The Spiral Online Shop - THE way to support this site!  Sells unusual jewellery, weapons and gifts - including samurai swords!  Go and look!  And buy!

Japan

A Feeling Heart - Creel's band in Japan

Engrish.com - A collection of hilarious Japanese English

Haruki Murakami Official Website - Get all the info you'll ever need about this famous Japanese author.

The Japan Times - An English-language newspaper for Japan.

JP Goth - A site devoted to the Japanese Goth scene.

LolitaSnap - A great site for those interested in Japanese Gothic Lolita fashion.  You can even post your own pictures!

Japanese Language

Durham University - My university.  They're going to close down the East Asia Studies department.  Why not go over there and write/phone/email them, to tell them how you wish they wouldn't close us down, as you'd love to study Chinese/Japanese/Korean at Durham?

Harry Potter in Chinese, Japanese and Vietnamese - Ever wonder how they got over some of the language barriers when translating Harry Potter into East Asian languages?  A really interesting site.

Jim Breen's WWWJDIC - The most useful Japanese dictionary I've found on the net.

Zhongwen.com - It's actually a site for those learning Chinese, but it's really useful if you want to learn the origin of kanji.

Friends' Sites

RichardHong.com - My friend and fellow Japanese student Richard, who also went to Japan.  Make sure you check out his films (and see if you can spot me and my mates in them!) and his wonderful photographs.

Andy Ho's Photos - Many photos of Japan (some which I nicked for this site!), as well as Durham, taken by Andy.

Mukashi Mukashi - Saranne's Japanese journal, again with some very cool photos.

Other

Dictionary of Religious Symbols - Learn all about hundreds of symbols found throughout the world.

My deviantArt Gallery - I like to pretend I'm an artist.  See some of my art here.

My original LJ - I still update it sometimes.  Read all about my life today!