Useful Links

I will keep updating this post as I remember/find useful sites:

-General Japan info: http://www.japan-guide.com/
-Annual Festivals: http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/indepth/history/traditionalevents/index.html (This site in general gives lots of tourist information)
-Traveler Forum: http://www.fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?fid=27 (I got very good tips here)
-Japan Rail Pass: http://www.japanrailpass.net/eng/en001.html
-Japan Consulate in Miami: http://www.miami.us.emb-japan.go.jp/
-Super Hotel chain (business hotel): http://www.superhotel.co.jp/en/find.html
-Toyoko Inn hotel chain (business hotel): http://www.toyoko-inn.com/eng/