Hope can come from unlikely places... Angela is at a crossroads. New life and new death, discovering she is pregnant just as her beloved Obachan, Aiko, passes away. Paralyzed by the gravity of these two events happening at the same time, Angela floats through Aiko's wake like a ghost. Unexpectedly, Angela's Auntie Pamela gifts her a box filled with family heirlooms, including tape recordings of her Obachan describing her time in the Japanese incarceration camps, and journals dating back to...

"The Cube appeared as if from nowhere. He felt his eyes well up... It was beautiful." Will barely remembers life before the Cube. He and Kim were early players of the game but since her death, he has been in a cocoon of grief, doing his best to ignore the Cube and people in general. On a rare night out with friends, Will is as surprised as anyone that he still believes in the virtue and grandiosity of the game—and perhaps more startling, that he has emerging, yet deep-rooted feelings for h...

A helpful guide for anybody wishing to impress by bringing some Asian flair to a dinner party.

Engaging short stories by the Japanese author, Hayashi Fumiko, translated by Timothy Iles, most appearing for the first time in English. Hayashi Fumiko (1903–1951) was an influential and successful Japanese writer known for depicting realistic, sympathetic characters in a simple, accessible style. In these fourteen short stories, chosen and translated by Timothy Iles, portraits of Japanese life in the immediate pre- and post-war years are loosely arranged in an order that ...

The Face Yoga Method is practiced all over the world and has helped thousands of women and men to exercise their way to a younger more vibrant face without any fillers or injections.Fumiko Takatsu is a world-renowned Face Yoga teacher and creator of the Face Yoga Method. She will show you how to reshape your jawline, define your cheeks, align your smile, turn up the corners of your mouth, smooth out forehead lines and eliminate under eye circles in just eight minutes a day.

This "deeply rewarding compilation of maps" offers a gorgeously illustrated tour through the evolution of Japan from the Edo Period to the Digital Age ( Los Angeles Review of Books).Japanese society underwent a cartographic renaissance in the late sixteenth century that would eventually turn maps and mapmaking into a central part of daily life. Since that time, the nation's society and landscape have undergone major transformations, and at every point, copi...

“The Story of the Peony Lantern” by the Chinese author Qu You (1347–1433) traveled across lingual, cultural, and geopolitical borders in early modern East Asia. The original tale, set in fourteenth-century Ningbo, China, is one of ghostly seduction and murder, but it continued to transform as it traveled from city to city and in its encounters with characters from other texts, publishing networks, and countless readers in the Sinosphere. Fumiko Jōo closely analyzes the cultural and societa...

Discover a transformative journey toward inner peace and happiness with Mindful Living - A Path To Peace And Happiness. This insightful guide offers practical wisdom and actionable strategies to cultivate mindfulness and embrace a more fulfilling life.In a world that constantly demands our attention, finding moments of calm and contentment can seem elusive. This book empowers readers to reconnect with their true selves through the art of mindfulness. With easy-to-follow exercises, ...

A Practical Guide for Scholarly Reading in Japanese is an innovative textbook for students specializing in scholarly Japanese for Asian studies. This book is aimed at scholars in any Asian Studies field in which Japanese scholarship is extremely important.The book can be used as a textbook or self-study guide for scholars of Asian studies, as well as students who need to learn to read scholarly Japanese.The book contains concise descriptions of grammar points essen...

Masks is Enchi's elegant, seductive story of sexual deception, revenge, and the haunting legacy of the past.Ibuki loves widow Yasuko, who is young, charming and sparkling with intelligence. His friend, Mikame, desires her too but that is not the difficulty. What troubles Ibuki is the curious bond that has grown between Yasuko and her mother-in-law, a beautiful, cultivated yet jealous woman, who is manipulating the relationship between Yasuko and the two me...

Though there has been much discussion on the academic aspects of Japanese education abroad (e.g., high scores on international tests, lesson study), there has been little information on the non-academic aspects of Japanese schooling. This non-academic aspect is called Tokkatsu (tokubetsu katsudo).Unlike math and reading, Tokkatsu is not confined to a certain period, but extends throughout the school day and even after-school activities — such as school excursions. It includes classroom act...

The Modern Japanese Grammar Workbook is an innovative book of exercises and language tasks for all learners of Japanese. The book is divided into two parts:Section A provides exercises based on essential grammatical structuresSection B practises everyday functions (e.g. making introductions, apologizing, expressing needs).All sentences are written both in Romanization and in the Japanese script and a comprehensive answer key at the back enabl...