japanese websites, recomendations please!!!

hi people

i'm really into learning japanese these days and i decided 2 weeks ago to go for total immersion. i follow this guy's method: http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/
(it seems to be a bunch of crap but it's actually very very smart and interesting)
it means, japanese all day long, tv (i use KeyHole TV), music (OF COURSE!!!) books ( i'm really into books for little children...), animes, dramas without english/french subtitles and WEBSITES.

i want to go on a lot of websites written in japanese and i'm asking for recommendations, especially sites about music in general, electro and indie rock, contemporary arts, news (not the picky ones though), interesting blogs... or just your favourite japanese websites!

i know there already is a thread about websites, but since my request is very specific...



EDIT: oops it's not the right thread for `that it should be in the japan section, right?....
I'M SORRY
(i didn't even know we had a japan section.)

Moved your topic for ya.

Some good music related sites: (both usually have some interesting interviews with artists)

http://www.barks.jp/

[URL= http://www.oricon.co.jp/] http://www.oricon.co.jp/[/URL]


Some learning resources for JLPT: http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=5410


The weekly "a week in Tokyo" articles are especially good if you want to gain an insight in life in Tokyo. There are heaps of other great articels there too so don't be put off by the site's otakuness
DannyChoo.com

thaks modnar!

yes the oricon website is quite funny to read, because i'm a beginner and all these Engrish words really crack me up. i'm not used to.
barcks seems interesting too, i'm gonna spend some time on it, for sure!
and the blog is a very good idea because it's life with real words and expressions to learn.. but i'm not at that point at all right now... i'm still taking 10 minutes to decipher a thing :/

merci beaucoup!!

EDIT: wow Modnar thanks fot the Barks link! i've found out a lot of interesting music! i go there everyday and it's a pleasure to work on my reading skills this way. i recnomend it to anyone interested in good music.

http://natalie.mu/

http://ro69.jp/

http://www.newaudiogram.com/

http://www.red-hot.ne.jp/

http://www.dax.tv/

http://www.sound-tv.net/

http://www.audioleaf.com/

http://www.i-radio.fm/

http://www.fooooo.com/

http://www.nhk.or.jp/lesson/

http://www.ic.u-tokyo.ac.jp/japanese/b00_e.html

http://sp.cis.iwate-u.ac.jp/indexe.html

http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~kitade/links.htm

http://www.japanlink.co.jp/ka/index.html

http://www.japanlink.co.jp/ij/index.html

http://www.ak.cradle.titech.ac.jp/Rise/top.htm

http://www.ajalt.org/link/link.html

http://study.u-biq.org/

http://www.gcn-osaka.jp/japanese/lj02-01.html

http://www.hiraganatimes.com/

http://yomoyomo.jp/

http://www.style-arena.jp/

http://metropolis.co.jp/

http://maruione.jp/

http://livej.maruione.jp/

http://asianbeat.com/

http://pingmag.jp/J/

http://make.pingmag.jp/J/

http://www.web-across.com/

http://www.aozora.gr.jp/

http://mainichi.jp/life/riezo/

http://modernnipponproject.com/

http://cooljapanonline.com/

http://www.bento.com/

http://www.gnavi.co.jp/en/

http://www.exe-gourmetjapan.com/

yaaa Amaoto thanks!!

for those who don't have a Nico Nico Douga account
http://www.nicozon.net/
http://tokka.s59.coreserver.jp/

Nico Nico Douga to MP3 Online Converter
http://www.nicomimi.net/
http://nicosound.anyap.info/

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Thanks for telling us about that niconico to mp3 converter :D
This will no doubt prove useful if we need to obtain any old chatmonchy radio recordings and such

http://www.nicovideofire.jp/

Local time in Japan
http://24timezones.com/world_directory/tokyo_local_time.php

Fireworks display
2010/07/26 "ぎおん柏崎まつり「海の大花火大会」"
尺球100発一斉打ち上げ (00:59:23), 尺玉300連発 (01:36:45~)
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/8529010
http://www.ustream.tv/user/NigataKomachi/videos

7/31 19:30~21:00 "大洗海上花火大会"
http://www.ibarakiguide.jp/summer/live_hanabi/

2010/08/01 20:00~ "聖籠夏まつり海上大花火大会"
http://www.ustream.tv/user/nobuyosicom
http://twitter.com/nobuyosicom

2010/08/02 19:15~ , 2010/08/03 19:15~ "長岡まつり大花火大会"
http://www.ustwrap.info/multi/51012k::naga...:nagaoka-hanabi

2010/08/03 19:30~ "江の島納涼花火大会"
http://www.ustream.tv/user/osharekoboyu
http://twitter.com/osharekoboyu

http://livejam.jp/
http://tweetmovie.jp/
http://ustweet.net/
http://www.ustwrap.info/
http://ustrate.info/

ustschedule
http://twitter.com/ustschedule
http://ustschedule.com/

ust2me
http://twitter.com/ust2me
http://ust2.me/

7colorsTV
http://twitter.com/7colorsTV
http://7colors.tv/

fujirock_now
7/29~8/1(19:00~)
http://twitter.com/fujirock_now
http://www.ustream.tv/user/fujirock_now
http://www.fujirockfestival.com/

J-WAVE Radio Spider
http://www.myspace.com/813fmradiospider

SPACE SHOWER area (Every wednesday 19:00-20:30)
http://www.spaceshowertv.com/area/
http://twitter.com/areaSSTV
http://www.ustream.tv/user/spaceshowerarea

ゆるstream
http://www.ustream.tv/user/ototoy
http://ototoy.jp/music/

natalie_tv
http://natalie.mu/tv
http://twitter.com/natalie_tv
http://www.ustream.tv/user/natashajapan

discord (Every Friday 22:00-23:00, host: Shikano Atsushi)
http://twitter.com/sikappe
http://www.ustream.tv/user/rockkankokyokai

DOMMUNE
http://www.dommune.com/
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/dommune
http://twitter.com/dommune
http://www.dommune.com/ele-king/
http://twitter.com/___ele_king___/

FLAKE RECORDS
http://www.flakerecords.com/
http://www.ustream.tv/user/DAWA_FLAKE
http://twitter.com/DAWA_FLAKE
http://twitter.com/FLAKE_RECORDS
http://www.myspace.com/flakerecords

VJ akira-o
http://www.bloguru.com/akira-o
http://twitter.com/a_k_i_r_a_o
http://www.ustream.tv/user/akira-o

velvet_sun
http://www.velvetsun.jp/
http://twitter.com/velvet_sun
http://www.ustream.tv/user/zacari

NEXPERIENCE
http://www.nextbeat.jp/nexperience/
http://twitter.com/nexperience
http://www.ustream.tv/user/nexperience

京都で遊ぼうMUSIC
http://www.kyotodeasobo.com/music/
http://www.ustream.tv/user/kyotodeasobo
http://twitter.com/kyoaso_music

AVOCADO Records
http://www.myspace.com/avocadorecordsjp
http://twitter.com/AVOCADO_records
http://www.ustream.tv/user/AVOCADO_records

kampsite.jp
http://www.kampsite.jp/
http://twitter.com/MARU_movie

MySpaceJP_ust
http://twitter.com/MySpaceJP_ust
http://jp.myspace.com/msjustream

PlayYouHouseJP
http://twitter.com/playyouhousejp
http://www.ustream.tv/user/playyouhouse
http://www.youtube.com/user/playyouhousejp
http://www.sony.jp/playyou/

Second Royal Records
http://www.secondroyal.com/
http://twitter.com/secondroyal
http://www.ustream.tv/user/secondroyal
http://soundcloud.com/secondroyal

Kate
http://www.ustream.tv/user/kate4649
http://twitter.com/kate_jpn
http://twitter.com/daikovsky
http://twitter.com/nil_naud
http://www.myspace.com/katejpn
http://www.myspace.com/1004711132
http://soundcloud.com/katejpn

hitoto
http://www.ustream.tv/user/hitoto
http://www.youtube.com/user/hitotoLIVE
http://twitter.com/hitoto_osaka
http://hitoto.info/

VictorMusic
http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/
http://twitter.com/victormusic
http://www.ustream.tv/user/victormusic