#Japanese book

[heaveninawildflower]

Dragonflies and reeds taken from 'Chūrui gafu' by Tōkō Morimoto.

Published 1910.

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[littlealienproducts]

Japanese Crochet Book - Petanko Crochet Bags (PDF) by PyonPyonShop

[kumabenkyou]

Scanned book : にほんちずえほん (Japan illustrated map)

A book for kids about Japan geography, each page is dedicated to a prefecture and everything is written with hiragana and pictures help a lot to understand words. Sentences are also easy to understand and are adapted for N5 learning people.

It's also a good resource if you want to learn more about japan prefectures, cities and local facts.

I will scan and post pages, with their translation and vocabulary.

I choose Narita prefecture as a 1st page because it's a main access to Japan as a foreigner with the なりたくうこう (Narita Airport) :)

Each page of the book has always the same presentation with the name of the prefecture (けん), the number of inhabitants (じんこう) and the area (めんせき).

しょうゆ : soy sauce

ちばし : Chiba city

なりたこくさいくうこう (Narita International Airport)

なりたしにあるよ。ここからたくさんのひこうきががいこくやこくないをいったりきたりするよ。

It's in the city of Narita. From here, many planes leave and arrive from foreign countries or the interior of Japan.

らっかせい : peanuts

Please feel free to download and use this scanned content for you! Have fun reading!

[jareckiworld]

Setsu Asakura (1922-2014) "Switchyo Cat" Japanese Picture Book, 1971.

[redsamuraiii]

Strange Tales From Japan : 99 Chilling Stories of Yokai, Ghosts, Demons and the Supernatural

I like how to book starts with the author storytelling how his hiking and pilgrimage experience in the countryside of Japan lead him into writing this book.

Hearing tales from the locals sparks his interest and curiosity into knowing more about them as he discovers that each prefecture has its own unique tales.

So he began curating and translating various stories he heard and documents he acquired, consolidating them into 99 short stories, complete with illustrations and paintings.

What’s unique and interesting about Japanese folktales is that the ghosts are like humans. Some are good, some are bad. The problem is knowing which is which.

So the stories have a mix of variety. Some are tragic that it breaks your heart, some are funny or wholesome that it makes you smile, some are terrifying that it freaks you out.

Despite of how the stories are categorised based on its genre, I still can’t tell how each story goes and how it will end until i finish each chapter. The outcome is always unexpected.

Sometimes it’s good, with a happy or satisfying ending. Sometimes it’s bad, with a sad ending. Sometimes it even end with a cliffhanger leaving you to your own conclusion.

But nonetheless, it’s an enjoyable read as it also provides insight into the unique culture of each prefecture in Japan, making you understand why some customs are that way.

I feel like a Ronin traveling across Japan reading this, with each chapter taking me to a different town, with different characters, ghosts and stories as I try to figure out what’s going on.

If you feel like reading something thrilling and unexpected, going on misadventures, this is for you. Don’t worry, nothing in this book is more terrifying than toxic people. 🤭

[quoth-the-worm]

“But I wasn’t crying because I was sad. I guess I was crying because we had nowhere else to go, no choice but to go on living in this world. Crying because we had no other world to choose, and crying at everything before us, everything around us.”

― Mieko Kawakami, Heaven

[anjoviva]

忘れはやするミス・ニューヨカー（For ladies） 常盤新平 by Shinpei Tokiwa Japanese book that analyzes America and the women who lived in New York. - Published in 1977.

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[muramatsu-takehiko]

東京デザインセンター 33周年記念年譜 1992-2024 H297 × W192mm（本文＝H297 × W190mm）

[wildbeautifuldamned]

Kobunsha Kappa Comics Astro Boy #8 CGC SS 5.0 Sketch Mari Shimizu Rare 1964 ebay TM

[theinyshlobster]

butter by asako yuzuki [review]

read from august 6th - august 19th

review:

i really dont know how to explain *why* i enjoyed this book so much. all i know is that it made me cry and i had a good time and i didnt expect a book about food to do this to me. i think this book hit so hard as i did relate to rika quite a bit - daddy issues & perpetual feelings of loneliness? yeahhhh we're twinning. i really enjoyed how she was written, and could put myself in her shoes constantly. she was incredibly likeable and probably contributed to >90% of my enjoyment of reading this. side characters such as reiko & shinoi were also well-written, as was the star of this book, kajii.  i found kajii intriguing, as it was difficult to tell her underlying motives. just like rika, im sitting here contemplating the kajii beyond what she display(ed) to the public. truly fascinating character, and i especially liked her ending. and in general i loved this book's ending. felt like a nice full-circle. speaking of, not only did i not expect to love a book about food, but i really loved how the book centers itself on relationships. relationships in terms of friends, family, and lovers, were superbly covered in this book. ngl i think the ending regarding rika's relationships is what made me cry. idk i didnt expect it and it hit me Hard. what else did i like? i mean there really wasnt a plot if im honest. yeah sure we're following kajii & rika.... but there's no logical flow. there's no beginning, middle & end to this. it follows rika and honestly that was fascinating. seeing rika switch between admiring to fearing to resenting to loving kajii was great. honestly i think the no-plot only works because rika is written so well and is very relatable. without it, i think i would've dnf'd this a chapter in. i really like how the book lowkey changes halfway through. it was unexpected yet it felt realistic based on the setting and characters' presented. especially with reiko's chapter, i liked how the story turned into something else. now the real question is - why is this not a 5-star if i seemed to live laugh love everything? well im ngl but even though rika is so likeable so i said the no-plot wasnt an issue.... it kind of is. there's almost no resolution regarding the plot proposed to readers for the first half of this book. im not saying i needed a "where are they now" of kajii and a complete resolution - i understand it was likely written as ambiguous or not mentioned at all to fit rika's characterisation at the time. still, as a reader, i can't lie and say it didnt annoy me slightly. plus, as much as i loved the passages with rika & her foodgasms, after the first 4 paragraphs about how great butter is i was.... not bored? moreso it felt redundant. girl i know butter is orgasmic u said so literally 2 sentences ago. can we move on to the actual story staring me right in the eye. i mean i didnt hate the food chapters, but i didnt love them. they were... fine.  anyways im so serious after reading this ive had to contain myself from not going to the shops to buy a ridiculously expensive butter to see if rika is actually just a weirdo or if butter is *that* good. lock ur doors yall if you have butter in ur fridge the clobster is coming to yoink it all tonight 😈

[heaveninawildflower]

'The Snow Woman' (1922) from the book 'Dai Chikamatsu Zenshû' by Uemura Shôen (Japanese, 1875–1949).

Woodblock print. Blockcutter: Yamagishi Kazue (Japanese, 1891–1984). Printer: Nishimura Kumakichi (Japanese, active 1920s).

Image and text information courtesy MFA Boston.

[liddopixie]

Rosen Blood (1) - Manga Review and My Thoughts *SPOILER FREE*

[reading-marika]

"Le cose non si risolvono dicendo che sono inevitabili. A un certo punto bisogna capire quanto è sbagliato credere che si possa essere felici mettendo qualcuno in disparte."

Il Giovane Robot - Sakumoto Yosuke

[huariqueje]

Bright Morning - Kaoru Yamada 

Japanese , b. 1975 -

Oil on canvas

[redsamuraiii]

So I've just started reading this book and two chapters in, I'm already glued to the story.

It's about a fictional convenience store called "Tenderness" (as you see on the cover above), which is like a blend of Japanese convenience stores LAWSON and Family Mart.

It feels like a relaxing slice of life jdrama which introduces you to the various characters working and visiting the store, and the life happenings and the shenanigans they get caught up in.

While the store is fictional, the location is real, it's at Mojiko Retro in Kitakyushu of Kyushu, which is near Fukuoka. As the book title says, the store is by the sea, which is Sea of Japan, facing Busan (Korea).

Not sure if the characters are the same for every chapter or show different ones each chapter, but so far there are three characters I find interesting. Shiba, Tsugi and Mitsuri.

Shiba is the store manager who is described to be very good looking and charming that it draws wild crowd of screaming women craving for his attention, which is hilarious like an anime.

Tsugi is the mysterious resident's "handyman" who looks shady with his messy hair and beard, driving around his mini van with junks on it, who solves everyone's problems when the situation calls for it.

Mitsuri is the married woman who works part time at the store and finds Shiba and Tsugi intriguing (not in a romantic way), wondering why one is so charming and why one is so mysterious.

If they were to make a live adaptation jdrama, I imagine it would be like Call Me Chihiro. And Kasumi Arimura easily comes for the role of Mitsuri, with Tomoya Nakamura as Shiba and Go Ayano as Tsugi.

Interestingly, Kasumi Arimura and Tomoya Nakamura acted together in Ishiko and Haneo, where they have a sibling like chemistry, with their endless bantering and her poking her nose into everything.

Tomoya Nakamura also acted as a convenience store chain director in A Warmed Up Love.

Go Ayano's role in Tokyo Swindlers also convinced me he's perfect as Tsugi, whom, Mitsuri described as not bad looking if it wasn't for his messy hair and beard, and gloomy looking outlook.

EDITED

Read another chapter which revolves around four students, whose characters and personalities reminds me of Great Teacher Onizuka Remake.

Mizuki, the leader of the girls group in school who is an overachiever and expect others to be like her (both students and teachers) or follow her at least. She reminds me of Haruna Kawaguchi's character.

Azusa, Mizuki's close friend. She's not as "smart" and "bold" as Mizuki and seen by other girls as Mizuki's shadows, following everything she says even when she has a heart of her own to follow. She reminds me of Yua Shinkawa's character.

Kanako, the one who always snitch on other girls to get in a better position with Mizuki, and probably see Azusa as a threat, wanting to get rid of her so she could take her place. She reminds me of Honda Tsubasa's character.

Nyatu, the outcast who is the unpopular girl in class with her own family problems that becomes the target of Mizuki and her gang. Azusa wants to befriend her but don't dare out of fear of Mizuki. She reminds me of Mariya Nishiuchi's character.

So far the book feels like a number of jdramas that I have watched, bundled into one and I love it!

[lilliankillthisman]

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