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Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
1st edition.
Language
English
Description
Journey across Japan in this stunning collection of photographs. Row beneath Tokyo's beautiful cherry blossom trees, meet macaque monkeys soaking in hot springs and discover master chefs preparing intricate dishes. Then watch cranes dance in the Hokkaido snow, take to the streets in bright neon metropolises, and find peace among silent bamboo groves and volcanic lakes.
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First English language edition.
Language
English
Description
This prize-winning book is both an illustrated tour of a Tokyo rarely seen in Japan travel guides and an artist's warm, funny, visually rich, and always entertaining graphic memoir. Florent Chavouet, a young graphic artist, spent six months exploring Tokyo while his girlfriend interned at a company there. Each day he would set forth with a pouch full of color pencils and a sketchpad, and visit different neighborhoods. This stunning book records...
7) Japan
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Discusses some of the foods enjoyed in Japan and describes special foods that are part of such specific celebrations as Shogatsu, children's festivals, Setsubun, and Obon. Includes recipes.
8) Japan
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
Provides an overview of the country of Japan, its geography, history, government, people, culture, and social issues.
9) Japan
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Float through the cherry blossoms, snack at the market and watch the stars twinkle following a day in Japan. With text and artwork developed especially for babies, author Emily Satako Seo and illustrator Aunyarat Watanabe draw on personal experience of life in Japan to create this appealing board book for young readers. "As an age-appropriate visual guide offering a few Japanese phrases alongside the English narrative, this book presents scenes of...
14) Japan
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
An illustrated introduction to the geography, history, industries, people, customs, and famous landmarks of Japan.
16) A look at Japan
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Simple text and photographs depict the land, animals, and people of Japan.
17) Welcome to Japan
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
An overview of the geography, history, government, economy, people, and culture of Japan.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023].
Language
English
Description
"Yokai come in every imaginable shape and form--from frightening ghosts and cruel demons to cute fairies and enchanted animals. They can be evil monsters, harmless tricksters or prophets of doom, depending on their inclination. This book includes 100 supernatural Yokai, including Tengu, Kappa, Peroritaro, Baku, and more. This book has over 175 full-color drawings depicting the appearances of these weird creatures"--Back cover.
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
It has been something of a cliche to talk about Japan in terms of contrasts, but Japan really is a country defined by juxtapositions. For all of Japan's technological advances, not to mention the unquenchable thirst for the new and the next you see in cities like Tokyo, Japanese society is still rooted deep in tradition. Timeless and cutting edge comfortably sit side by side, as do the sacred and the cute. Japan prides itself on an appreciation...
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