The Japan Page

Will the real Japan Page please stand up...?

My first Internet domain was japanpage.org, registered in 1996 or so. I ran my web site on it continuously until about 2002 when I transferred everything over to this domain, japan-page.net.

I decided a .Net had a better sound than a .org. Maybe a few years too late, but what the heck ?!

Someone (OK a Shanon Fernald to be exact) re-registered japanpage.org in 2004. Now I can't complain, once I let it expire it went into the public domain for anyone to grab. But if you look at the content, it's one of those stoopid advertising parking domains. It has a teeny weeny bit of Japan related content, like phone numbers for the tourist information center... and a prominent link to buy you-know-what enhancing drugs.

And if you don't think you-know-what can be enhanced by drugs, just open your e.mail. No doubt you'll receive many offers, whether you are equipped with such hardware or not.

It's a sad day for the Internet when someone can buy up expired domains, host a handful of snarfed content copied from a tourist info web page and sell you-know-what enhancing drugs on commission.

So, for the record this page, The Original Japan Page (TM) has no relationship whatsoever with the fake drug pushing japanpage.org. Do not be fooled by imposters. Don't expect too many content updates on this site either, but that's another problem. :-)

Heiwa to y'all.

--john seaman