Blog love -Scholastic readers (Starter level) + MP3
Extensive reading improves fluency and motivates students in your classroom, contemporary graded material that is suitable for Beginner-level students. This title presents a 21st century story about a lonely Japanese student in London, who keeps a daily blog.
Routledge Handbook of Japanese Culture and Society
The Handbook of Japanese Culture and Society is an interdisciplinary resource that focuses on contemporary Japan and the social and cultural trends that are important at the beginning of the twenty-first century. This Handbook provides a cutting-edge and comprehensive survey of significant phenomena, institutions, and directions in Japan today, on issues ranging from gender and family, the environment, race and ethnicity, and urban life, to popular culture and electronic media.
The Manga Cookbook: Japanese Bento Boxes, Main Dishes and MoreThe Manga Cookbook: Japanese Bento Boxes, Main Dishes and More
Reading manga sure can make a person hungry! Food appears frequently in Japanese comics, but what exactly is it that the characters are eating? Introducing The Manga Cookbook, an illustrated step-by-step guide to preparing simple Japanese dishes using ingredients found in every Western kitchen.
Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but it's also in the language we use and everywhere in the world around us. In this elegant, witty, and ultimately profound meditation on what is beautiful, Crispin Sartwell begins with six words from six different cultures - ancient Greek's "to kalon," the Japanese idea of "wabi-sabi," Hebrew's "yapha," the Navajo concept "hozho," Sanskrit "sundara," and our own English-language "beauty."
Womansword is an insightful look at Japanese words concerning women and what they reveal about the status of women in modern Japan. In a collection of short, lively essays, author Kittredge Cherry considers the connotations, usage, and context of several hundred common words and phrases related to female identity, girlhood, marriage, mothering, working, and aging. These Japanese words offer a new perspective on issues that are central to the lives of women everywhere. dictory roles.
