You can find out about almost anything using Wikipedia and Google. Play around with words at OneLook Dictionary Search and Visuwords.
Want to call me in Tokyo but you are not sure what time it is here? Try the The World Clock or just look at the World Sunlight Map. Search the Earth at Google Earth, find out how to get from anyplace to anyplace else in Japan with the Jorudan Japan Traffic Guide. Learn how at How Stuff Works and Wiki How and learn why at The Why Files - Science behind the News.
Bad/strange/weird English is everywhere in Japan, and I've often thought about putting it on my web page. But I don't have to bother because someone else has done it, at Engrish.com. But Asians are not the only ones who are pretty silly when it comes to words. There are plenty of Westerners getting Chinese character tattoos, ones they can't even read. The results are sometimes very sad, as you can see on the The Hanzi Smatter blog.
If you want to laugh out loud, try the The Onion newspaper parody and the Kiss this guy archive of misheard lyrics. The name comes from a misheard Hendrix song.
And a few sites to make you wonder: the Cats in Sinks site, the Dogs in Cars site, and the Found Grocery Lists site.
Sorry, no anime links here! For info about Japan, check out Japan Zone can tell you about history and culture (the stuff on "Modern Japan" is especially good, with entries about pop stars, sports figures, and more.) Japan Links has all kinds of information by category. For more scholarly stuff, check out the Japan Digests from the National Clearinghouse for U.S.-Japan Studies and Japan Echo with translations of essays, interviews and discussions from Japan.
To see what's happening in Tokyo , check out Metropolis Online or the city government's Tokyo Tourism Info.
Explore the world with National Geographic Website and Nasa's Earth Observatory, and find out about the latest around the world at the UCGS Earthquake site. I've become much more interested in earthquakes since moving to this very seismically active place--active volcanic regions make up about 6% of the total land area of Japan.
Look up! Where is that bird going? Check out bird migration patterns on the web site for the movie Winged Migration (original French name, Le Peuple Migrateur )one of the best movies ever! Or maybe you see a planet, but which one? Find out with Tonight's Sky or Stardate Online. And look further out into the sky with Space Views, amateur and professional photos and photos from satellites, and The Hubble Heritage Image Gallery.