50 Things We Love About Japan

50 Things We Love About Japan PDF Author: Edo Kurosawa
Publisher: Manga University
ISBN: 4921205728
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 110

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Book Description
From anime to kaiten-zushi, Nihon is number one when it comes to things that are cool. This full-color book features meticulous hand-drawn manga illustrations and delightful prose to offer the rest of the world a glimpse at what the Japanese love most about the country they call home. Featuring the award-winning artwork of Atsuhisa Okura, past recipient of the Kodansha and Shueisha prizes for Best New Manga Artist.

50 Things We Love About Japan

50 Things We Love About Japan PDF Author: Edo Kurosawa
Publisher: Manga University
ISBN: 4921205728
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 110

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Book Description
From anime to kaiten-zushi, Nihon is number one when it comes to things that are cool. This full-color book features meticulous hand-drawn manga illustrations and delightful prose to offer the rest of the world a glimpse at what the Japanese love most about the country they call home. Featuring the award-winning artwork of Atsuhisa Okura, past recipient of the Kodansha and Shueisha prizes for Best New Manga Artist.

50 Things We Love about Japan

50 Things We Love about Japan PDF Author: Edo Kurosawa
Publisher: Japanime Company
ISBN: 9784921205089
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
From anime to karaoke to kaiten-zushi, Nihon is number one when it comes to things that are cool. This fun little book features cute manga illustrations and delightful prose to offer the rest of the world a glimpse at what the Japanese love most about the country they call home.

Moe USA Vol. 1: Maid in Japan

Moe USA Vol. 1: Maid in Japan PDF Author: Atsuhisa Okura
Publisher: Manga University
ISBN: 4921205612
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 157

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Book Description
Moe USA chronicles the antics of two gorgeous, fun-loving girls from the United States who try to land jobs as waitresses in a trendy Tokyo maid cafe. Despite their undeniable "moe" (pronounced "moh-ay," Japanese slang for "super-cute") appeal, the girls seem destined for failure. That is, until they discover a couple of magical maid costumes that transform their lives — and gives them complete control over an elite army of Akihabara otaku!

Edo Cats

Edo Cats PDF Author: Ryuto Kanzaki
Publisher: Manga University
ISBN: 492120571X
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 97

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Book Description
When Tokugawa Ieyasu was appointed shogun of Japan in 1603, the fortunes of a sleepy fishing village called Edo were forever changed. Ieyasu transformed Edo — today known as Tokyo — into the bustling capital of his feudal government. By the end of the century, the town’s population had swollen to nearly 1 million — a number that didn’t even include the cats. And by all accounts, Edo was positively crawling with cats. Edo Cats introduces to that era through a series of enchanting ukiyo-e (woodblock print) illustrations — all drawn from a feline perspective. Travel back in time and discover the fascinating faces, places, tales and tails of Old Tokyo.

Guidebook to Japan

Guidebook to Japan PDF Author: Amy Chavez
Publisher: Gom Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1932966021
Category : Japan
Languages : en
Pages : 434

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Book Description
Guidebook to Japan: What the Other Guidebooks Won't Tell You offers a candid glimpse into Japanese society rarely found in books or media. Based on over a decade of experience living in Japan, Chavez guides you through the complex culture through essays, cultural tips (called "Sword Tips"), and useful Japanese phrases (called "Sparring Japanese"), to make learning about Japan as fun as possible. Over one hundred essays from The Japan Times, matched with two hundred links to Japan-related websites (from the educational to the bizarre), this book is a vast resource of information. Chavez tells you how to get to a naked festival, how to avoid the Japanese mafia, and how to order "Spaghetti-hold the seaweed." Learn the secrets of Japan in an entire chapter called "What the Japanese don't want you to know." You'll also find a special section on teaching in Japan: what jobs are available, how to get them, and how much money you'll make. In short, all the things you need to know, told by someone who has done it herself.

Things Japanese

Things Japanese PDF Author: Nicholas Bornoff
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462913814
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 257

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Book Description
Traditional Japanese design imbues objects with a sense of history and artistry that easily reaches across cultural boundaries. In Things Japanese: Everyday Objects of Extraordinary Beauty and Significance, author Nicholas Bornoff and photographer Michael Freeman examine over 60 traditional objects that are uniquely Japanese, deftly illustrating their beauty and significance. Beautifully crafted samurai swords Elegant wooden tansu chests Elaborate tea ceremony implements Exquisitely carved netsuke toggles Fabulous silk-and-gold embroidered kimonos Each item is described in loving detail alongside lovely full-color photographs that highlight the great artistry and craftsmanship in everyday items used by real people in traditional Japan. Things Japanese is the perfect book for Japanese antique collectors or anyone interested in Japanese art and the culture and history of Japan.

Fifty Words for Rain: A GMA Book Club Pick

Fifty Words for Rain: A GMA Book Club Pick PDF Author: Asha Lemmie
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 152474638X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 465

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Book Description
A Good Morning America Book Club Pick and New York Times Bestseller! From debut author Asha Lemmie, “a lovely, heartrending story about love and loss, prejudice and pain, and the sometimes dangerous, always durable ties that link a family together.” —Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Nightingale Kyoto, Japan, 1948. “Do not question. Do not fight. Do not resist.” Such is eight-year-old Noriko “Nori” Kamiza’s first lesson. She will not question why her mother abandoned her with only these final words. She will not fight her confinement to the attic of her grandparents’ imperial estate. And she will not resist the scalding chemical baths she receives daily to lighten her skin. The child of a married Japanese aristocrat and her African American GI lover, Nori is an outsider from birth. Her grandparents take her in, only to conceal her, fearful of a stain on the royal pedigree that they are desperate to uphold in a changing Japan. Obedient to a fault, Nori accepts her solitary life, despite her natural intellect and curiosity. But when chance brings her older half-brother, Akira, to the estate that is his inheritance and destiny, Nori finds in him an unlikely ally with whom she forms a powerful bond—a bond their formidable grandparents cannot allow and that will irrevocably change the lives they were always meant to lead. Because now that Nori has glimpsed a world in which perhaps there is a place for her after all, she is ready to fight to be a part of it—a battle that just might cost her everything. Spanning decades and continents, Fifty Words for Rain is a dazzling epic about the ties that bind, the ties that give you strength, and what it means to be free.

Kwaidan: Tales of Japan's Ghostly Past

Kwaidan: Tales of Japan's Ghostly Past PDF Author: Lafcadio Hearn
Publisher: Manga University
ISBN: 4921205787
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 191

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Book Description
Undead samurai! Possessed Buddhist priests! The reanimated corpses of geisha brides! Lafcadio Hearn's classic Japanese ghost stories receive a Manga University makeover in this collection of 17 tales of terror, each lavishly illustrated with ethereal, bone-chilling artwork by Japanese horror specialist Maki Miyamoto. Compiled and first translated into English more than a century ago, this is the definitive compendium of Japanese tales of the supernatural.

This Japanese Life.

This Japanese Life. PDF Author: Eryk Salvaggio
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781489596987
Category : Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 212

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Book Description
Most books about Japan will tell you how to use chopsticks and say "konnichiwa!" Few honestly tackle the existential angst of living in a radically foreign culture. The author, a three-year resident and researcher of Japan, tackles the thousand tiny uncertainties of living abroad. -- Adapted from back cover

Moe USA Vol. 3: Handmade Heroines

Moe USA Vol. 3: Handmade Heroines PDF Author: Atsuhisa Okura
Publisher: Manga University
ISBN: 4921205639
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 168

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Book Description
The zany magical-girl manga Moe USA comes to its hilarious conclusion as Patty and Ruby discover a new gift that takes them all the way to Japan's New Year's Eve musical extravaganza, the legendary "Kohaku." But the path isn't an easy one, and they encounter more pitfalls and pratfalls as they work their way to the top. Meanwhile, the ever-plotting Sayuri is determined to steal the show. Moe USA is an original manga series written and illustrated Atsuhisa Okura, whose credits include the Manga University gift book "50 Things We Love About Japan" (also available in the iBookstore) and the award-winning “Manga Conquers America” article that appeared in the November 2007 issue of WIRED magazine.