Economist.com: Tokyo City Guide
Tokyo has come a long way since its humble beginnings as Edo, a small settlement established in 1457. Get an overview of the city: its history, architecture, economy, popular culture and more.

Lonely Planet World Guide: Tokyo
Get facts, a brief history and sightseeing recommendations in this online Tokyo travel guide.

Metropolis Visitors Guide: Tokyo
Japan’s top English-language magazine offers travel tips, event listings maps and neighborhood must-sees.

Notes on Japanese Onomatopoeia
Learn about Japanese onomatopoeia, including the film’s title, “doki-doki,” which refers to the sound of the heart beating. Get links, definitions and resources on Japanese slang and onomatopoeia from this MIT site.

NPR: Tokyo “All Aboard” Melodies
First aired on All Things Considered in September 2003, this radio piece examines whether Tokyo’s subway melodies can help calm its straphangers. (Available in Real and Windows Media players.)

Musical Boxes in the Trains
Listen to MIDI music files of the melodies played in Tokyo subways to announce arrivals and departures.

East Japan Railway Company
Find out about the different train lines in the Tokyo subway system and listen to recordings of train announcements. In Japanese and English.

PBS: Online NewsHour: A History of the New York City Subway
Read an essay by author Roger Rosenblatt on anonymity in the crowds of the New York City subway, on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.

Midnight Eye
Billed as “the latest and best in Japanese cinema,” this site features movie reviews, filmmaker interviews, an events calendar and more.

Kid of Tokyo Journal
Read semi-daily journal entries on life in Tokyo from an American living in Japan.

Conversation With Donald Richie
Read an extensive interview with Donald Richie, one of the preeminent Western scholars on Japanese culture and film.

Shunji Iwai Official Web Site
Learn more about filmmaker, author and composer Shunji Iwai, a favorite of DOKI-DOKI director Chris Eska. Iwai’s film All About Lily Chou-Chou became an instant classic about Japanese teens.