Kyoto Links
(Checked/updated Oct 2009)

Kyoto Official Travel Guide (Kyoto Tourism Council Site - has everything)

Kyoto Tourist information offices (phone access too)

Kyoto Visitors' Guide (Events and attractions... see also monthly highlights) and Kyoto walks...

Kyoto International Community House (has noticeboard in building, also online)

Planet Kyoto - informative "Kyoto community website"

Kyoto City Tourism and Culture Information System (Events, Festivals & Access, Exhibitions, Transportation, Flower updates, Concerts,Courses...)
World Cultural Heritage in Kyoto (map & photos/details of major sites)
Kyoto at Answers.com (online encyclopedia, weather, maps)
Virtual Tourist Kyoto Travel Guide - over 1500 "Kyoto Tips"
Destinations, Kyoto (Lonely Planet)
Japan Travel Updates: Kyoto (clickable maps, excellent site info & articles)
Digital City Kyoto (a comprehensive prototype listing of useful sites -- as of 2001)
Kyoto Guide (Japanese Lifestyle site) (useful and comprehensive information on attractions and access etc: Kyoto Hotels (Save up to 70% on reservations), Kyoto temples, shrines, Kyoto gardens and the history of Kyoto. Plus Kyoto maps, restaurants, shopping & Kyoto pictures -- and much more on elsewhere in Japan)
FODOR's Kyoto Guide
Impressions of Kyoto (more maps & great photos from Tobias Wittig)
Kenboko: Traditional Kyoto festivals (key to an ancient tradition; excellent research & photos; useful calendar of events)
Kyoto Fun Guide (events, bars, restaurant reviews, even menus)
Nishiki Shopping Street (directory of Kyoto's best shotengai)
KCT&C Information on Iwakura area (Seika's neighborhood)
Exploring Kyoto (Judith Clancy's guidebook of walks in Kyoto)
Kyoto Journal (English-language "Perspectives on Asia" - and Kyoto...)
Kinki Weather (courtesy the Yomiuri)
Lake Biwa Museum (Geology, archaeology, history, ecology, lakes of the world)

SEE ALSO:Lonely Planet Guide to Kyoto(excellent prep/reference if you decide to visit!)

NEW: Vegetarian survival in Kyoto...
Deep Kyoto – Excellent local info including listing of vegetarian restaurants and import foodstores, more restaurants here, very valuable source
Vegetarian Dining in Japan – "Travel notes from two vegetarians exploring Japan" (Oct/Nov 2007) Great reviews with excellent photos, useful links, very informative with many good local restaurants but missing some that are definitely worth knowing about...
VegGuide Kyoto – covers some of those gaps
Happy Cowl – listing of 22 Kyoto veg & vegan restaurants
Miko-An – vegan, great value, in Teramachi (website and map in Japanese)
Bento.com – "some Kansai-area restaurants that have entirely vegetarian menus or strong vegetarian offerings"
Obanzai – Best lunch value in Kyoto, all-you-can-eat buffet for under 900 yen, three blocks west of the Manga Museum (dinner is more expensive, same food)...
Felafel Garden – close to Demachi-Yanagi Eiden station, good value: map
Sunny Place – vegetarian restaurant between Demachi-Yanagi and hyakuman-ben
Village – On Shirakawa, south of Kitaoji, west side, 2F (above Tenkaippen ramen)
Earth Kitchen – organic bento take-aways; Marutamachi close to Kawabata, next to the excellent Green-e bookstore
Vegetarian Festival in Kyoto, October, run by former Peace Cafe. photos
Cafe Proverbs 15:17 – taking over from Cafe Peace..."Better is a dish of vegetables where love is, Than a fattened ox and hatred with it." Owned by Kick Back Cafe in Tokyo, worth checking out if you're up that way..
Vegan Restaurant PocketGuide – 1,500 yen, guide and phrasebook... updates online. Available Junkudo bookstores, Felafel Garden, Sunny Place...
Japan Visitor – blog on veg & veganism in Japan (2005 posting)
Vegetable Japan – excellent blog with recipes, a wealth of information
Just Hungry – a site about Japanese food and home cooking, healthy eating, the expat food life, and more (Not all veg, but some great vegetarian info here and good recipes here)

Kyoto Foodie – general interest Kyoto food blog, not especially veg-or-vegan-centric, but a good source for informative posts on seasonal local delicacies.

Online suppliers (imported foods and more):
Foreign Buyers's Club – Based in Kobe, non-members welcome, home delivery
The Flying Pig – Costco Japan home deliveries, in English

JAPAN LINKS
Japan Visitor(Up to-date information on practically everything, plus blog)
Japan Links (Huge resource on Japanese language & culture!)
Japan Links (Very extensive site by Central Oregon Community College!)
Japan Zone(Culture, history, current news, travel info... excellent introductions to many facets of Japan)
Web Japan (sponsored by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Rob's Japanese Culture Primer (Excellent background orientation)
The JAPAN WEB GUIDE's FAQ of Japan(Know before you go...*****Excellent)
Japan, my Japan! (Mitsuharu Matsuoka on EVERYTHING Japanese)
Japan Travel Updates (JNTO -  Japan National Tourist Organization)
JNTO North America Visit Japan Campaign Website
Destination Japan (Lonely Planet)
Guide to Japan (Schauwecker's)
Japan Photo Gallery(Photo Japan Stock Photography- diverse, up-to-date)
Kenkichi Niwa's Photo Gallery (Kyoto & Japan)
Japannet.de - Links to Japan (Tobias Wittig)
Michi Online (Sennin Foundation, close connection to Stone Bridge Press)
Quirky Japan Homepage (Even includes SAQs - Seldom Asked Questions)
Japan Information Network (Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Govt, stats, on-line publications)
Jim Breen's Japan Pages (Very comprehensive, Monash University, Australia)
Library of Congress / Country Studies / Japan (a truly encyclopediac text)
Nakasendo(An impressive study resource)
Quirky Japan Home Page (yup, that's exactly what it is...)
Japanorama (Especially notable for a selection of FREE e-books)
BlackStump Oriental Page
Price-Check Tokyo (Still being updated...)
Citizens Nuclear Information Center (Comprehensive, up to date, all the latest disasters)
NONPROFIT JAPAN (Information about Civic Grassroots activities)
Japan Atlas: Festivals
Museums in Japan