"Spider Wrestling", local tradition in Japan !
At Kajiki town in Kyusyu, Japan, Argiope amoena has been raised and used by the local people for the exciting match for tha past 400 years. Hundreds of spiders gathers every year. People carefully captive-raise spiders aiming to get larger, long-legged, aggressive competitors. No spiders are harmed in the match thanks to skilled referees treating spiders.

National Geographic Channel Asia will show a documentary program "Samurai Spiders". It will be on air by July/Aug. all over the world. Check out local NGC about "Samurai Spiders" in "ShowReal Asia" series.

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Anansi's
Spider Voice from Asia
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Tarantula & other creepers, Japanese spiders,
Their cultural/ecological significance on the Earth

Your're th pray trapped by this World Wide spider-Web.

Anansi's Arachno-centric World (J) only in Japanese
(E) available in English
(P) few text, mainly photos

Care & Breeding
Tarantulas under breeding program (E)
Today's creepies in my room (E)
Harptile Breeders Market '00 Tokyo (E)
Breeding Club Market '01.11 Kyoto (E)
Wierd stories from Hong Kong (E)
Tarantulas as pets (E)
Variety of Cages (J)
Care sheet (J)
stories of Mating (J)
Spiderly? animals (J)
Other animals in kept (J)
Care of large Nephila (J)
Breeding House
Mirukashic Park (J)

Nature in Japan
Sub-tropic Okinawa '01.8 (E)
What is "SATOYAMA", nature in Japan (E)
Animals in SATOYAMAs in Chiba '01 (P)
Spiders in SATOYAMAs in Chiba '01 (P)
Mountain village in Hiroshima '01 (P)
Biotope center in Niigata (P)
Japanese Andrew's-Cross Orb Weaver (J)
Trapdoor spiders (J)
"Beauty" orb weaver (J)
Huntsman spider (J)
Bule Raft Spider (J)
Ballooning (P)
Biotop Institute (J)

Arachnology
Hong Kong new species Tarantula (E)
Tarantula anatomy (P)
Today's amazing spider ! (P)
Surprising Facts about Spiders (J)
Arachnology Links (J)
Visit Arachnological Society meeting '98 (J)
Toxicology (J)
Experiments on feeding (J)
Sexing male & Female (J)
How to avoid spiders ? (J)
spiders as food (J)

Cultural roles
1) Mithologies, Stories of the World (E)
2) SF original story, Planet of the Spider (J)
3) Arachnophobe talks ! (J)
4) Princess Mononoke, Japanese animation (J)
5) Xmas spider story (J)
6) Todd Par's Book (P)
Arachnophobe's entrance
page (J)

History of "Earth Spiders"
1) Antient worrior "Earth Spider" (E)
2) Kabuki stories, Spider spirits in middle age Japan (E)
3) Noh and other traditional plays (E)
4) "Tsuchigumo" played by Zenshinza (P)
5) "Mirukashi", the land of Warrior Earth Spider (J)

Variety
Stars, music and beer (P)
Drawings (E)
School Science Fair (E)
TV show (J)
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Anything spider... (J)
ORIGAMI Spider (E)

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Photo and memo (J)
Moult diary (suspended) (E)
YAHOO JAPAN Message board (J)
Keepers' Net Tarantula Message board (J)
Box Tortoise (J)
old pages (J)
Magazine interview (J)

Literature
Personal Magazine (J)
Articles on "SCALE" (J)
Scientific articles (J)
Books

Underground activities?
Tarantula Resistance ! (E)
Earth Spider Army page (J)
Coconut Crab (You can't keep it easily !) (E)
Earth Spider Army (J)
E-Mail Mutual link pages

ASIAN EARTH TIGER PAGE in preparation !
Borneo report in preparation
UPDATED ! Borne spiders photo report

dreamline

Best sites recomended:

Tarantula database: (Todd Gearheart, USA)

Tarantula species database:

Rick West, Canada
Brithish Tarantula Society
Spider database in general:
The ARACHNOLOGY
Japan Arachnological Society

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