Author: Misao Itoh
Publisher: Creek & River Co., Ltd
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
〜The story of eight Japanese women in love in Tokyo〜 The stage is "Tokyo". 8 women fallen in love and lost in Nishiazabu, Ginza, Nihonbashi, Aoyama, Asakusa, Shibuya, Roppongi, and Haneda, but they still keep dreaming. These women in various professions such as liquor sales, gallery owners, public relations company managers, editors and fortune tellers, are telling their love facing sexual harassment, LGBTQ, and stalking. You can enjoy the charm of Tokyo by introducing real places such as cafes, restaurants and popular fashion brands. The city of Tokyo is a place full of memories of the women who appear in this story, and it is a heartbreak map that is engraved on the map of their hearts forever.
TOKYO Broken Heart MAP
Author: Misao Itoh
Publisher: Creek & River Co., Ltd
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
〜The story of eight Japanese women in love in Tokyo〜 The stage is "Tokyo". 8 women fallen in love and lost in Nishiazabu, Ginza, Nihonbashi, Aoyama, Asakusa, Shibuya, Roppongi, and Haneda, but they still keep dreaming. These women in various professions such as liquor sales, gallery owners, public relations company managers, editors and fortune tellers, are telling their love facing sexual harassment, LGBTQ, and stalking. You can enjoy the charm of Tokyo by introducing real places such as cafes, restaurants and popular fashion brands. The city of Tokyo is a place full of memories of the women who appear in this story, and it is a heartbreak map that is engraved on the map of their hearts forever.
Publisher: Creek & River Co., Ltd
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
〜The story of eight Japanese women in love in Tokyo〜 The stage is "Tokyo". 8 women fallen in love and lost in Nishiazabu, Ginza, Nihonbashi, Aoyama, Asakusa, Shibuya, Roppongi, and Haneda, but they still keep dreaming. These women in various professions such as liquor sales, gallery owners, public relations company managers, editors and fortune tellers, are telling their love facing sexual harassment, LGBTQ, and stalking. You can enjoy the charm of Tokyo by introducing real places such as cafes, restaurants and popular fashion brands. The city of Tokyo is a place full of memories of the women who appear in this story, and it is a heartbreak map that is engraved on the map of their hearts forever.
NY Broken Heart Map
Author: Misao Itoh
Publisher: Creek & River Co., Ltd
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
-A collection of 9 short stories based on the experiences of 9 Japanese women in NY- 9 women are from 19 year- old Tomoko of "First Love" to 65 year- old Atsuko of "Last Love". Their occupations range from translator, singer, writer, art planner, hairdresser, textile designer, doctor, boutique owner, and flower artist. Also, New York's parks, museums, shops, restaurants, etc. appear, and you can enjoy the fun of walking around New York while reading this story as a road story. These places in New York that appear in this story are the places of their memories, and the heartbreak map engraved forever in the map of their heart. Enjoy each love story as you explore the fascinating places in New York.
Publisher: Creek & River Co., Ltd
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
-A collection of 9 short stories based on the experiences of 9 Japanese women in NY- 9 women are from 19 year- old Tomoko of "First Love" to 65 year- old Atsuko of "Last Love". Their occupations range from translator, singer, writer, art planner, hairdresser, textile designer, doctor, boutique owner, and flower artist. Also, New York's parks, museums, shops, restaurants, etc. appear, and you can enjoy the fun of walking around New York while reading this story as a road story. These places in New York that appear in this story are the places of their memories, and the heartbreak map engraved forever in the map of their heart. Enjoy each love story as you explore the fascinating places in New York.
The Rough Guide to Tokyo
Author: Martin Zatko
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0241011620
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
The new-look Rough Guide to Tokyo, now in full color throughout, is the ultimate travel companion to Japan's jaw-dropping capital. Augmented by stunning photography and full listings sections, this guide also contains color-coded maps that provide the key to this hectic, sometimes indecipherable city. You'll find detailed practical advice on what to see and do in Tokyo, from ancient temples and the Imperial Palace to the searing neon lights of Shibuya and Shinjuku. Whatever your budget, the best places to sleep, eat, drink, and shop are all covered, with best-of boxes picking out the highlights you won't want to miss. Before long, you could be eating the world's finest sushi, drinking sake in a local izakaya, watching a sumo or robot battle, or sleeping in one of the city's famed capsule hotels. Make the most of your trip with The Rough Guide to Tokyo.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0241011620
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
The new-look Rough Guide to Tokyo, now in full color throughout, is the ultimate travel companion to Japan's jaw-dropping capital. Augmented by stunning photography and full listings sections, this guide also contains color-coded maps that provide the key to this hectic, sometimes indecipherable city. You'll find detailed practical advice on what to see and do in Tokyo, from ancient temples and the Imperial Palace to the searing neon lights of Shibuya and Shinjuku. Whatever your budget, the best places to sleep, eat, drink, and shop are all covered, with best-of boxes picking out the highlights you won't want to miss. Before long, you could be eating the world's finest sushi, drinking sake in a local izakaya, watching a sumo or robot battle, or sleeping in one of the city's famed capsule hotels. Make the most of your trip with The Rough Guide to Tokyo.
City Trails - Tokyo
Author: Lonely Planet
Publisher: Lonely Planet
ISBN: 1787011690
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 101
Book Description
Here's a book about Tokyo that's seriously streetwise. Lonely Planet Kids' City Trails: Tokyo features colourful themed trails, from history and culture to food and nature, that reveal amazing facts and intriguing tales that kids won't find on the tourist routes or inside the average guidebook. We'll show them where to bathe in chocolate, climb Japan's tallest tower, meet a giant robot, and lots more! Join Lonely Planet explorers Marco and Amelia as they hunt for more secrets, stories and surprises in another of the world's great cities. Themed trails include: Fishy City Active Earth Up in the Air Bonkers Buildings Cuuuute! Tokyo Tech Tokyo on a Plate Tokyo Style Spooky Stories Cartoon Capers Amazing Art 24-hour Tokyo Busy and Noisy! On with the Show! Tokyo Transport Blast from the Past Sports and Games Emperors and Empresses Plants and Animals Also available: City Trails - London, Paris, New York City, Rome, Sydney, Washington DC About Lonely Planet Kids: Come explore! Let's start an adventure. Lonely Planet Kids excites and educates children about the amazing world around them. Combining astonishing facts, quirky humour and eye-catching imagery, we ignite their curiosity and encourage them to discover more about our planet. Every book draws on our huge team of global experts to help share our continual fascination with what makes the world such a diverse and magnificent place - inspiring children at home and in school. Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.
Publisher: Lonely Planet
ISBN: 1787011690
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 101
Book Description
Here's a book about Tokyo that's seriously streetwise. Lonely Planet Kids' City Trails: Tokyo features colourful themed trails, from history and culture to food and nature, that reveal amazing facts and intriguing tales that kids won't find on the tourist routes or inside the average guidebook. We'll show them where to bathe in chocolate, climb Japan's tallest tower, meet a giant robot, and lots more! Join Lonely Planet explorers Marco and Amelia as they hunt for more secrets, stories and surprises in another of the world's great cities. Themed trails include: Fishy City Active Earth Up in the Air Bonkers Buildings Cuuuute! Tokyo Tech Tokyo on a Plate Tokyo Style Spooky Stories Cartoon Capers Amazing Art 24-hour Tokyo Busy and Noisy! On with the Show! Tokyo Transport Blast from the Past Sports and Games Emperors and Empresses Plants and Animals Also available: City Trails - London, Paris, New York City, Rome, Sydney, Washington DC About Lonely Planet Kids: Come explore! Let's start an adventure. Lonely Planet Kids excites and educates children about the amazing world around them. Combining astonishing facts, quirky humour and eye-catching imagery, we ignite their curiosity and encourage them to discover more about our planet. Every book draws on our huge team of global experts to help share our continual fascination with what makes the world such a diverse and magnificent place - inspiring children at home and in school. Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.
The Rough Guide to Japan
Author: Sally McLaren
Publisher: Rough Guides UK
ISBN: 0241012635
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 1215
Book Description
The award-winning Rough Guide to Japan makes the ideal travel companion to one of the world's most unique and dynamic countries. In full colour throughout, this opinionated guide is packed with essential information on the latest and best places to sleep, eat, party and shop, as well as pointers on etiquette and other cultural niceties. From neon-soaked Tokyo to temple-studded Kyoto and snow-topped Mount Fuji, all of the major travel hotspots are covered in full, while the guide also points the way to off-the-beaten-track gems - take a live-volcano hot spring on Kyushu island, go diving in tropical Okinawa, or wind your way through mountain traverses in the Japan Alps. Gain a richer understanding of the country through chapters on Japan's history, religions, arts, movies and music plus coverage of pressing environmental issues. There are maps of all the main tourist destinations, together with easy-to-read colour transport maps covering the Tokyo and Osaka train and subway systems. Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to Japan. Now available in ePub format.
Publisher: Rough Guides UK
ISBN: 0241012635
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 1215
Book Description
The award-winning Rough Guide to Japan makes the ideal travel companion to one of the world's most unique and dynamic countries. In full colour throughout, this opinionated guide is packed with essential information on the latest and best places to sleep, eat, party and shop, as well as pointers on etiquette and other cultural niceties. From neon-soaked Tokyo to temple-studded Kyoto and snow-topped Mount Fuji, all of the major travel hotspots are covered in full, while the guide also points the way to off-the-beaten-track gems - take a live-volcano hot spring on Kyushu island, go diving in tropical Okinawa, or wind your way through mountain traverses in the Japan Alps. Gain a richer understanding of the country through chapters on Japan's history, religions, arts, movies and music plus coverage of pressing environmental issues. There are maps of all the main tourist destinations, together with easy-to-read colour transport maps covering the Tokyo and Osaka train and subway systems. Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to Japan. Now available in ePub format.
Dal Tokyo
Author: Gary Panter
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
ISBN: 1560978864
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Gary Panter began imagining Dal Tokyo, a future Mars that is terraformed by Texan and Japanese workers, as far back as 1972, appropriating a friend’s idea about “cultural and temporal collision” (The “Dal” is short for Dallas).Why Texan and Japanese? Panter says, “Because they are trapped in Texas, Texans are self-mythologizing. Because I was trapped in Texas at the time, I needed to believe that the broken tractor out back was a car of the future. Japanese, I’ll say, because of the exotic far-awayness of Japan from Texas, and because of the Japanese monster movies and woodblock prints that reached out to me in Texas. Japanese monster movies are part of the fabric of Texas.”In 1983, Panter finally got a chance to fully explore this world, and share it with an audience, when the L.A. Reader published the first 63 strips. A few years later, the Japanese reggae magazine Riddim picked up the strip, and Panter continued the saga of Dal Tokyo in monthly installments for over a decade.But none of these conceptual descriptions will prepare the reader for the confounding visual and verbal richness of Dal Tokyo, as Panter’s famous “ratty line” collides and colludes with near-Joycean wordplay, veering from more or less intelligible jokes to dizzying non-sequiturs to surreal eruptions that can engulf the entire panel in scribbles. One doesn't read Dal Tokyo; one is absorbed into it and spit out the other side.
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
ISBN: 1560978864
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Gary Panter began imagining Dal Tokyo, a future Mars that is terraformed by Texan and Japanese workers, as far back as 1972, appropriating a friend’s idea about “cultural and temporal collision” (The “Dal” is short for Dallas).Why Texan and Japanese? Panter says, “Because they are trapped in Texas, Texans are self-mythologizing. Because I was trapped in Texas at the time, I needed to believe that the broken tractor out back was a car of the future. Japanese, I’ll say, because of the exotic far-awayness of Japan from Texas, and because of the Japanese monster movies and woodblock prints that reached out to me in Texas. Japanese monster movies are part of the fabric of Texas.”In 1983, Panter finally got a chance to fully explore this world, and share it with an audience, when the L.A. Reader published the first 63 strips. A few years later, the Japanese reggae magazine Riddim picked up the strip, and Panter continued the saga of Dal Tokyo in monthly installments for over a decade.But none of these conceptual descriptions will prepare the reader for the confounding visual and verbal richness of Dal Tokyo, as Panter’s famous “ratty line” collides and colludes with near-Joycean wordplay, veering from more or less intelligible jokes to dizzying non-sequiturs to surreal eruptions that can engulf the entire panel in scribbles. One doesn't read Dal Tokyo; one is absorbed into it and spit out the other side.
The Rough Guide to Tokyo
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tokyo (Japan)
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tokyo (Japan)
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Scripting Suicide in Japan
Author: Kirsten Cather
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520400267
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Japan is a nation saddled with centuries of accumulated stereotypes and loaded assumptions about suicide. Many pronouncements have been made about those who have died by their own hand, without careful attention to the words of the dead themselves. Drawing upon far-ranging creations by famous twentieth- and twenty-first-century Japanese writers and little-known amateurs alike--such as death poems, suicide notes, memorials, suicide maps and manuals, works of literature, photography, film, and manga--Kirsten Cather interrogates how suicide is scripted and to what end. Entering the orbit of suicidal writers and readers with care, she shows that through close readings these works can reveal fundamental beliefs about suicide and, just as crucially, about acts of writing. These are not scripts set in stone but graven images and words nonetheless that serve to mourn the dead, straddling two impulses: to put the dead to rest and to keep them alive forever. These words reach out to us to initiate a dialogue with the dead, one that can reveal why it matters to write into and from the void.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520400267
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Japan is a nation saddled with centuries of accumulated stereotypes and loaded assumptions about suicide. Many pronouncements have been made about those who have died by their own hand, without careful attention to the words of the dead themselves. Drawing upon far-ranging creations by famous twentieth- and twenty-first-century Japanese writers and little-known amateurs alike--such as death poems, suicide notes, memorials, suicide maps and manuals, works of literature, photography, film, and manga--Kirsten Cather interrogates how suicide is scripted and to what end. Entering the orbit of suicidal writers and readers with care, she shows that through close readings these works can reveal fundamental beliefs about suicide and, just as crucially, about acts of writing. These are not scripts set in stone but graven images and words nonetheless that serve to mourn the dead, straddling two impulses: to put the dead to rest and to keep them alive forever. These words reach out to us to initiate a dialogue with the dead, one that can reveal why it matters to write into and from the void.
Strong Towns
Author: Charles L. Marohn, Jr.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119564816
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
A new way forward for sustainable quality of life in cities of all sizes Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Build American Prosperity is a book of forward-thinking ideas that breaks with modern wisdom to present a new vision of urban development in the United States. Presenting the foundational ideas of the Strong Towns movement he co-founded, Charles Marohn explains why cities of all sizes continue to struggle to meet their basic needs, and reveals the new paradigm that can solve this longstanding problem. Inside, you’ll learn why inducing growth and development has been the conventional response to urban financial struggles—and why it just doesn’t work. New development and high-risk investing don’t generate enough wealth to support itself, and cities continue to struggle. Read this book to find out how cities large and small can focus on bottom-up investments to minimize risk and maximize their ability to strengthen the community financially and improve citizens’ quality of life. Develop in-depth knowledge of the underlying logic behind the “traditional” search for never-ending urban growth Learn practical solutions for ameliorating financial struggles through low-risk investment and a grassroots focus Gain insights and tools that can stop the vicious cycle of budget shortfalls and unexpected downturns Become a part of the Strong Towns revolution by shifting the focus away from top-down growth toward rebuilding American prosperity Strong Towns acknowledges that there is a problem with the American approach to growth and shows community leaders a new way forward. The Strong Towns response is a revolution in how we assemble the places we live.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119564816
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
A new way forward for sustainable quality of life in cities of all sizes Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Build American Prosperity is a book of forward-thinking ideas that breaks with modern wisdom to present a new vision of urban development in the United States. Presenting the foundational ideas of the Strong Towns movement he co-founded, Charles Marohn explains why cities of all sizes continue to struggle to meet their basic needs, and reveals the new paradigm that can solve this longstanding problem. Inside, you’ll learn why inducing growth and development has been the conventional response to urban financial struggles—and why it just doesn’t work. New development and high-risk investing don’t generate enough wealth to support itself, and cities continue to struggle. Read this book to find out how cities large and small can focus on bottom-up investments to minimize risk and maximize their ability to strengthen the community financially and improve citizens’ quality of life. Develop in-depth knowledge of the underlying logic behind the “traditional” search for never-ending urban growth Learn practical solutions for ameliorating financial struggles through low-risk investment and a grassroots focus Gain insights and tools that can stop the vicious cycle of budget shortfalls and unexpected downturns Become a part of the Strong Towns revolution by shifting the focus away from top-down growth toward rebuilding American prosperity Strong Towns acknowledges that there is a problem with the American approach to growth and shows community leaders a new way forward. The Strong Towns response is a revolution in how we assemble the places we live.
Empire of Signs
Author: Roland Barthes
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780374522070
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
This anthology by Roland Barthes is a reflection on his travels to Japan in the 1960s. In twenty-six short chapters he writes about his encounters with symbols of Japanese culture as diverse as pachinko, train stations, chopsticks, food, physiognomy, poetry, and gift-wrapping. He muses elegantly on, and with affection for, a system "altogether detached from our own." For Barthes, the sign here does not signify, and so offers liberation from the West's endless creation of meaning. Tokyo, like all major cities, has a center--the Imperial Palace--but in this case it is empty, "both forbidden and indifferent ... inhabited by an emperor whom no one ever sees." This emptiness of the sign is pursued throughout the book, and offers a stimulating alternative line of thought about the ways in which cultures are structured.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780374522070
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
This anthology by Roland Barthes is a reflection on his travels to Japan in the 1960s. In twenty-six short chapters he writes about his encounters with symbols of Japanese culture as diverse as pachinko, train stations, chopsticks, food, physiognomy, poetry, and gift-wrapping. He muses elegantly on, and with affection for, a system "altogether detached from our own." For Barthes, the sign here does not signify, and so offers liberation from the West's endless creation of meaning. Tokyo, like all major cities, has a center--the Imperial Palace--but in this case it is empty, "both forbidden and indifferent ... inhabited by an emperor whom no one ever sees." This emptiness of the sign is pursued throughout the book, and offers a stimulating alternative line of thought about the ways in which cultures are structured.