |
Japanese Entertainment News |
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Kanji Converter |
Language Romanization |
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Loft |
The Loft live videos. |
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Muzie |
Indies & Amateur Music Community Site (Japanese) |
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Rsst.tv |
Promotional videos. |
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SocketTV |
Promotional Videos |
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SongMe.com |
Lyrics |
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Sound-tv |
Promotional videos. |
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The Japan Times |
Newspaper |
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Thumbshots Link Archive |
Thumbshots entry for Japanese Contemporary Music |
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Wikipedia |
Wikipedia entry for Japanese Music |
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Yahoo Japan |
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