04/Dec/03 Several of links for local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised according to the merging which took place on 1st December. 04/Dec/01 The access data of last month were released on the page of Access logs. 04/Nov/02 Several of links for local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised according to the merging which took place on 1st November. 04/Nov/01 The access data of last month were released on the page of Access logs. 04/Oct/26 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Gifu, Aichi,Mie, Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama, Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kochi, Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima and Okinawa prefectures. 04/Oct/21 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Gifu and Shizuoka prefectures. 04/Oct/20 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Nagano, Yamanashi prefectures. 04/Oct/18 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Hokkaido, Aomori, iwate, Akita, Miyagi, Yamagata, Fukushima, Niigata, Toyama, ishikawa and Fukui prefectures. 04/Oct/12 Several of links for local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised according to the merging which took place after 1st October. 04/Oct/01 The access data of last month were released on the page of Access logs. Several of links for local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised according to the merging which took place on 1st October. 04/Sep/22 Several of links for local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised according to the merging which took place on 13th an 21th September. 04/Sep/07 Several of links for local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised according to the merging which took place on 1st September. 04/Sep/01 The access data of last month were released on the page of Access logs. 04/Aug/01 The access data of last month were released on the page of Access logs. 04/Jul/07 A page intrducing How Japanese laugh? is added to the corner of Japanese Culture. 04/Jul/01 The access data of last month were released on the page of Access logs. 04/Jun/28 Korea Map Search which enables searching the location of the location of a big 4064x5050 map from location names, is uploaded. These pages are basically meant for Japanese but can be used by other people if you are patient with strange originally japanese letters. 04/Jun/01 The access data of last month were released on the page of Access logs. 04/Apr/06 Several of links for local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised according to the merging. 04/Apr/01 The access data of last month were released on the page of Access logs. Several of links for local governments (Search by top sound 04/Mar/11 A link to a Ukiyo-e museum was added at the page of Japanese Culture with a enlarged sample image. 04/Mar/01 The access data of last month were released on the page of Access logs. Several of links for local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised according to the merging. 04/Feb/24 A page showing the way of transcripting english Name with japanese letters was prepared. 04/Feb/11 A robot announced a broken link at the page of Pavement related Links. It was corrected. 04/Feb/06 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised as a result of merging in some prefectures. 04/Feb/01 The access data of last month were released on the page of Access logs. Several of links for local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised according to the merging. 04/Jan/01 The access data of last month were released on the page of Access logs. This month an analysis of the share among Search Engines is added> 03/Dec/01 The access data of last month were released on the page of Access logs. 03/Nov/25 There were mistakes of word. 'worrior' were used where 'warrior' should be used in several pages in the pages of Japanese culture. They were corrected. Thank you Ms. Karen for your kind indication. 03/Nov/15 A visitor indicated an error about the link to Saitama city or ex-Ohmiya city in Links to Local Governments. It seems URL address was changed recently. Related pages were corrected to new URL. 03/Nov/11 Ms. Karen kindly suggested a wrong using of "literal expression" in the page of How many You's are you?. It was corrected according to her suggestion. 03/Nov/01 The access data of last month were released on the page of Access logs. 03/Oct/21 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima and Okinawa prefectures. 03/Oct/20 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Yamaguchi, Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kohchi, Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki and Kumamoto prefectures. 03/Oct/17 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Aichi, Mie, Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama, Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima prefectures. 03/Oct/14 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Nagano, Yamanashi, Gifu, Shizuoka prefectures. 03/Oct/09 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Hokkaido, Aomori, Akita, iwate, miyagi, Fukushma, Yamagata prefectures. 03/Oct/01 The access data of last month were released on the page of Access logs. 03/Sept/01 The access data of last month were released on the page of Access logs. 03/Aug/01 The access data of May were released on the page of Access logs. 03/Jul/01 The access data of May were released on the page of Access logs. 03/Jun/16 A link was added at the page of Japanese culture linking to the site of handmade washi (traditional paper) goods. 03/June/01 The access data of May were released on the page of Access logs. 03/May/01 The access data of April were released on the page of Access logs. 03/Apr/21 A link to a funny site introducing japanese pop culture is added to the page of Japanese Culture. 03/Apr/10 A page for "ROMA JI", the way of scripting japanese using a,b,c was added to Japanese Culture pages. 03/Apr/01 The access data of March were released on the page of Access logs. 03/Mar/30 Ms. Nora in Berlin prepared pages for the translation of "How many I's and You's a japannese has?" in Japanese Culture. Links to her pages are installed at these pages. 03/Apr/01 The access data of March were released on the page of Access logs. 03/Mar/02 The access data of February were released on the page of Access logs. 03/Feb/01 The access data of January were released on the page of Access logs. 03/Jan/06 The access data of December were released on the page of Access logs. 02/Dec/06 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Miyazaki, Kagoshima, and Okinawa prefectures. 02/Dec/05 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Oita, and Kumamoto prefectures. 02/Dec/04 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Fukuoka, Saga, and Nagasaki prefectures. 02/Dec/02 The access data of November were released on the page of Access logs. 02/Nov/30 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Tokushima, Kagawa Ehime and Kohchi prefectures. 02/Nov/29 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Okayama, Hiroshima and Yamaguchi prefectures. 02/Nov/27 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Osaka, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama, Tottori and Shimane prefectures. 02/Nov/25 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Shiga and Kyoto prefectures. 02/Nov/22 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Shizuoka, Aichi and Mie prefectures. 02/Nov/20 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Gifu prefecture. 02/Nov/18 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Kanagawa, Nagano, Yamanashi prefectures. 02/Nov/15 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Tokyo metro prefecture. 02/Nov/11 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama and Chiba prefectures. 02/Nov/07 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Niigata, Toyama, ishikawa, Fukui and ibaraki prefectures. 02/Nov/05 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Niigata prefecture. 02/Nov/01 The access data of October were released on the page of Access logs. 02/Oct/29 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Akita, Iwate, Miyagi, Yamagata ad Fukushima prefectures. 02/Oct/28 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Hokkaido and Aomori prefecture. 01/Oct/01 The access data of September were released on the page of Access logs. 01/Sept/04 Two pages introducing How many I's and You's a japanese has? were added. 01/Oct/01 The access data of September were released on the page of Access logs. 01/Sept/04 Two pages introducing How many I's and You's a japanese has? were added. 01/Sept/01 The access data of August were released on the page of Access logs. 01/Aug/01 The access data of July were released on the page of Access logs. 01/Jul/01 The access data of June were released on the page of Access logs. 02/Jun/03 The access data of May were released on the page of Access logs. 02/May/01 The access data of April were released on the page of Access logs. 02/Apr/08 This year, we had very early full blossom of cherry trees in March two weeks earlier than ordinary year. They should be blooming these days but they were already ended. 02/Apr/01 The access data of March were released on the page of Access logs. 02/Mar/11 A link to Hinamatsuri decoration by Monchhichis, japanese idol characters created by german lady Ms. Heike Andrea Grote is added in the page of Girl's Festival as an enjoyable site. 02/Mar/01 The access data of February were released on the page of Access logs. 02/Feb/27 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Kagoshima and Okinawa prefecture. 02/Feb/26 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Kumamoto and Miyazaki prefecture. 02/Feb/25 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Nagasaki and Oh-ita prefecture. 02/Feb/23 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Fukuoka and Saga prefecture. 02/Feb/18 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Ehime and Kohchi prefecture. 02/Feb/16 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Tokushima and Kagawa prefecture. 02/Feb/15 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Hiroshima and Yamaguchi prefecture. 02/Feb/12 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Shimane and Okayama prefecture. 02/Feb/08 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Nara, Wakayama and Tottori prefecture. 02/Feb/07 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Osaka and Hyohgo prefecture. 02/Feb/06 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Shiga and Kyoto prefecture. 02/Feb/05 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Mie prefecture. 02/Feb/04 The access data of January were released on the page of Access logs. 02/Jan/26 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Shizuoka prefecture. 02/Jan/24 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Yamanashi and Gifu prefecture. 02/Jan/22 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Nagano prefecture. 02/Jan/21 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Tokyo metropolitan and Kanagawa prefecture. 02/Jan/19 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Chiba prefecture. 02/Jan/17 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Saitama prefecture. 02/Jan/15 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Tochigi and Gunma prefectures. 02/Jan/11 According to the information from a visitor, links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were partly modified regarding Saga prefecture. 02/Jan/09 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding ibaraki prefecture. 02/Jan/07 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Toyama, ishikawa and Fukui prefectures. And according to the information from a visitor of Saga, a link was added. 02/Jan/01 The access data of October were released on the page of Access logs. 01/Dec/27 The top page is now in New Year mode. 01/Dec/21 According to an indication from Nanbu town Aomori, the link was changed to new address at Search by top sound, Search by prefecture also niigata prefecture was revised. 01/Dec/18 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Fukushima prefecture. 01/Dec/16 According to an indication from a visitor, the link to Suzu city of ishikawa was corrected to new one. 01/Dec/14 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Yamagata prefecture. 01/Dec/13 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Miyagi prefecture. 01/Dec/11 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding iwate prefecture. 01/Dec/01 The access data of October were released on the page of Access logs. 01/Nov/27 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Aomari prefecture. 01/Nov/26 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Akita prefecture. 01/Nov/24 An error was found at Local governments Search by sound as to the link to Kokubunji town. It was corrected. 01/Nov/22 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Hokkaido greater prefecture. 01/Nov/13 Pavement related Links was corrected according to the restructuring of central government in April. 01/Nov/08 Counters for visitors are installed in almost all the pages. 01/Nov/01 The access data of October were released on the page of Access logs. 01/Oct/30 A page introducing Japanese Numbers was added. 01/Oct/05 Thanks to Ms. Wendy, I found many pages including Japanese unique fonts especially as space and "-". They were changed some strange character in english fonts. I hope they were all corrected. She also game me advice for the english expressions in the Top page. Now I believe the english in it is perfect. 01/Oct/01 The access data of September were released on the page of Access logs. 01/Sept/14 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were partly revised regarding all of the prefectures. 01/Sept/10 The address of Tochigi Office and the name of Laboratory's address was changed. 01/Sept/01 The access data of August were released on the page of Access logs. A link to a site that has another description and several links of HinaMatsuri is set at Doll's Festival. Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding all the prefecture. In addition, links to the site which have english page were given orange color. 01/Aug/28 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Oh-ita, Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Kagoshima and Okinawa prefectures. 01/Aug/27 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime and Kohchi prefectures. 01/Aug/22 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi prefectures. 01/Aug/20 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Gunma, Kanagawa, Nagano, Yamanashi, Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi, Mie, Fukui, Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyohgo, Nara, Wakayama, Tottori prefectures. 01/Aug/11 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Gunma prefectures. 01/Aug/10 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Chiba and Tokyo prefectures. 01/Aug/09 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Saitama prefectures. 01/Aug/08 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Tochigi and ibaraki prefectures. 01/Aug/06 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Toyama and ishikawa prefectures. 01/Aug/03 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Niigata prefectures. 01/Aug/02 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Akita and Yamagata prefectures. 01/Aug/01 The access data of July were released on the page of Access logs. 01/July/31 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Aomori, iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures. Many a change were obserbed. 01/July/30 A link to Japanene old tales is added in the page of Japanese culture. Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Hokkaido greater prefecture. Many a change were obserbed. In addition, links to the site which have english page were given orange color. 01/Dec/01 The access data of October were released on the page of Access logs. 01/July/27 A simple coding error was preventing the link to Urayasu city in Links to local governments searching by pronunciation. It was corrected. 01/July/26 According to the change of logging system, slight errors of links are found every day though decreasing. Today too, one error was found. It was corrected. 01/July/25 Some link errors were found. They were corrected. There were accesses with bad file names. In case the objective files are distinct, some trials for guiding them to the right file were made. 01/July/23 Several link errors were found especially at the page of Links to Local Governments in Chiba Prf.. They were corrected. 01/July/21 The pronunciation of Oshima in Hokkaido was expressed as Toshima in Search Local Governments by pronunciation. It was corrected. 01/July/16 A cording miss was found for the link to Kakamigahara city in Links to Local Governments by pronunciation. It was corrected. 01/July/10 According to the notice from AsphaltPages (a pavement exclusive search engine) telling teh cease of their service, the link to them was removed from Link Page. 01/July/3 A few coding miss were found in link pages they were corrected. 01/July/2 The access data of June were released on the page of Access logs. 01/June/28 The rainy season "tsuyu" ended and hot summer is coming. The top page is now in summer mode. 01/June/4 The access data of May were released on the page of Access logs. 01/May/21 Links to Beltane and other Certic fire festivals are added at the page of Japanese Culture. 01/May/7 According to new establishiment of Saitama city, Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were modified. 01/May/1 The access data of April were released on the page of Access logs. 01/Apr/9 Links to local governments (Search by prefecture) were re-arranged into alphabetical order. 01/Apr/6 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Hokkaido greater prefecture. 01/Apr/4 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Kohchi, Kumamoto, Oh-ita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima and Okinawa prefectures. 01/Apr/2 The access data of March were released on the page of Access logs. 01/Mar/31 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Fukuoka, Saga and Nagasaki prefectures. 01/Mar/30 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Wakayama and Hyohgo prefectures. And according to information from Toh-haku town in Shimane prefecture, one of link was changed. 01/Mar/29 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Shizuoka, Aichi, Mie, Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka and Nara prefectures. 01/Mar/28 Some wordings were modified according to the advice of Alexander R.G. Farrow, University of Exeter UK typically at the page of introduction to Japanese culture, pavement pages and link pages to local governments. Many thanks to Alex. 01/Mar/27 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by prefecture) were revised regarding Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures. 01/Mar/26 Links to local governments by region are now rearranged and are categorized by prfectures. 01/Mar/23 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by region) were revised regarding ishikawa, Fukui, ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa and Nagano prefectures. 01/Mar/19 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by region) were revised regarding Fukushima, Yamagata, Niigata, Toyama and Yamaguchi prefectures. 01/Mar/16 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by region) were revised regarding iwate, Miyagi, Akita prefectures. 01/Mar/15 Links to local governments (Search by top sound, Search by region) were revised regarding Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Aomori prefectures. 01/Mar/13 A data file of Links to local governments by first sound was found to be damaged. It was recovered. 01/Mar/12 According to the advice of Alexander R.G. Farrow, University of Exeter UK, the wording in the top page was corrected. Thank you very much Alexander. 01/Mar/8 Name of Month was added to the pages of Japanese culture. 01/Mar/1 The access data of January were released on the page of Access logs. 01/Feb/13 When changign web-master's address, many a page were damaged. They were recovered. 01/Feb/8 The web-master's address was newly acquired. All the contact addresses were changed to new one. 01/Feb/1 The access data of January were shown on the page of Access logs. 01/Jan/19 The change of URL of Ama town in Shimane prefecture was reported. Link pages were corrected accordingly. 01/Jan/1 The access data of December were shown on the page of Access logs. to Top of this page [Japanese culture] Update History during 2001 - 2004 to Before 2000  to After 2005