LINKS

A list of the "best of the (Japanese) outdoors on the internet!"

If you can't find out what you need on the Outdoor SIG site……then chances are you can find it via the links below.

And don't forget the INTERACTIVE PAGE:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/outdoorsig/

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THE CATEGORIES………cover most everything…….

OutdoorSIG EVENTS LINKS (Related to OSIG Annual Events)
NON-OSIG EVENTS LINKS (Related to NON-OSIG events we list in the EVENTS section)
OUTDOOR GEAR (buy on-line and have it shipped over to Japan!)
OUTDOOR COMPANIES IN JAPAN (adventure companies, stores)
SNOW SPORTS (in Japan and overseas)
HIKING AND CAMPING IN JAPAN (Mt climbing info etc)
ON-LINE OUTDOOR PUBLICATIONS (on-line outdoor magazines etc)
TRAVEL (in Japan and overseas)
ONSENS (all you need to get naked!)
OUTDOOR CLUBS IN JAPAN (get in touch with one in your area!)
WATER SPORTS (anything to do with water in Japan)
OTHER SPORTS (other sports info in Japan)
WILDLIFE (Fauna) OF JAPAN
WEATHER (weather information in Japan)
WEBCAMS (check the weather on the mountain before you ski/climb!)
MAPS (maps related to Japan….trails, regions, highways etc)
JET RELATED LINKS (AJET, other SIGs, Natl Groups etc)
METROPOLITAN GUIDES (going into/thru the BIG city?)
ON-LINE JAPANESE NEWSPAPERS
OTHER MISC. (don't fit in any of the above)
JOB HUNTING - AFTER JET (be a skibum? smokejumper?)
EMBASSIES (in Japan)

OutdoorSIG EVENTS LINKS (Related to OSIG Annual Events)

OSIG's POWDATOPIA (Ferry info btwn Hokk + Aomori)
http://www.hakodate.or.jp/info/access/etc.htm
OSIG's POWDATOPIA (Hakkoda Mt Lodge)
http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/%7Eh-sansou/index.html
SADO ISLAND's KODO TAIKO (Earth Celebration! ALL the info+ tix order forms etc)
http://www.kodo.or.jp
OSIG's 'BONIN ISLANDS PARADISE' TRIP- background info
http://www.bonin-islands.com
OSIG's GASSAN BACKCOUNTRY SPRING SKI TRIP- background info
http://www.skijapanguide.com/2002/features/general-26.html
OSIG's TEAM IN THE NISEKO ADVENTURE RACE
http://www.nac-web.com/events/races/race_en.htm
EARTH DAY EVENTS-Earth Day Planner's Guide (by ECOSIG)
http://www.geocities.com/green_in_japan/
OSIG's RENEWERS CONFERENCE WEEKEND HIKE in Kobe - on Rokko-san
http://www.psn.ne.jp/~h-somali/rok/e/
OSIG's SUMMER HOKKAIDO PEAKS TREK …inspired by Tom, Paul and Ben's 5000km+ trek of the hyakumeizan in 9 months……to raise awareness/funding for landmine clearance
http://www.japanesemountaintrek.org.uk
OSIG's WHITEWATER WEEKEND (with this rafting co. in Tochigi)
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/edel/naoc/index.htm

NON-OSIG EVENTS (Related to NON-OSIG events we list in EVENTS)

SAPPORO SNOW FEST WEEKEND (organized by Hokkaido AJET) (2002)
http://www.geocities.com/yukimatsuri2002/
http://www.hajet/org
OFFICIAL SAPPORO SNOWFEST SITE (2002)
http://www.aurora-net.or.jp/%7Esnowfes/english/index_e.html
NAGANO AJET SKI TRIP (late Jan)
http://www.geocities.com/naganojet/
BICYCLE FOR EVERYONE'S EARTH (BEE-ECOSIG event) ...the length of Japan for Eco-awareness!
http://www.beejapan.org
ROLL YOUR OWN BLACKOUT (June 21 every year)
http://www.rollyourownblackout.com/index-blackout.html
INTERNATIONAL BUY NOTHING DAY (Nov 23 every year)
http://www.adbsuters.org/campaigns/bnd
TOYOTA BIG AIR COMP (Annually in Jan in Sapporo-2002 Japanese site)
http://www.htb.co.jp/bigair/2002/index.html
AVALANCHE AWARENESS COURSES (in Hokkaido, Nagano etc)
http://www.coachjpn.com
FUJI-SAN MARATHON!
http://www.city.fujiyoshida.yamanashi.jp/info/div/admin/html/english/index.htm

OUTDOOR GEAR (buy on-line and have it shipped over to Japan!)

MOUNTAIN EQUIPMENT CO-OP (M.E.C.) ON-LINE STORE-ships to Japan!
http://www.mec.ca/
R.E.I. (the biggest outdoor store on the net!) ON-LINE STORE-ships to Japan!
http://www.rei.com
OUTDOOR RESEARCH GEAR
http://www.orgear.com
NORTHFACE
http://www.northface.com
LOWEALPINE
http://www.lowealpine.com
COLUMBIA
http://www.columbia.com
SUUNTO (wristwatch computers)
http://www.suuntousa.com
SIERRA DESIGNS
http://www.sierradesigns.com
GREGORY BACKPACKS
http://www.gregorypacks.com
MSR (Mountain Safety Research)
http://www.msrcorp.com
BACKPACKERS PANTRY (awesome outdoor food)
http://www.backpackerspantry.com
PATAGONIA
http://www.patagonia.com
MARMOT
http://www.marmot.com
TOM'S OF MAINE (enviro friendly camping products)
http://www.toms-of-maine.com
VOLANT SPORTS (THE powder ski)
http://www.volantsports.com/
AMAZON (outdoor books)
http://www.amazon.com

OUTDOOR COMPANIES IN JAPAN (adventure companies, stores etc)

NISEKO ADVENTURE CENTRE (Adv Co.)
http://www.nac-web.com/index_en.htm
NOAC RAFTING CO. (OSIG's Whitewater weekend) (Adv Co.)
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/edel/naoc/index.htm
ICI (Ishi) SPORTS- OUTDOOR STORES (50+ stores nationwide!-'how-to-find-us' maps)
http://www.ici-sports.com/
EVERGREEN OUTDOORS-Hakuba, Nagano-ken (Adv Co.)
http://www.evergreen-outdoors.com/
GREAT OUTDOORS-Gunma-ken (Adv Co.)
http://www.goraft.com/index(e).html
JAPAN ADVENTURES
www.japan-adventures.com
MTB JAPAN-Mt Bike Adventure tours-Gunma-ken (Adv Co.)
http://www. target=_blankmtbjapan.net
UNCLE BEAR WHITEWATER-Gunma-ken (and MTB) (Adv Co.)
http://www.uboutdoor.com/index_E.html
ATC SPORTS- OUTDOOR STORE (Aomori-ken, Towada-machi)
http://www.hi-net.ne.jp/atc/
GREENHOUSE - OUTDOOR STORE (Aomori-ken, Aomori city and Hachinohe)
http://www.ys-greenh.com
BUILD A CANOE (20,000en in 3 days…in Kumamoto-ken, Kyushu)
http://ww7.tiki.ne.jp/~kensei/english.htm
JAPANESE HIKING/BIKING TOUR GUIDE CO.
http://www.konichiwalks.com/index.htm
HAPPY RAFTING (Shikoku)
http://www.happyraft.com

SNOW SPORTS (in Japan and overseas)

THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO SKIING IN JAPAN!
http://www.skijapanguide.com
SNOW SAFETY SITE
http://www.safetywrangler.com/
AVALANCHE AWARENESS COURSES (in Hokk, Nagano etc)
http://www.coachjpn.com
THEBOREDPARK.COM (by Hokkaido's Nick Piper…pics and vid of the POW in Japan)
http://www.theboredpark.com/
CANADIAN AVALANCHE PAGE (lots of backcountry awareness info)
http://www.avalanche.ca/
TOYOTA BIG AIR COMP (Annually in Sapporo-in Japanese)
http://www.htb.co.jp/bigair/2002/index.html
JAPAN TELEMARK ASSOCIATION (in Japanese)
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~tt3k-ktd/
FREE DAILY SNOW FORECASTS FOR MTS IN JAPAN
http://www.snow-forecast.com/

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HIKING AND CAMPING IN JAPAN (Mt climbing/camping info etc)

THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO THE JAPANESE OUTDOORS
http://www.outdoorjapan.com
AOMORI OUTDOOR GUIDE
http://www.jomon.ne.jp/~affairj/english/gettingaround/hiking/hiking.htm
CLIMBING FUJI-SAN LINK (including the Fuji-san marathon)
http://www.city.fujiyoshida.yamanashi.jp/info/div/admin/html/english/index.htm

VOLANT
http://www.volantsports.com
HIKING/MOUNTAINEERING IN JAPAN
http://www.hejoly.demon.nl/countries/japan.html
THE HYAKUMEIZAN IN 78 DAYS!
http://www.aspot.ne.jp/akabane/hyakumeizan/
CHUBU HIKING TRAILS (Central Japan)
http://www.japantrek.de
VIEWS OF MTS AROUND TOKYO
http://club.pep.ne.jp/~itomsa/shwv1/styo/etyohtm/etyhonb.htm
MT JOURNALS OF TOYOHASHI ALPINE CLUB (Japan Alps)
http://icarusproject.com/deridder/mountain/
PERSONAL CLIMBING JOURNALS (Japan and world)
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/1985/mtn.html
SPEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN (aka Caving)
http://www.netlaputa.ne.jp/~ssj/index-e.html

ON-LINE OUTDOOR PUBLICATIONS (Mags, newspapers etc)

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
http://www.nationalgeographic.com
SKI-NET
http://www.skinet.com
BACKPACKER MAG
http://www.backpacker.com
OUTSIDE MAG
http://www.outsidemag.com
POWDER MAGAZINE
http://www.powdermag.com
FREEZE MAGAZINE
http://www.freezeonline.com/
TOKYO WEEKENDER
http://www.weekender.co.jp/
MOUNTAINZONE.COM MAGAZINE
http://ski.mountainzone.com/
FREESKIER MAGAZINE
http://www.freeskier.com/
KAYAK SESSION
http://www.kayaksession.com/
OUTDOORJAPAN
http://www.outdoorjapan.com

TRAVEL (in Japan and to get overseas)

JAPAN RAIL PASSES
http://www.japanrail.com
JAPAN RAIL SEISHUN JUHACHI KIPPU
Seishun Juhachi Kippu

JAPAN RAIL PLANNER
http://www.jorudan.co.jp/english/norikae/
JAPAN NATIONAL TOURISM ORGANIZATION
http://www.jnto.go.jp
JAPAN'S YOUTH HOSTELS
http://www.jyh.or.jp
JAPAN's YELLOW PAGES (in English!)
http://english.itp.ne.jp/
JAPAN SAVER AIR TIX
http://www.japan-saver.com/
LEGEND TRAVEL
http://www.legendtravel.co.jp/
No.1 TRAVEL
http://www.no1-travel.com/
STA TRAVEL
http://www.statravel.co.jp/english/index.htm
JTB TRAVEL
http://www.jtbusa.com/enhome/
AVIA TRAVEL (specialists in one way tickets out of Japan)
http://www.aviatravel.com/
AVIS CAR RENTAL/BOOKING INFO
http://www.outdoorjapan.com/travel/travel-carrental-info.html
FERRY INFO -between Hokkaido and Honshu's Aomori-ken
http://www.hakodate.or.jp/info/access/etc.htm
TABIBITO TRAVEL-Japan's English Language Travel Agency
http://www.tabibitotravel.com/about/home.htm
SADO ISLAND INFO - Home to Kodo taiko and the Earth Celebration
http://www.offyonder.com/2001/japan/sado/index.shtml
CURRENCY CONVERTER
http://www.xe.net/ucc/
NORTHERN TOHOKU SIGHTSEEING GUIDE
http://www.northern-tohoku.gr.jp/english/index.htm
TRAVEL IN IWATE-KEN (Tohoku)
http://www.iwatetabi.jp/en/index.php
TRAVEL IN AOMORI-KEN (Tohoku)
http://apti.net.pref.aomori.jp/index-en.html
TRAVEL IN AKITA-KEN (Tohoku)
http://www.akitafan.com/language/en/index.html
TRAVEL IN SHIZUOKA-KEN (Chubu-home of Mt Fuji)
http://www.shizuoka-guide.com/
JAPANESE RYOOKAN (INN) GROUP
http://www.jnto.go.jp/03welcome/japaneseinn/japaneseinn.html
M.KOIZUMI's SCENIC NATURE GUIDE/PHOTOS
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ud6m-kizm/Index_of_Photo_Album.htm
WWOOF JAPAN (Willing Workers On Organic Farms)
http://www.wwoofjapan.com
HAKKODA MT LODGE
http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/%7Eh-sansou/index.html

ONSENS (all you need to get naked!!)

OUTDOORJAPAN.COM's NATIONAL ONSEN GUIDE
http://www.outdoorjapan.com/section-onsen.html
NATIONAL HOT SPRING INDEX (broken down by prefecture)
http://www2.gol.com/users/jolsen/onsen/hot-spring-index.html
ONSENS OF JAPAN
http://www.japanhotel.net/travel_info/hot_springs.htm
ONSEN GUIDE (personal homepage)
http://angelfire.com/or/bonnyscotland/onsen.html
DAY TRIPPING TO ONSENS (find by map)
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ue3t-cb/index_e/index_e.htm
ONSEN GUIDE TO NAGANO-KEN
http://markun.cs.shinshu-u.ac.jp/nagano-info/yu/index-e.html
ONSEN TOUR COMPANY
http://www2.pcom.net/midori/onsen.html
SOAKING UP JAPAN'S HOT SPRINGS
http://www.anatol.org/projects/rachel/springs.html
AKITA-KEN's TSURUNOYU ONSEN
http://www.links.net/vita/trip/japan/akita/tsurunoyu/
FREE ONSENS
http://www.japantips.net/english/culture/hot_free.html
A GUIDE TO JAPANESE HOTSPRINGS (the book)
go to the OSIG BOOKSHELF....
TOP TEN HOTSPRING PICKS OF JAPAN
http://gojapan.about.com/library/ecommerce/aatp_onsenhotsprings.htm
RYOOKAN (INNS) AT ONSENS DIRECTORY
http://japaneseguesthouses.com/hotsprings/

OUTDOOR CLUBS IN JAPAN (get in touch with one in your area)

OUTDOORSIG INTERACTIVE PAGE (signin-make a Yahoo ID)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/outdoorsig/
OUTDOORS JAPAN (interactive homepage- signin -make a Yahoo ID)
http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/outdoorsjapan
FUCHU HIKING CLUB (of Tokyo)
http://www.wecaretoo.com/Organizations/JAP/fhc.html
ROMAN ALPINE CLUB (of Tokyo)
http://www.geocities.co.jp/Outdoors/3763/
JAPANESE ALPINE CLUB (oldest in Japan since 1905)
http://www.jac.or.jp/english/jac_e.htm
INTERNATIONAL OUTDOORS CLUB (of Osaka)
http://www.geocities.com/~ioc-kansai/
KANSAI OUTDOORS CLUB
http://members.tripod.com/~satoike/kisc/knsodce.htm

WATER SPORTS (anything to do with water in Japan)

FISHING CLUB IN JAPAN (in English…just signin-make a yahoo ID)
http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/fishinginjapan
SCUBA DIVING IN JAPAN
http://www.divejapan.com
SCUBA DIVING IN VIETNAM (SCUBASIG used these guys-Rainbow Divers)
http://www.divevietnam.com
KAYAKING IN JAPAN
http://city.hokkai.or.jp/~njwwf/eindex.html

OTHER SPORTS (other sports info in Japan)

PARAGLIDING IN JAPAN
http://www.paragliding.net/directory/places/asia/pacrim/japan.htm
JAPAN ROLLER LUGE ASSOC.
http://www.jrla.gr.jp
CLIMBING GYM LIST FOR ALL JAPAN! (in English!)
http://kfn.ksp.or.jp/~yuuko/climbing/gym/gym0-e.html