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[2023]
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English
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Home to serene temples, peaceful zen gardens, first-class museums and futuristic skyscrapers, Tokyo blends seamlessly the best of ancient and contemporary Japan. Make the most of your trip to Japan s dynamic capital with DK Eyewitness Top 10. Planning is a breeze with our simple lists of ten, covering the very best that Tokyo has to offer and ensuring that you don t miss a thing. Best of all, the pocket-friendly format is light and easily portable;...
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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Publisher Annotation: Whether you want to stay in a ryokan, stand in awe at busy Shibuya Crossing, visit beautiful temples, or hike Mount Fuji, the local Fodor's travel experts in Tokyo are here to help! Fodor's Tokyo guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time. Fodor's full-color gold guides series, (Original), 384pp.
4) The big wave
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Pub. Date
[1986]
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English
Description
His family and village swept away by a tidal wave, Jiya learns to live with the ever-present dangers from the sea and volcano.
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
Description
A skilled assassin eager to escape his profession and the hold of his handler, The Doctor, Kabuto, when The Doctor agrees to let him pay his way out of his contract, finds his final assignment putting him and his family—who have no idea about his double life—in danger.
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The Kyoichiro kaga volume 4
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From the acclaimed author of Malice and Newcomer, a confounding murder in Tokyo is connected to the mystery of the disappearance and death of Detective Kaga's own mother. A decade ago, Tokyo Police Detective Kyoichiro Kaga went to collect the ashes of his recently deceased mother. Years before, she ran away from her husband and son without explanation or any further contact, only to die alone in an apartment far away, leaving her estranged son with...
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Jasmine Toguchi volume 5
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old Jasmine is enthusiastic about her family's vacation to Japan, but once in Tokyo she is distracted by her older sister's grumpiness and her own blunders--will she be able to cheer up her sister while finding her own footing? Includes author's note and recipe.
12) Welcome to Japan
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the Asian country of Japan.
13) Tea with milk
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Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
After growing up near San Francisco, a young Japanese woman returns with her parents to their native Japan, but she feels foreign and out of place.
17) Tokyo dreaming
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Tokyo ever after volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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When the Imperial Household Council refuses to approve the marriage of her parents, eighteen-year-old Izumi decides to become the perfect princess to help win the council's consent, but will she sacrifice her own heart in order to secure her parents' happiness?
18) Japan
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to Japan. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
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As the Empire of the Sun crumbles upon itself and a rain of firebombs falls upon Japan, the final death march of a nation is echoed in millions of smaller tragedies. Seita and his younger sister Setsuko are two children born at the wrong time, in the wrong place, and now cast adrift in a world that lacks not the care to shelter them, but simply the resources. They are forced to fend for themselves in the aftermath of fires that swept entire cities...
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[2010]
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English
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1799, Dejima in Nagasaki Harbor. Jacob de Zoet, a devout and resourceful young clerk, has a chance encounter with Orito Aibagawa, the disfigured daughter of a samurai doctor and midwife to the city's powerful magistrate. The borders between propriety, profit, and pleasure blur until Jacob finds his vision clouded, one rash promise made and then fatefully broken--the consequences of which will extend beyond Jacob's worst imaginings.
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