Resources
General information
Destination: Tokyo, Okinawa,
Osaka, Kyoto
General information
Japan National Tourist Organization / useful to get the basic Japan
related info.
http://www.visitjapan.jp/
Weather in Japan
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2273.html
Tokyo
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
http://www.mhlw.go.jp/english/index.html
Tsukiji Market
http://www.tsukiji-market.or.jp/tukiji_e.htm
Tea ceremony house
http://www.urasenke.or.jp/texte/index.html
Okinawa
Required Readings:
Bradley J. Willcox, M.D., D.
Craig Willcox, Ph.D, Makoto Suzuki, M.D.
The
Okinawa Program: How the World's Longest-Lived People Achieve
Everlasting Health--And How You Can Too. Three River Press,
2002.
Additional Readings:
Bradley J. Willcox, D. Craig Willcox, Hidemi Todoriki, Akira Fujiyoshi,
Kastuhiko Yano, Qimei He, J. David Curb, Makoto Suzuki.
Caloric
Restriction, the Traditional Okinawan Diet, and Healthy Aging: The Diet
of the World's Longest-Lived People and Its Potential Impact on
Morbidity and Life Span. Ann
N Y Acad Sci 2007;1114:434-55.
Todoriki H., Katsumata Y., Ohya Y., Willcox D.C., Zheng K., Sasaki S.
A
Clinical Trial of the Effects of the Traditional Okinawa Diet on Blood
Pressure and other Health Indicators: Can DASH-like Results be Achieved?
The 22nd Scientific Meeting of the International Society of
Hypertention, June 2008.
Todoriki H.
Nutrition
Transition in Post-War Okinawa Exploring the Link Between Diet, Obesity
and Longevity. Lecture of the Department of Public Health
Sciences and Epidemiology John A. Burns School of
Medicine, May 2004.
American Studies Center of the University of the Ryukyus et al.
Post-War
American Influence on Public Health, Medicine and Health
Trends in Okinawa. International Conference on the United
States and
the Pacific Islands Culture,Science and Politics. Nov 2006.
Todoriki H.
Evaluation
of Public Health Postwar Rehabilitation Policy: A lesson from the
United States experience in postwar Okinawa.
Todoriki H.
US
public health policy in the post WWII era in Okinawa. Hoken no Kagaku
2007;49(11):738-743.(JAPANESE)
Useful Websites:
The Okinawa Centenarian Study / many works on Okinawan longevity
(particularly with the Okinawa Centenarian Study) can be accessed
http://www.okicent.org
The Okinawa Diet Program / Website about Okinawan diet, supervised by
the researchers of the
Okinawa Centenarian Studies. If you are interested in this website and
want to help them, please let the organizers know.
http://www.okinawa-diet.com
Osaka
Osaka city
http://www.city.osaka.jp/english/
Osaka castle
http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/arrange/attractions/facilities/castles/83dn3a000000ed4g.html
Okonomiyaki (Japanese pan cake)
http://www.japan-guide.com/r/e100.html
Sumo (Japanese wrestling)
http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/arrange/attractions/amusement/events/sumo.html
Kyoto
Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto
http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/indepth/featuredarticles/worldheritage/c_7_kyoto.html
Maiko
http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/indepth/history/hj/maiko.html
Arashiyama
http://www.hotwire.jp/repo/vol3.html