Japan (countries Around the world)

Japan offers complete coverage of this fascinating country, including sections on history, geography, wildlife, infrastructure and government, and culture. It also includes a detailed fact file, maps and charts, and a traceable flag. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

All about Japan: stories, songs, crafts and games for kids

Edition

Ed. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9784805314401

Collation

64 p. ; ill. ;29 cm

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952 MOO a

A brief history of Japan

Edition

Ed. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9784805313893

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288 p. ; ill. ; 21 cm

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952 CLE a

Japanese hiragana & katakana for beginners

Edition

Ed. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9784805311448

Collation

190 p. ; ill. ; 22 cm

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495 STO j

Under the eye of the big bird

Welcome to the distant future. Humans are on the verge of extinction and have settled in small tribes across the planet under the observation and care of the Mothers. Some children are made in factories; some live by getting nutrients from water and light, like plants. The survival of the race depends on the interbreeding of these and other alien beings - but it is far from certain that connect…

The life of a stupid man

Japan's modernist master explores family, art and the fear of madness in exquisite autobiographical pieces and a short story.

A cup of sake beneath the cherry trees

Moonlight, spring blossom, a woman's hair - a medieval Japanese monk reflects on idle moments and life's fleeting joy.

Mina's matchbox

In the spring of 1972, twelve-year-old Tomoko leaves her mother behind in Tokyo and boards a train alone for Ashiya, a coastal town in Japan, to stay with her aunt’s family. Tomoko’s aunt is an enigma and an outlier in her working-class family, and her magnificent home—and handsome, foreign husband, the president of a soft drink company—are symbols of that status. The seventeen rooms ar…

Sisters in yellow

Edition

Ed. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9781035095094

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429 p. ; 23 cm

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823 KAW s

Hooked

Eriko's life appears perfect – devoted parents, spotless apartment and a job in the seafood division of one of Japan's largest trading companies. Her latest project, to reintroduce the controversial Nile perch fish into the Japanese market, is characteristically ambitious. But beneath her flawless surface she is wracked by loneliness. Eriko becomes fascinated with a popular blog written by…