Recommended Web Sites

Misc

• Cool Japan Online offers you genuine Japanese arts and crafts, such as kimono, paintings, ceramics, lacquer work and much more.
• Japan Brand Online is truly superior genuine Japanese products.
• Toyama Ryu (Japanese Swordsmanship)
• Mugen Dachi (Tatami for west of the Mississippi)
• Chromatech Printing (Cards, Flyers and Brocures)
• Adrian Demoret Freelance Photographer (onsightphotography@yahoo.com)
• Hanshi Bill DeClemente (The Karate Kid)
• Morikami Museum (Japanese Garden and Museum)
• Florida Token Kai (Japanese Sword Society)
• Japan Culture Club (Kamidana)
• MartialArtSwords.com (Katana)
• Making a Boken (by Kim Taylor)

Sword Repair / Refitting Sites

Tsukamaki (How to wrap the handle)

• http://pages.prodigy.net/tlbuck/tsuka/tsuka.htm
• http://www.montanairon.com/tsukamaki.html
• http://www.zatoichi.de
• http://www.swordforumbugei.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=32376&sid=a72b6498237cdad5fb7ac221eb9f2cb6
• http://forums.swordforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=49042&highlight=hishigami

Tsukamaki (Styles of handle wraps)

• http://www.montanairon.com/tsukaimages.html
• http://home.planet.nl/~sebregts/index.html

Saya Making

• http://pages.prodigy.net/tlbuck/lac.htm - Saya Lacquering

Sword Making

• http://www.jpsword.com/files/swordmaking/sword-making.html

Sword Polishing

• http://www.ksky.ne.jp./~sumie99/togi,process.html