Nation-wide networks, like UK's 'Learning Technology Support Network', were established to support universities. During this time, however, Japan was in recession, and rather slow in innovative movement. It is now that Japanese people start again to integrate new advent of technology into traditional culture and society. Certain important materials in the third area are to be fully digitized. In addition, a guest book BBS has been created for visitors to give their notes about the site.
Pages are hyper-linked within the site and some pages contain links to other related web sites.
Most pages are written in both Japanese and English to attract the learners internationally. Materials such as classical Haikai books and poem calligraphy on small 'tanzaku' cards are digitized with scanner, and art works in hanging scrolls and paper rolls are processed with digital still camera and video camera. Three years after starting its creation in 1997, the site now receives more and more accesses from both Japan and abroad. During May 2000, for example, there were total 10,932 hits on the pages within the site as a whole. The average number of hits per day was 353 with a maximum of 550 and a minimum of 146.