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A modern approach to the ancient art of Sino-Japanese calligraphy. This volume contains 150 step-by-step illustrations and photographs to take the reader from the basic strokes to the complex. For many a deep and lasting interest in Japanese culture, its people and its language, begins with a fascination for beautifully drawn characters produced by a master calligrapher. Compared with the squarish, regular representation of Chinese characters reproduced in books, newspapers, and magazines by modern printing techniques, the appealing brush strokes of a

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Green tea has gone mainstream as more and more people in the West are discovering its exquisite taste and myriad health benefits. In New Tastes in Green Tea - now available in paperback after being out of print for two years - tea expert Matsuko Tokunaga offers readers everything they need to know to fully appreciate the many pleasures of this age-old and revered beverage. The wide variety of recipes for drinks, as well as for both savoury and sweet dishes, will delight any cook who's looking to expand their culinary repertoire.

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This book introduces a menagerie of charming paper animals. Each animal is built on simple shapes any child can master in moments and will lead to hours of pleasure and play. Animal Origami follows the unit origami' method. You simply make several basic units-the 'boat,' the 'house,' the 'boot'-then assemble the finished units, like building blocks. All the popular animals put in an appearance. Such perennial favorites as dogs and penguins are joined by more inventive versions of the elephant, lion, and kangaroo. As in our long-selling Origami for Parties and Origami for'

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Friendship? Forget it! Mei Tachibana has no friends - and she doesn't need them! Ever since her 'friends' betrayed her in elementary school, she's sworn off friendship entirely. All it leads to is betrayal and heartbreak, and she can cope just fine by herself. However, one day everything changes when she accidentally roundhouse kicks the most popular boy in school! But Yamato Kurosawa isn't angry in the slightest - in fact, he thinks his ordinary life could use an unusual girl like Mei!

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Legendary chef Shizuo Tsuji, one of the most prominent figures in Japan's culinary world, unites with food writer, lecturer and broadcaster Koichiro Hata, takes all that is good about Japanese food and brings it into the home. This book presents over 100 authentic recipes, all of which are manageable even by the novice cook. Full-colour photos showcase the finished dishes as well as illustrate the steps involved in their preparation. Friendly, accessible, and inviting, Practical Japanese Cooking is revealing and inspiring to home cooks everywhere.

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Companion volume to: Let's learn Hiragana. There are three types of Japanese script-katakana, hiragana, and kanji. It is possible to read Japanese knowing only a limited number of kanji, but it is not possible with only a limited number of katakana or hiragana-one must know all of them. Let's Learn Katakana, and its companion volume Let's Learn Hiragana, is a textbook that introduces the learner to the basics of one of these fundamental Japanese scripts. Being a workbook, it contains all the exercises that allow the student to master katakana by the time the

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When Keitaro Urashima fails his entrance exams to get into Tokyo University for the second time, he's officially an unemployed and uneducated slacker. To make things worse, his parents have kicked him out of his house. Fortunately, his grandmother owns the fabulous Hinata Lodge and has agreed to take Keitaro in as caretaker. What he doesn't know is that the lodge is actually a girl's dorm and he's the only guy around! Most guys would kill to live with five sexy ladies, but if Keitaro's not careful, this job will kill him.

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Your instant Fairy Tail manga collection! Stylish box includes Vol. 34-43 -- ten volumes! -- of the magical shonen adventure that became an anime megahit, plus an exclusive bonus sticker sheet. Lucy is a young, rebellious celestial wizard with a dream: to join Fairy Tail, the world's most rambunctious and powerful magical guild! When she happens to meet one of Fairy Tail's top wizards, he turns out to be not quite what she expected: a slob traveling with a flying cat. But the promise of adventure is real, and together they escape from pirates and a devious magician! Their next task: to steal a book from the evil wizard-killing Duke Everlue, and outsmart his death trap. Eccentric new friends join along the way in this lushly-drawn modern classic! Fairy Tail was one of the top manga series of the last 10+ years, with millions of dollars in net sales These box sets will collect the entire Fairy Tail series in six sets: three including 11 volumes, three including 10 volumes. Priced to keep them accessible to brick-and-mortar accounts. Each set will include a bonus sticker sheet! Ages 13 and up. "[With] crisp, clean, fast-moving art... Fairy Tail is easily one of my favorite new series of the year." -Comic Book Resources "With dazzling visuals and perfectly timed fights of ever greater intensity, this is as good as action-adventure gets." -Anime News Network

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Yato is a homeless god. He doesn't even have a shrine, let alone any worshippers! So, to achieve his ambitious goals, he's set up a service to help those in need (for a small fee of course). He hopes that one day he'll be able to build the temple he feels he deserves, but for now he can't be picky about the jobs that he chooses to accept. From finding lost kittens to overcoming school bullies, Yato is divinely intervening all over the place!

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Friendship? Forget it! Mei Tachibana has no friends - and she doesn't need them! Ever since her 'friends' betrayed her in elementary school, she's sworn off friendship entirely. All it leads to is betrayal and heartbreak, and she can cope just fine by herself. However, one day everything changes when she accidentally roundhouse kicks the most popular boy in school! But Yamato Kurosawa isn't angry in the slightest - in fact, he thinks his ordinary life could use an unusual girl like Mei!

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Suitable for those who is interested in finding out what makes Aikido so multi-dimensional, or one who would like to understand its ancient roots, this book gives the reader an understanding of the essence of Aikido, and to explain the aspirations and motivations of the true practitioners of Aikido. This book is an excellent resource for anyone who is interested in finding out what makes Aikido so multi-dimensional, or one who would like to understand its ancient roots. The goal of this book is to give the reader a clear understanding of the essence of Aikido, and to explain the

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Komugi's not sure what to expect when her family moves to the remote northern island of Hokkaido, and she starts at a new high school. But she certainly didn't expect a boy to come up to her and say, 'Gee... you smell good!'That boy is Yu Ogami, and Komugi finds herself strangely drawn to him. But when she sees him in an unguarded moment, she discovers he's a werewolf! Now she has a choice to make: to keep his secret, or to ask for help and risk angering a wolf-boy?

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The city of Tokyo is plagued by a deadly phenomenon: spontaneous human combustion! Luckily, a special team is there to quench the inferno: The Fire Force! The fire soldiers at Special Fire Cathedral 8 are about to get a unique addition. Enter Shinra, a boy who possesses the power to run at the speed of a rocket, leaving behind the famous "devil's footprints" (and destroying his shoes in the process). Can Shinra and his colleagues discover the source of this strange epidemic before the city burns to ashes?

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Don''t just fold and look at your origami work - wear it! Using papers in a dazzling array of colours and wonderful patterns, textures, and finishes, and with traditional folding skills and simple jewellery-making techniques, you''ll learn to fashion pendants, pins, earrings and other exquisite accessories. Categorised by season and with a special section devoted to Japanese motifs, these imaginative projects will have you folding all year long.

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Chiharu Saeki and Wataru Toda are two high school students who share a common hobby: They love to watch movies. After they meet, they become fast friends, until one day, when Chiharu confesses his love for Wataru. Wataru says that Chiharu's confession doesn't bother him, and the boys continue throughout their summer, going to pilgrimages to see film spots from their favorite movies. But the more time he spends with Chiharu, Wataru realizes that he may not only be as unaffected by Chiharu's confession as he claimed to be, but those feelings may also be mutual.

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17-year-old Lucy is an attractive mage-in-training who wants to join a magician's guild so that she can become a full-fledged magician. The guild she dreams about joining is the most famous in the world and it is known as the Fairy Tail. One day she meets Natsu, a boy raised by a Dragon who mysteriously left him when he was young. Natsu has devoted his life to finding his Dragon father. When Natsu helps Lucy out of a tricky situation, she discovers that he is a member of the Fairy Tail magician's guild and our heroes' adventure together begins.

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In this charming follow-up to her popular Felt Friends from Japan, Naomi Tabatha shares 80 projects that anyone can make using only felt and a needle-and-thread. Here are soft toys and dolls, adorable outfits to dress them in, and a variety of useful and attractive accessories and decorative household items, all reflecting the retro style that Tabatha remembers from her childhood in Japan in the 1960s and 1970s.More Felt Friends from Japan opens by introducing a zoo-ful of animals (Chimpanzee, Giraffe, Lion, Hippo, Anteater, Elephant, Zebra, Capybara); and then presents an adorable Kitty, ready to go shopping and dress up. Readers also meet Kitty’s friends—Piggy, Bear, Dog, and Monkey—and will have a chance to fashion costumes for them as well. Tabatha even shows readers how to turn these clever creatures into hand puppets. After fun with of couple of precious pooches, it’s time for Nostalgic Posing Dolls named Ruru, Lili, Lala-chan, and a lovely

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The Teachers Manual gives tips for using Japanese for Busy People II & III in a classroom setting, as well as advice on how to teach difficult areas of grammar. In addition, the book provides translations of all introductions, grammatical explanations, notes, and instructions appearing in Japanese for Busy People II & III. The Teachers Manual gives tips for using Japanese for Busy People II & III in a classroom setting, as well as advice on how to teach difficult areas of grammar. In addition, the book provides translations of all introductions, grammatical explanations, notes, and instructions appearing in Japanese for Busy People II & III.

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This is a world of the skies, where many islands drift in the sky. A boy named Gran and a talking winged lizard named Vyrn lived in Zinkenstill, an island which yields mysteries. One day, they come across a girl named Lyria. Lyria had escaped from the Erste Empire, a military government that is trying to rule over this world using powerful military prowess. In order to escape from the Empire, Gran and Lyria head out into the vast skies, holding the letter Gran's father left behind - which said, 'I will be waiting at Estalucia, Island of Stars.'

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The new will they-won''t they romance from the creator of Teasing Master Takagi-san is here! Ayumu is in love with his senpai Yaotome, but he''s sworn not to confess his feelings until he can beat her at the board game shogi... The problem is, his love is obvious to Yaotome, and she can''t stop trying to trick him into breaking his vow! Fall in love again, fans of Don''t Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro,

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The provocative action manga that's about to become a major anime! A teenage loner gets transported into a fantasy world with his two scary female classmates. The girls find themselves as a wizard and a warrior, but he's woken up as... a farmer?! How will be become a hero now? A new fantasy perfect for fans of Sword Art Online and That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime! Yusuke Yotsuya doesn't care about getting into high school-he just wants to get back home to his game and away from other people. But when he suddenly finds himself in a real-life fantasy game alongside his two gorgeous classmates, he discovers a new world of possibility and excitement. Despite a rough start, Yusuke and his friend fight to level up and clear the challenges set before them by a mysterious figure from the future, but before long, they find that they're not just battling for their own lives, but for the lives of millions...

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Satoshi's father has worked for the rich family in the house on the hill his entire life, so when the teenager needs a part-time job to put himself through school, looking after the mansion's gardens is a natural fit. Satoshi's ready to work hard, and he quickly endears himself to the staff. But there's one ironclad rule even he must obey: Don't go near the cottage behind the house. When he sees a beautiful, pale girl in one of the windows, Satoshi assumes she is being kept prisoner, and their secret meetings quickly turn romantic, but Satoshi has no idea just how terrible this Sleeping Beauty's curse really is...

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Yusuke Yotsuya doesn't care about getting into high school-he just wants to get back home to his game and away from other people. But when he suddenly finds himself in a real-life fantasy game alongside his two gorgeous classmates, he discovers a new world of possibility and excitement. Despite a rough start, Yusuke and his friend fight to level up and clear the challenges set before them by a mysterious figure from the future, but before long, they find that they're not just battling for their own lives, but for the lives of millions!

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Welcome to the complete tour of the inside of a human body! This deluxe box set includes all six volumes of the fan-favorite manga series all about what's happening inside you right now. Hailed by doctors and educators as well as fans for its fun and accurate depictions, the series has also spawned a popular anime. This deluxe box also includes an exclusive 60-page bonus book with the pilot manga, an author interview, and concept sketches, available nowhere else!

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Now that I've got the hang of the basic techniques, how can I improve my style? Colour manga looks really cool, but I don't know what materials I need or how to use them! The Draw Your Own Manga team is back to help your take your manga to the next stage. Draw Your Own Manga: Beyond the Basics expands on some of the techniques explained in this first book, All the Basics, and introduces some new ways in which you can add personality and style to your manga.

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For every student, a time eventually comes when basic grammar is no longer the problem. You can say a few words about the weather, or the fact that, yes, you are feeling hungry, or explain that you are going out for the day - and actually be understood. Beyond that, however, the going gets tough. You cannot make pertinent comments about philosophy, politics, art, science, law, or business - simply because you lack the necessary vocabulary. In fact, you may not be able to say that you are interested in philosophy' at all, because you don't know the Japanese word for it.'

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Traditional Japanese architecture-whether Buddhist temples or Shinto shrines, residences, castles, or teahouses-has become increasingly familiar around the world. Through the media of motion pictures, art books, T.V. documentaries and dramas such as Shogun, as well as through personal experience, more and more people have gained an acquaintance and appreciation of the architecture of premodern Japan. Some may even be able to name or recognize the oldest and the largest wooden structures in existence, which are to be found in Japan at Horyuji and Todaiji respectively. Yet often this

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Swimsuits! Ramen! Dumb jokes! Beer! Uncomfortable nudity! A boy heads off to college in a seaside town, and stumbles into the Grand Blue Dive Shop - a place full of beautiful female divers, noodle-obsessed jocks, and various other lovable bastards. A tale of coming of age surrounded by beer, bums, and the Grand Blue!

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Take to the skies with the scrappy crew of the airship Quin Zaza, as they hunt the fantastical giants that rule their world...DRAGONS! The daily routine aboard an airborne draking vessel springs to vivid life in this exquisitely crafted tale in the tradition of the lush, transporting fantasy of Hayao Miyazaki. Part travelogue, part imaginary cookbook, and part otherworldly slice of life, Drifting Dragons tells the stories of the Quin Zaza and the colorful band of misfits that makes up her crew.

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