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Serving the active kyudoka outside Japan, dedicated to "timely and accurate information". Worldwide contact addresses and links, lots of competent background information, articles, and translations of Japanese texts.
http://www.netwizards.net/%7eeclay/

Illustrated FAQs with information drawn from the author's book plus further reading, addresses, and links.
http://www.kyudo.com/kyudo.html

The national governing body for all Kyudo in the USA affiliated to the All Nippon Kyudo Federation (ANKF). Contract addresses and home pages of the USA state organizations and dojos.
http://www.kyudo.com/akr.html

Contact information, translated texts of the Ogasawara Ryu and a longer text on the principles of training. [Palo Alto, CA]
http://violet.berkeley.edu/~cdea/JCAC/Kyudo.html

Training schedules, contact information and test requirements. [San Jose, CA]
http://www.netwizards.net/~eclay/shiseikn.htm

The kyudo association of Great Britain (EKF-affiliated), very short information and an email address
http://www.kyudo.org.uk/ukka.html

The Finnish Kyudo Federation's web site (EKF-affiliated). Providing background information on the Heki-Ryu-Insai-Ha, contact addresses and links. [Finnish/limited English]
http://www.kolumbus.fi/fikyfe/index.html

Offering a short, illustrated introduction to backgrounds and history. Includes training schedule, events and links.
http://www.kyudo.org.uk/

A dojo in Washington DC
http://users.erols.com/kenrawie/kyudo.html

Bob Ridge's quite personal account of his training.
http://mac122.icu.ac.jp/kyudo/kyudo.html

Federation of Southern California, AKR-affiliated. Practice times and email contact.
http://www.kyudosocal.com/

Background information and links.
http://www.geocities.com/texaskyudo/

The oldest extant kyudo ryu, which also includes horsemanship / yabusame and sophisticated etiquette at court. The english part of this web site contains a very short overview of the school`s history, current events and a picture of yabusame
http://www.ogasawara-ryu.gr.jp/

Kyudo organization of Kanjuro Shibata XX, with information on history and lineage, a list of events and dojos
http://www.zenko.org

A Japanese site with some English content. Movie of a Kyudoka, Japanese texts with English translation, a Japanese-English Kyudo dictionary.
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~nf3m-ootk/kyudo_e.html

An essay on Eugen Herrigel's book "Zen In The Art of Archery" by Professor Yamada Shoji, published in the Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, volume 28/1 (pdf file, free Acrobat Reader needed).
http://www.nanzan-u.ac.jp/SHUBUN...EN/publications/jjrs/pdf/586.pdf

Short english page with contact adresses.
http://www.kyudo.jp/english/index.html

This dojo in London is the oldest public kyudo club in Great Britain, features training address and email, club history, and kyudo background.
http://www.japanese-archery.org.uk

Views of a dojo in Omuta in the Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Includes links. [English/Japanese]
http://www.kurasi.net/yumi/En_index.html

Affiliated to ANKF/AKR. Practice times, location, photos and brief outlines of the art, the Wadokan dojo and instructors.
http://www.indianakyudorenmei.org/

An affiliate of Daihonzan Chozen-ji/International Zen Dojo in Honolulu, Hawaii, offers kyudo besides Rinzai Zen training.
http://www.cbizdw.org/

On Heki To-Ryu in Italy, with a short history of the school and contact information for dojos. [English/Italian]
http://kyudo.it