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Kyoto machiya restaurant guide
Enjoy delicious Japanese food in some of Kyoto's most tucked-away and spectacular townhouses.
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Womansword
A linguistic portrait of Japanese womanhood, in a new edition that reveals how things have—and haven't—changed in 30 years
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Kanji pict-o-graphix
A visual delight, this bestselling, award-winning book makes a great classroom resource and a wonderful study aid.
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A bridge of words
Prolific, award-winning translator of classical and modern Japanese poetry Hiroaki Sato recorded his thoughts on American society in mainly two columns across 30-plus years, collected here for the first time. This anthology of over 60 of Sato’s commentaries reflect the writer’s wide-ranging erudi...
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Right under the big sky, i don't wear a hat
Haiku and occasional essays from an eccentric personality.
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Monkey new writing from japan
For readers who want to be introduced to exciting contemporary Japanese writers, especially women (Mieko Kawakami, Aoko Matsuda, and more). MONKEY New Writing from Japan is an annual anthology that showcases the best of contemporary Japanese literature. Volu...
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Chinese proverbs and popular sayings
A collection of 500+ proverbs in Chinese and English, capturing the enduring wisdom of China, for travelers and language students.
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A tractate on japanese aesthetics
Sure to be a classic, Donald Richie's concise, profound insights into the mysteries of Japanese
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The four immigrants manga
A "documentary comic book" from 1931, depicting the true adventures of four young Japanese men in America.
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China survival guide
An updated edition of the best-selling travel guide that spells out tourist problems and solutions with humor and candor.
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Japanese girl at the siege of changchun
An unforgettable memoir of the horrors suffered by a Japanese family trapped in Changchun, China, at the end of WW2.
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Shinto meditations for revering the earth
The first book in English to apply ancient Japanese Shinto traditions to daily spiritual fulfillment.
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Bird talk and other stories by xu xu
Introducing the works of a major Chinese writer--liberal, cosmopolitan, and lyrically exotic--once banned but now embraced, and newly "discovered" in the West.
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Tokio whip
A group of people walk across, around, and all over Tokyo.They talk, talk, talk. A linguistic, experiential, cartographical novel.
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A critical handbook of japanese film directors
For film lovers and scholars, an essential resource and reference guide.
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Kyoto stories
An American student in 1970s Kyoto rambles among the city's beauties and traditions, learning as he goes. Don Ascher is a young American living in Kyoto in the 1970s. He is a student of Japanese. He also teaches English, works at a shabu-shabu restaurant, and hangs out in the company of gangsters...
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The anime encyclopedia, 3rd revised edition
Updated and expanded! 1,000,000+ words on films, artists, studios, themes, and Japan's animation culture, with key data and advisories.
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The way forward
How China became the China we know today, through war and societal transformation.
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One hot summer in kyoto
The tale of Peter Meadowes, who flees to Kyoto for a summer vacation and lusts after every woman he sees.
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Amy's guide to best behavior in japan
Going to Japan? This unfussy modern guide guarantees you keep it polite and get it right!
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Sharing a house with the never-ending man
An American’s unique behind-the-scenes look at Japanese business and how the animated films of Hayao Miyazaki were introduced to the world.
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The rabbi finds her way
This rabbi gig. People have no idea what it's all about.
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The thorn puller
Introducing Hiromi Ito, an award-winning Japanese author who has been compared to Haruki Murakami and Yoko Tawada.
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Japaneseness
Can traditional Japanese life concepts—like loyalty, harmony, meticulousness—make sense in Western societies? Here are dozens of ideas for "decluttering the spirit."
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Barbarians and the birth of chinese identity
The third volume in this fun, comic-style series that explores China's relationship with its barbarian neighbors. The Mongols!
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The donald richie reader
50 years of writing about Japan, from postwar to the age of Pokémon.
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Green tea living
Homespun wisdom from Japan updated for today's "green lifestyle" choices.
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Discovering yamaguchi sake
A new and remarkable look at the sake produced in Japan’s Yamaguchi Prefecture. This book is the first of its kind, a deep-dive into a single sake-producing region to highlight its delicious brews as well as the people, land, and culture behind them. Brewing in Yamaguchi — in southern Honshu, Jap...
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Exploring kyoto, revised edition
An updated guide to the legendary gardens, temples, and backstreet treasures of Japan's most walkable city.
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Japanese the manga way
A "real manga, real Japanese" study guide and resource for language students and teachers
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A glossary of zen terms
Of special interest to scholars and students of Zen classics, a glossary of specialized vocabulary to aid understanding and practice
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Foundations of chinese civilization
The first volume in this easy to read, comic-style series on Chinese history
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Family crests of japan
Find the beauty and meaning of over 850 family crests found in Japanese tradition
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The osamu tezuka story
A documentary manga biography of the influential artist and the birth and evolution of manga and anime in Japan.
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Japanese garden notes
Marc Peter Keane's personal journey through 100 Japanese gardens, looking at them with a designer’s eye.
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Dragon palace
Included in The New Yorker's Best Books of 2023Stories from a Japanese master of transformative fiction, where reality, myth, and human foibles meet shifting dimensions of gender, biology, and destiny.From the bestselling author of Strange Weather in Tokyo comes this otherworldly collection of ...
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Speak and read japanese
A handy supplement for learning 300 of the most common Japanese words, works with any textbook!
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Mobile suit gundam
The Gundam creator's own vision of his spectacularly successful cult franchise, in a new edition for hungry fans.
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Humphrey the lost whale
The heartwarming true story of a wrong-way humpback whale who is helped and cheered back to freedom in San Francisco.
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Kanji box
Japanese characters served up with histories and cultural clues to help you decorate your skin/body/life with just the right word!
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The fourth string
Two women. Two cultures. One music.
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