Cultural Region/Japanese
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Sumo
$29.99 Add to cartSumo offers a unique behind-the-scenes view into the secret and fascinating world of sumo, a living breathing showcase of ancient Japan. Sumo is one of the oldest sports in the world, stretching back … [more below]
- Author: K2 Lord
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: March 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1781454639
- Language: English
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Zen Garden Design: Mindful Spaces by Shunmyo Masuno – Japan’s Leading Garden Designer
$24.99 Add to cartZen Buddhist priest Shunmyo Masuno understands that today’s busy world leaves little time or space for self-reflection, but that a garden–even in the most urban of spaces–can provide some respite. I… [more below]
- Author: Locher, Mira
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 18 2020
- ISBN10: 4805315881
- Language: English
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Zen in Japanese Culture: A Visual Journey Through Art, Design, and Life
$35.00 Add to cartFormed by a convergence of the Buddha’s teachings with Taoism and local tradition, Zen has had a profound impact on the art and culture of Japan. As a philosophy, Zen promotes a recognition of emptine… [more below]
- Author: Blair, Gavin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 10 2019
- ISBN10: 0789213451
- Language: English
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Femme Fatale: The Art of Shuzo Oshimi
$29.95 Add to cartCommemorating twenty years of manga, FEMME FATALE showcases of all of the full color artwork from New York Time’s Best Selling artist Shuzo Oshimi. Featuring cover art, posters, promotional materials … [more below]
- Author: Oshimi, Shuzo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 04 2021
- ISBN10: 1634429885
- Language: English
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The Rough Guide to Japan: Travel Guide with Free eBook
$29.99 Read moreThis Japan guidebook is perfect for independent travellers planning a longer trip. It features all of the must-see sights and a wide range of off-the-beaten-track places. It also provides detailed pra
- Series: Rough Guides Main
- Author: Guides, Rough
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 848
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1839059796
- Language: English
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Ivan Ramen: Love, Obsession, and Recipes from Tokyo’s Most Unlikely Noodle Joint
$29.99 Add to cartThe end-all-be-all guide to ramen as told by the iconoclastic New Yorker whose unlikely life story led him to open Tokyo’s top ramen shop–featuring 44 recipes
“What Ivan Orkin does not know about no- Author: Orkin, Ivan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 29 2013
- ISBN10: 1607744465
- Language: English
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Mindfulness Travel Japan: Nature, Food, Forest Bathing, Tea Ceremonies, Onsen, Craft & Meditation
$24.99 Add to cartMindfulness Travel Japan is the perfect travel guide to Japan when you need to breathe, pause, focus and relax.
Are you looking to step back from the stress of daily life on your next holiday? In this- Author: Mackintosh, Michelle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1741177235
- Language: English
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The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944
$35.00 Add to cartThis masterful history encompasses the heart of the Pacific War–the period between mid-1942 and mid-1944–when parallel Allied counteroffensives north and south of the equator washed over Japan’s far
- Series: Pacific War Trilogy #2
- Author: Toll, Ian W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: September 21 2015
- ISBN10: 0393080641
- Language: English
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The Old Capital
$16.95 Add to cartA young woman in historic Kyoto grapples with secrets from her past in this lyrical work of Japanese literature from a Nobel Prize-winning author.
The Old Capital is one of the three novels cited spe- Author: Kawabata, Yasunari
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: January 10 2006
- ISBN10: 1593760329
- Language: English
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Samurai: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe idea of the sword-wielding samurai, beholden to a strict ethical code and trained in deadly martial arts, dominates popular conceptions of the samurai. As early as the late seventeenth century, th… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Wert, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: June 22 2021
- ISBN10: 0190685077
- Language: English
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Mastering the Art of Japanese Home Cooking
$50.00 Add to cartThe revered Iron Chef shows how to make flavorful, exciting traditional Japanese meals at home in this beautiful cookbook that is sure to become a classic, featuring a carefully curated selection of f
- Author: Morimoto, Masaharu
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 08 2016
- ISBN10: 0062344382
- Language: English
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Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories
$28.00 Add to cartA collectible hardcover edition of the best stories by the father of the Japanese short story–including the two that inspired Kurosawa’s classic samurai film about the subjectivity of truth–featurin… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Vitae
- Author: Akutagawa, Ryunosuke
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 0143137883
- Language: English
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Stranger in the Shogun’s City: A Japanese Woman and Her World
$20.00 Add to cart*Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Biography* *Winner of the 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award* *Winner of the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography* A “captivating” (The Washington Po… [more below]
- Author: Stanley, Amy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 06 2021
- ISBN10: 1501188534
- Language: English
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The Salaryman’s Wife
$8.99 Add to cartWinner of the Agatha Award.
“Sujata Massey blasts her way into fiction with The Salaryman’s Wife, a cross-cultural mystery of manners with a decidedly sexy edge.”– Janet Evanonich
Japanese-American Rei
- Series: Severn House Large Print #1
- Author: Massey, Sujata
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: April 05 2000
- ISBN10: 0061044431
- Language: English
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Narrow Road to the Interior: And Other Writings
$14.95 Add to cartA masterful translation of one of the most-loved classics of Japanese literature–part travelogue, part haiku collection, part account of spiritual awakening
Bashō (1644-1694)–a great luminary o- Series: Shambhala Pocket Library
- Author: Basho, Matsuo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: May 14 2019
- ISBN10: 1611806895
- Language: English
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Empire of Signs
$18.00 Add to cartWith this book, Barthes offers a broad-ranging meditation on the culture, society, art, literature, language, and iconography–in short, both the sign-oriented realities and fantasies–of Japan itself
- Author: Barthes, Roland
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 01 1983
- ISBN10: 0374522073
- Language: English
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Elementary Japanese Volume One: This Beginner Japanese Language Textbook Expertly Teaches Kanji, Hiragana, Katakana, Speaking & Listening (Online Medi
$29.95 Add to cartThis is a comprehensive beginning-level Japanese textbook and language learning program.
Elementary Japanese is designed for students who are just beginning their study of the Japanese language at the- Author: Hasegawa, Yoko
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 25 2015
- ISBN10: 4805313684
- Language: English
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Japanese Style Companion Planting: Organic Gardening Techniques for Optimal Growth and Flavor
$19.99 Add to cartJapanese Style Companion Planting brings the techniques of a master farmer in Japan to home gardeners all over the world, with over 175 easy-to-follow color illustrations and detailed texts.
Japanese- Author: Kijima, Toshio
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 02 2020
- ISBN10: 4805315490
- Language: English
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Ultimate Bento: Healthy, Delicious and Affordable: 85 Mix-And-Match Bento Box Recipes
$19.99 Add to cart**2020 Gourmand Food Culture Award Winner**
With these fun, easy and delicious recipes, anyone can venture into the world of bento boxes–no special tools or containers necessary! Hosts of popular NHK- Author: Matsumoto, Marc
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: November 24 2020
- ISBN10: 4805315679
- Language: English
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40 Thieves on Saipan: The Elite Marine Scout-Snipers in One of Wwii’s Bloodiest Battles
$19.99 Add to cartWinner of The 2020 Best Book Award for Military History — American Bookfest
An elite platoon of Marine Scout-Snipers, Lieutenant Frank Tachovsky’s “40 Thieves” were chosen for their willingness to d- Series: World War II Collection
- Author: Tachovsky, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 338
- Publish Date: August 17 2021
- ISBN10: 1684511933
- Language: English
