Tokyo Food Page
Guide to Tokyo restaurants and specialist food shops. Directory with over 1600 restaurant, bar and izakaya listings. Japanese recipe collection, galleries and food news.

Sake World
The definitive sake site by John Gauntner, who writes a sake column for the Japan Times. Glossary, types of sake, events, books, top 100 sake list.

Japan Web
List of Japanese restaurants in the United Kingdom, glossary of food types and terms, recipes, presentation, tableware.

Japanese Cuisine
Recipes in categories such as seafood, tofu, soup, regional cooking and many more. There are also articles on dining etiquette, utensils, seasoning and so on. Part of the About Network.

The Joy of Sake
All about making sake - techniques, ingredients and philosophy.

Asahi Beer
Asahi Super Dry is one of the best selling beers in the world. The main web site is largely a corporate profile but leads into its own large web of sites. For a more entertaining look at the world of beer, try starting at Asahi Fun then keep going!

Sticky Rice
American site with large archive of sushi and other recipes, chef's tips and tutorials.

Sushi World Guide
Guide to Japanese restaurants outside Japan. There are well over 2000 restaurants listed by country and city.

Sapporo Beer Club
Company profile and history of the major Japanese brewer, along with details of its products, shopping and factory visits.

World Ramen Net
You think ramen are just instant noodles and the easiest thing in the world to cook? This site will disabuse you of such silly ideas. Find out why ramen cookery should take years of training, plus everything else you ever wanted to know about ramen.

Tea Hyakka
The Japanese tea ceremony - history, tea rooms, poems, traditional fabrics used in the ceremony. In English and Japanese.

Suntory
Major Japanese producer of food, soft drinks and alcoholic drinks, including their famous whisky and beers. As usual, the Japanese site is much more entertaining.

Otafuku
Illustrated recipes for okonomiyaki, yakisoba and other Japanese dishes from the Otafuku Sauce Company. As the Home Page says, "Let us help you build happy time through eating" - who could put it better?

Kikkoman
All about soy sauce from the famous manufacturer's European web site. Food and culture, searchable database of recipes, ABC of chopsticks and etiquette. There is also a Japanese site.

Eat-Japan
Japanese food, culture and recipes together with online shopping for food.

Glico
Japanese food company whose products range from Kiss Mint to instant curry mixes and include the famous Pocky range of snacks.

Ippodo Tea Company
Web site of a green tea trading company which describes different kinds of Japanese tea and how to prepare them.

Kirin
Japan's biggest brewer. The English language section is just a company profile but in Japanese you can read about the Kirin Beer Museum and find out about some of the more unusual beers such as stout and Clear Brew. There are also illustrated Japanese and international recipes.

Tsuji
Basic techniques of Japanese cuisine such as how to clean and scale different kinds of fish, plus regional recipes from Osaka and Kanazawa.

Bob & Angie
Recipes for everyday Japanese food, healthy eating, kids' recipes, beginners' recipes, regional recipes - in all this huge site has over 5000 recipes in Japanese plus over 100 basic recipes in English with illustrations, instructions and useful tips.

Meiji
Site of the well-known Japanese sweet and chocolate manufacturer includes encyclopaedic information on chocolate, Teddy Town children's page with a janken game and, bizarrely, large sections on food poisoning and depression.

Learn Sushi
How to make sushi and how not to make a fool of yourself in a sushi bar. Descriptions of the different kinds of fish and other ingredients, pronunciation guide, glossary, pictures and video.