Tuttle Publishing imprint: 1545 books
Nihongo Pera Pera
A User's Guide to Japanese Onomatopoeia
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2012
Bridge the gap between what you learn in Japanese class and what you actually need to converse!
Onomatopeoeia—words such as "glug glug," "pow," and "splash" in English—are an integral part of the Japanese language. Japanese people draw on a wealth of onomatopoeia...
by Florence Sakade
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012
This colorfully illustrated multicultural children's book presents several Japanese fairy tales and other folk stories—providing insight into a rich oral culture.
Welcome to a fantastic world populated by magical teakettles, long-nosed goblins, brave warriors, and a host of other beloved...
Essential Japanese Kanji Volume 1
(JLPT Level N5) Learn the Essential Kanji Characters Needed for Everyday Interactions in Japan
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2015
Essential Japanese Kanji uses a natural approach to learning the most basic kanji encountered in everyday situations in Japan.
This new edition is packed with fun quizzes and useful exercises for those wishing to improve their Japanese ability. It has been repackaged in a more compact, value-for-money...
Essential Japanese Grammar
A Comprehensive Guide to Contemporary Usage: Learn Japanese Grammar and Vocabulary Quickly and Effectively
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2013
Essential Japanese Grammar is an indispensable study guide for students of the Japanese language at all levels.
Long the standard in Japanese language education, it provides clear, jargon-free explanations of how Japanese grammar works and offers hundreds of example sentences. An essential...
Japanese Kanji & Kana
(JLPT All Levels) A Complete Guide to the Japanese Writing System (2,136 Kanji and 92 Kana)
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2013
This comprehensive book helps you learn the 92 basic Kana characters and 2,136 standard Kanji characters.
Complete, compact and authoritative—this Japanese language book provides all the information needed to learn kanji and kana, including the 92 basic hiragana and katakana phonetic symbols...
by Shintaro Ishihara
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2004
Violent, sensual, and seemingly un-Japanese, the stories in Season of Violence nevertheless depict Japanese teenagers of the present in compulsive but often unconscious revolt against the moral codes of "old Japan." Yet these stories tell of youth who offer no real, modern morality to replace...
by George F. Schultz
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2004
This collection of Vietnamese mythology will be of great interest to cultural scholars as well as people of Vietnamese descent.
The history of every country is reflected in its myths and legends and this absorbing collection of thirty-two stories vary from the sweep and grandeur of past battles,...
by John Gauntner
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
The Sake Handbook is the foremost guide to the history, brewing, and distinctive flavors of sake.
Just what are jizake, namazake and ginjoshu? The Sake Handbook answers all these questions and many more about sake wine, and will help you enjoy Japan's national beverage in style.
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Advanced Abacus
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2012
This handy guide will take abacus users from beginner to master level in a very short time.
Though the Japanese abacus may appear mysterious or even primitive, this intriguing tool is capable of amazing speed and accuracy. it is still widely used throughout the shop and markets of Asia and...
Clueless in Tokyo
An Explorer's Sketchbook of Weird and Wonderful Things in Japan
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
A perfect introduction to Japan and Japanese culture, this illustrated culture and travel guide contains loads of original drawings as well as the Japanese script for key words and phrases.
Some people take photos, but artist Betty Reynolds captures memories with her paintbrush and watercolors....
Chinese Dress
From the Qing Dynasty to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2012
Featuring over 450 archival photographs and line drawings, Chinese Dress traces the evolution of Chinese clothing from court and formal costumes to the fashions of modern China.
A comprehensive and sumptuously illustrated book, Chinese Dress is the essential reference for costume historians,...
None but the Nightingale
An Introduction to Chinese Literature
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 1996
This classic introduction to the Chinese literature is a fundamental step towards the West's understanding of the rich literary legacy of China.
Readable, condensed, entertaining, the selections contained in this book belong to enduring world literature; the "Great Society" envisioned...
Japanese Ghost Stories
Spirits, Hauntings, and Paranormal Phenomena
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2011
"A Best Book of 2009" —The Japan Times
Japanese Ghost Stories, formerly published under the title Supernatural and Mysterious Japan, is a collection of the eerie and terrifying from around Japan. This book opens a window into the hidden aspects of the Japanese world of the paranormal,...
Manabeshima Island Japan
One Island, Two Months, One Minicar, Sixty Crabs, Eighty Bites and Fifty Shots of Shochu
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
More than just a Japan travel guide, Manabeshima Island Japan paints a colorful and entertaining picture of a particular place and time in Japan.
Japan is made up of thousands of sacred islands, artificial islands, industrial islands, resort islands, wild islands and exploding islands…but...