Doing Photography and Social Research in the Allied Occupation of Japan, 1948-1951 by John W. Bennett – this site contains several dozen photographs of Tokyo street life with accompanying journal entries and commentary by John W. Bennett, an anthropologist who played a key role in social research in Japan during the Occupation.

Homepage of Professor Henry D. Smith, II, of Columbia University – a remarkable resource for the study of Edo and Tokyo history

Dentsu Advertising Museum -- Dentsu is one of Japan's and the world's largest advertising agencies. This well-illustrated on-line museum of Japanese advertising has three major sections, on the Edo period, the Meiji period, and the Taisho-Showa periods, with many subsections.

Tokyo Metropolitan Government

Tokyo’s Wards (links to information about each of the 23 wards (ku) of Tokyo)

Links to major newspapers and broadcast networks in Japan

Return to Tokyo: Culture, Society, and History homepage

Return to Bestor’s homepage