• Tutorial
  • Organs History : The Organ and how it works / The History of the Organ
• General info
  • Pipe Organs and Related Topics
  • The Theatre Organ Home Page
• Regional info
  • Organs in Poland : Excellent site of its kind.
  • The Foundation for Preservation of Dutch Organs
  • Nederland Orgelland (The Dutch Organ Site) : Useful concert guide.
  • FFAO (La Fédération Francophone des Amis de l'Orgue) (in French)
  • Münster Organ Magazine (in German)
• Composers, Composer-Organists
  • Louis Vierne : Great website about the great French organist and composer. Interesting photos of L.V.
  • Maurice Duruflé "In paradism" : Excellent site for anyone who loves his music.
  • Jean Langlais : Extensive list of his compositions as well as recordings.
  • Petr Eben : One of the most important composers for organ since WW2.
  • Jean Guillou : Virtuoso as well as composer. Work list.
  • Naji Hakim : Brilliant music representing an epoch in the organ literature? Work list and discography.
• Organists
  • Carlo Curley Concerts : The international organ virtuoso.
  • Keiko Inoue : Most popular Japanese organist (partly in English)
  • Thomas Murray : The great Romantic-Symphonic tradition. Discography.
• Historical Organs/Builders
  • Gottfried Silbermann : A fine website about the master of the German Baroque.
  • The German Organ site : about Engler, Casparini Dynasty, J. Wagner and Hildebrandt.
  • Organs of Schnitger and organs in Drenthe : Extensive info on the master of the North German Baroque.
  • Decouverte de l'Orgue : Informative site about organs in Alsace.
• Discographies/Recording Companies/Shops (Moved to the Recordings links page)
• Festivals/Competitions
  • St Albans International Organ Festival
  • Internationaal orgelfestival Haarlem
  • Organfestival Holland : International Bach Festival and Schnitger International Organ Competition.
  • Toulouse les Orgues : Festival and Competition.
  • International Organ Festival of Santa Rita (Turin - Italy)
  • In Tempore Organi : Master-classes, lectures, concerts, seminars, visits to historical instruments around Arona (Lake Maggiore, Italy).

Information on Japan

• WWW guide
  • The Japan Web Guide (by Forest Linton) : The 500 best Web sites in Japan, categorized by topic (no personal home pages listed). There are also special sections such as "Reading Japanese on the WWW", "About visiting and living in Japan"....
• General info on Japan
  • Japan Window (by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone) : A large source of info on Japan. Living, Working and Travel in Japan will be very practical for a foreigner who intends to visit to or live in Japan. Another feature is the nicely presented Kid's Window. (Japan Window http://www.jwindow.net/ seems to be currently/often sleeping!?)
  • Stanford Guide to Japan Information Resources (J Guide) (by US-Japan Technology Mangement Center)
  • Japanese Information (by NTT)
  • Teaching (and Learning) about Japan (by Lee A. Makela) : Links to many aspects of Japanese culture.
  • Japan Information Network (by the Japan Center for Intercultural Communications) : The site has been made possible with the cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. (U.S. Mirror Site)
• News from Japan
  • The Japan Times : Web site of the daily paper published only in English.
  • The Weekly Post : The electronic version of the best selling weekly magazine in Japan. "The Weekly Post is proud to tell people all over the world only the truth about what is really happening in Japan." For example, the editorial of a recent issue is titled: "Are Japanese Newspapers Just Government Newsletters?" And its body: "There are two major problems common to all of Japan's major newspapers. One is the 'uniformity' or lack of diversity of their news. The other is their practice of irresponsibly blowing news stories out of proportion ... "
  • Asahi NewsPaper : This is one of Japan's major newspapers (as the Weekly Post pointed out).
  • Kyodo News : Japan's largest and most established international news agency. Comprehensive and up-to-the-minute news briefs on happenings in Japan and Asia along with a more detailed weekly edition.
• Weather
  • Kochi University, Weather Index : Images from the Geostationary Meteorological Satellite Himawari. Available every 3 hours.
• Sushi (a littel about Japanese food)
  • Rolling Your Own Sushi : Mark Hutchenreuther shows how to make sushi at home. Important terms, foodstuffs needed, how to prepare rice, and lots more.

About Earthquakes

• Earthquake Info, Global
  • Earthquake Info From gldfs.cr.usgs.gov : Major quake locations during the last 6 days are shown on an interactive map. Updates near-real-time.
  • Global Earthquake Report : Similar site at the University of Edinburgh (on USGS database)

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