Best book about Japan

Looking for the Lost: Journeys Through a Vanishing Japan (Kodansha globe series)

 

The Roads to Sata: A 2000-mile Walk Through Japan (Travel Library) 

Hitch-hiker's Guide to Japan

Traditional Japanese Poetry: An Anthology

One Man's Justice 

Japan by Rail

 

Exist Trace

Exist Trace are a Japanese metal band of the visual kei style, and consisting entirely of female members. They're from Tokyo, Japan, and initially formed in June 2003.

Members:
Vocal: Jyou
Guitar: Omi
Guitar: Miko 
Bass: Naoto
Drums: Mally
Official Site 

The Newest Album:
Twin Gate (2010. 11. 03)
Tracklist:
1. DECIDE
2. Orleans no shoujo
3. KNIFE
4. Neverland
5. RESONANCE
6. VANGUARD
7. Blaze
8. unforgive you
9. Owari no nai sekai
10. Cradle

Death Note Movie

Death Note  is a series of three [Death Note, Death Note 2: The Last Name, Death Note 3: L Change The World] live-action Japanese films released in 2006 and based on the Death Note manga and anime series by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. The films primarily center on a university student who decides to rid the world of evil with the help of a supernatural notebook that kills anyone whose name is written in it. The three films were directed by Shūsuke Kaneko, produced by Nippon Television, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures Japan.

Manga

Manga consist of comics and print cartoons, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th century. In their modern form, manga date from shortly after World War II, but they have a long, complex pre-history in earlier Japanese art.

The GazettE Icons
http://hikarisagasu.livejournal.com/2345.html
Credits: hikarisagasu

The GazettE

Vocal: Ruki
Guitar: URUHA 
Guitar: Aoi
Bass: Reita
Drums: Kai
Ex-Members:
Drums: Yune
Status: Active
Since: 2002
Official Site: Japanese http://www.pscompany.co.jp/gazette/
English http://www.myspace.com/thegazetteofficial

For Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. The characters that make up Japan's name mean "sun-origin", which is why Japan is sometimes referred to as the "Land of the Rising Sun".