A country's language and culture go hand in hand. Sometimes a simple 'yes' or 'no' can have many shades of meaning based on the cultural understanding of the situation. This page is dedicated to studying the culture of Japan:

• A Look at Japan's Prefectures - mostly unfinished. Wanna help?
• Animal Sounds - speak Japanese to your cat! with sound
• Japanese National Holidays with JavaScript
• Japanese Money
• On the Sport of SUMO!
• SMAP or SPAM - an article by Barbi
• Kotowaza - Japanese proverbs & sayings

• Japanese & Western year charts with JavaScript
• Japanese Traditional Songs
• A short example of the various levels of politeness in Japanese speech
• NATTO - The story of Clay's introduction to this traditional Japanese food
• Clay, A gaijin in Japan - Warning: not too educational
• How to Speak like a Samurai! well almost
• Kansai-ben! the dialect of Osaka, Kyoto... NEW!