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DS0135 Kanji Practice for Adult ~ Perfect Version
Number in stock: 2 Weight: 200 g. Price: $60.00 Product type: NINTENDO DS
Thanks to personal computers and phones that can send email, many Japanese no longer write as much kanji as they used to, and it's easy even for them to forget. Here's a useful Nintendo DS learning program to help! The game features several sections, including a Simple Kanji Test you can take anywhere, practice with stroke order or writing with the stylus, an automatic "My Training" section, plus a kanji game. Start the game, enter your name and birthdate, and you're ready to test yourself against 2100+ everyday kanji. The game is smart, too: if you get a kanji wrong it will make you write it ten times to remember it. If you get stuck with a kanji, the answer button is always right there to help you. About this software product: This is a standard Nintendo DS software cartridge made for the Japanese market. It is compatible with DS hardware (the original DS, DS Lite and the new DSi) from around the world. Note that the software itself and game manual are in Japanese. We recommend that you use this program with other study tools to learn the correct pronunciations for Japanese. Recommended for students with one year of previous study at least.


DS6449 Beautiful Kanji Training
Number in stock: 5 Weight: 200 g. Price: $58.00 Product type: NINTENDO DS
Another amazing concept for Nintendo DS, this is a new game that teaches you to write beautiful kanji characters in Japanese. To use it, put the cartridge in your Nintendo DS and boot the game, and turn your DS on its side like a book. There are four choices at the main menu: Writing Check (which tests your ability to write characters with the proper stroke order, with several options); Daily Beautiful Kanji Training, regular practice for writing more beautifully; Everyone Beautiful Kanji, a party game for 2-6 players in which a group of people can compete to write, with options for limiting the character level to third grade or sixth grade; and Beautiful Kanji Dictionary, which lets you write your own characters and get advice on how to make them more beautiful or teach you how kanji characters came to mean what they mean. The game is special because it acts just like a Japanese teacher, patiently correcting the characters you get wrong, fixing stroke order or circling in read points you need to notice.A really amazing tool for students of Japanese! About this software product: This is a standard Nintendo DS software cartridge made for the Japanese market. It is compatible with DS hardware (the original DS, DS Lite and the new DSi) from around the world. Note that the software itself and game manual are in Japanese. We recommend that you use this program with other study tools to learn the correct pronunciations for Japanese. Recommended for students with three years of previous study at least.


FY547 Kitty Japanese Doll -- Beni Daiko Red Drum* ~ Kimono Style*
Number in stock: 2 Weight: 450 g. Price: $36.00 Product type: Traditional Japanese item
This is a spectacular doll from the Sanrio people that will become a treasured keepsake in your home. Hello Kitty, dressed in a traditional Japanese kimono to take the stage in your heart. Colorful and delicate, this high-quality item is made with kiln-fired materials, and real kimono cloth. Exquisitely patterned and traditionally made, this will make a great gift for yourself or others. For all Hello Kitty fans. Stands 6 inches (15 cm) tall and is affixed to a study black display stand. Comes in a protective box. This particular doll showcases Kitty-chan dressed in full blue, red and gold drum/tamborine patterned kimono while playing a Japanese drum to greet your guests with. A beautiful doll that brings Kitty-chan to life! Due to the delicate nature of this doll, it can be shipped only via EMS which includes tracking, insurance, and will arrive to your home in 4-5 days.


FY549 Kitty Japanese Doll -- Ao Momiji Blue Maple* ~ Kimono Style w/ Fan*
Number in stock: 4 Weight: 450 g. Price: $36.00 Product type: Traditional Japanese item
This is a spectacular doll from the Sanrio people that will become a treasured keepsake in your home. Hello Kitty, dressed in a traditional Japanese kimono to take the stage in your heart. Colorful and delicate, this high-quality item is made with kiln-fired materials, and real kimono cloth. Exquisitely patterned and traditionally made, this will make a great gift for yourself or others. For all Hello Kitty fans. Stands 6 inches (15 cm) tall and is affixed to a study black display stand. Comes in a protective box. This particular doll is showcases Kitty-chan dressed in full navy blue, red and gold maple leaf patterned kimono while holding a sensu (traditional fan) to greet your guests with. A beautiful doll that brings Kitty-chan to life! Due to the delicate nature of this doll, it can be shipped only via EMS which includes tracking, insurance, and will arrive to your home in 4-5 days.


FY550 Kitty Japanese Doll -- Beni Momiji Red Maple* ~ Kimono Style w/ Fan*
Number in stock: 2 Weight: 450 g. Price: $36.00 Product type: Traditional Japanese item
This is a spectacular doll from the Sanrio people that will become a treasured keepsake in your home. Hello Kitty, dressed in a traditional Japanese kimono to take the stage in your heart. Colorful and delicate, this high-quality item is made with kiln-fired materials, and real kimono cloth. Exquisitely patterned and traditionally made, this will make a great gift for yourself or others. For all Hello Kitty fans. Stands 6 inches (15 cm) tall and is affixed to a study black display stand. Comes in a protective box. This particular doll is showcases Kitty-chan dressed in full deep orange, gold, and navy blue maple leaf patterned kimono while holding a sensu (traditional fan) to greet your guests with. A beautiful doll that brings Kitty-chan to life! Due to the delicate nature of this doll, it can be shipped only via EMS which includes tracking, insurance, and will arrive to your home in 4-5 days.


FY551 Kitty Japanese Doll -- Sakura Bana Japanese Cherry Blossom* ~ Kimono Style*
Number in stock: 5 Weight: 450 g. Price: $36.00 Product type: Traditional Japanese item
This is a spectacular doll from the Sanrio people that will become a treasured keepsake in your home. Hello Kitty, dressed in a traditional Japanese kimono to take the stage in your heart. Colorful and delicate, this high-quality item is made with kiln-fired materials, and real kimono cloth. Exquisitely patterned and traditionally made, this will make a great gift for yourself or others. For all Hello Kitty fans. Stands 6 inches (15 cm) tall and is affixed to a study black display stand. Comes in a protective box. This particular doll showcases Kitty-chan dressed in full blue, red and gold Japanese sakura (cherry) patterened kimono while playing a Japanese drum to greet your guests with. A beautiful doll that brings Kitty-chan to life! Due to the delicate nature of this doll, it can be shipped only via EMS which includes tracking, insurance, and will arrive to your home in 4-5 days.


PAB494 Working in Japan ~ Getting Closer to Japan
Number in stock: 4 Weight: 300 g. Price: $21.50 Product type: Japanese Life Study item
An outstanding book in the Getting Closer to Japan series by Ask, this English-language guidebook presents useful topics for anyone desiring to live and work in Japan. Topics include taking the plunge, differences between Japanese and foreign companies, rules to keep in mind when meeting people, business etiquette and more. There is also a section with concrete recommendations about places in Tokyo you might want to get to know better. 96 pages.


PB917 Getting Along with the Japanese
Number in stock: 10 Weight: 250 g. Price: $18.50 Product type: Study Book
Sometimes living in another country can be quite confusing, trying to understand why people react one way when they really mean another. Japan is particularly challenging because of all the slight niuances of meanings behind gestures or responses that Westerners are often unable to pick up immediately. This handy book, is an excellent guide for foreigners or the "foreigner to be" when living in a country as rich in culture such as Japan. Written completely in English, this excellent cultural guide pits you directly in to confrontational situations with comical results, but teach a great lesson about the Japanese culture in great depth. From learning about the "inside" and "outside" groups that are so prevalent in the Japanese culture, sempai/kohai relationships, Japanese gestures, the importance of being humble, and many other important facets of the Japanese culture. If you have a Japanese friend, or are currently living in Japan, after reading this book you'll find that a lightbulb has turned on, providing you with more information that you never new before! A quick read with plenty of useful information.


SS096 Japan Underground 3
Number in stock: 1 Weight: 1600 g. Price: $68.00 Product type: shashinshu (photobook) (What is this?)
Many of us are familiar with the city scape and beauty of Japan, brave towering buildings reaching for the sky, temples with their simple aesthetic to bring people to peaceful thoughts, and the streets filled with neon lights to attract the wandering eye. However, few of us know the Japan that isn't meant to be seen -- the underground constructions that are made to keep Japan running, without trying to appeal to any aesthetic, just simple function. But to be sure, there are amazing sights to be seen underneath the concrete, and photographer Hideaki Uchiyama brings them to us, his camera giving us sights unseen and giving the dark corners special intriguing beauty. This is an incredible photobook with large pages, something to stir the imaginations of anyone who picks up this 135 page full color hardcover coffee table book. For photography fans and for anyone who has ever held a curiosity of Japan. In his third volume, Hideaki once again explores the vast underworld of Japan finding beauty and wonder where the light of the sun never shines. Again, this book carries a lot of power, including: underground laboratories where scientists study artificial organs on goats and pigs; a vegetable factory deep under Tokyo that produces some incredibly ripe and nutritious tomatoes; a bunker in Yokohama used to issue orders for attack during WWII now populated by swarms of giant house centipedes; an 11 km long evacuation tunnel underneath a mountain and much more. An index in the back describes the locations in both English and Japanese (bilingual) including impressions by Hideaki. 13" x 10". Buy 4 or more photobooks and get 15% off!


DS3868 DS Healthy 1000 Recipes
Number in stock: 1 Weight: 200 g. Price: $55.00 Product type: NINTENDO DS
A great resource for fans of Japanese cooking which contains a mind-blowing 1000 recipes that you can try at home. A database of classic Japanese tastes, it covers various boiled and fried foods, noodles, meat and vegetable dishes, even traditional Japanese sweets, all of them very healthy for your family. The recipe browser puts the information and pictures of the food you're going to prepare on the top screen, with selectable information on the interactive lower screen. You can search for foods or browse by category. But this software goes beyond mere food: you can enter your family members into the memory including their email addresses, and the software will help you work up a good meal plan for them complete with calorie counting. You can also save items to your favorites list, and use the calendar to plan meals. About this software product: This is a standard Nintendo DS software cartridge made for the Japanese market. It is compatible with DS hardware (the original DS, DS Lite and the new DSi) from around the world. Note that the game itself and game manual are in Japanese. We recommend that you use this program with other study tools to learn the correct pronunciations for Japanese.


JPN003 KURU-TOGA ~ Automatic Spinning Mechanical Pencil for Super Smooth Writing
This item is in stock in Japan. Weight: 80 g. Price: $5.80 Product type: Japanese Pen
The folks at Mitsubishi Japan don't just make cars... here's a revolutionary mechanical pencil that works to ensure smooth writing every time. This is a 0.5 mm point pencil that utilizes the Kuro-Toga engine, which spins the lead around with every click so that it forms a finer tip instead of a one sided edge that you typically see with your typical pencil. Great for practicing better penmanship with your Kanji! Buy 5 or more Japanese pens of any type and get 15% off! (Discount applied at checkout.)


NYH139 Bath HIRAGANA Chart
Number in stock: 7 Weight: 80 g. Price: $3.80 Product type: Japanese Study
Here's a terrific study idea for memorizing the Japanese Hiragana characters -- study in the bath! This handy Hiragana table poster features the basic non-kanji characters of the Japanese language, on a waterproof plastic sheet poster that's made to be put up on to the wall of your shower or bath. Good for people wanting to develop their basics, this chart will help you cement your memory of all the characters with little pictures and examples of Japanese words that begin with each character. An indispensable study item that will have you reading kana with confidence in no time! Measures 60 x 42.5 cm (23 x 17 inches).


ZA517 Japonica Kanji Practice Notebook (84 squares)
This item is in stock in Japan. Weight: 100 g. Price: $2.80 Product type: Stationery
Another handy item for learning Japanese, this is a kanji practice notebook with medium sized squares (84 to a page), including dotted lines that divide each square into quadrants so you can more easily learn to write well-balanced kanji or hiragana/katakana. This great product is recommended by all of us -- we didn't have cool notebooks like this to study with when we were learning Japanese, but you can! Since the best way to learn Japanese is to write characters again and again, this notebook will really help you!


RESERVE103 Comic Yuri Hime Reserve Subscription
This magazine will be available quarterly Weight: 700 g. Price: $12.50 Product type: Revolving quarterly magazine subscription
Manga (comics) is a piece of Japanese culture that the Japanese can proudly boast about, not only because of their fantastic work, but their ability to appeal to a wide variety of audiences. Shonen Ace and Ultra Jump are among the two most popular publications that bring you the latest and greatest adventure stories for hungry readers to consume. J-List is happy to add to their list of publications, Comic Yuri Hime, a delightful publication that caters to the female crowd. Published quarterly, it features around 15 - 20 stories with a central focus on Yuri or female relationships (such as the story "Nana" for example). Stories range from fantasy to modern pieces with romantic nuances to add a light feminine touch to your reading. A great inspirational piece in both illustration and story work that both guys and gals will enjoy, all in a telephone book thick format. Each issue is approximately 300 - 400 pages in length with a mixture of full color and black and white illustrations. Also makes a great study item, immersing you into real vocabulary used in typical Japanese conversations rather than the formulaic dry textbooks you'll constantly exposed to. Note: while these yuri manga explore female/female romantic relationships, there is no adult content in Yuri Hime. This magazine subscription can be purchased on a revolving basis (billed monthly or as each issue comes in) or annually (for a flat fee w/ SAL shipping included). This is a revolving magazine subsciption item. Each issue will be automatically sent to you until you ask us to stop.


HKN1001 Study Card ~ Basic Noun "What are you doing?"
This item is in stock in Japan. Weight: 150 g. Price: $4.50 Product type: Study tools
A classic way to get your "study on" when developing your language skills, this set of study cards are designed for children learning new vocabulary, which is perfect for beginning students in the Japanese language. These are large flash cards featuring cute illustrations and are written in hiragana for those who don't know how to pronounce these vocabulary words. This stack of 16 cards also has a hole on the top corner to make a ring of flash cards for use when you need it. This series features series of vocabulary focusing on the question "Nani Shiteiru?" (What you are doing) presenting the "mystery vocab" on one side with the answer on the other.


HKN1002 Study Card ~ Opposite Words
This item is in stock in Japan. Weight: 150 g. Price: $4.50 Product type: Study tools
A classic way to get your "study on" when developing your language skills, this set of study cards are designed for children learning new vocabulary, which is perfect for beginning students in the Japanese language. These are large flash cards featuring cute illustrations and are written in hiragana for those who don't know how to pronounce these vocabulary words. This stack of 16 cards also has a hole on the top corner to make a ring of flash cards for use when you need it. This series features series of vocabulary focusing on the question "Hantai Kotoba" (Opposite Words) presenting the "mystery vocab" on one side with the answer on the other.


PAB768 Moyashimon e hon ~ Itadakimasu
Number in stock: 5 Weight: 500 g. Price: $16.00 Product type: illustration book (e hon)
Moyashimon: Tales of Agriculture is a Japanese manga series created by Masayuki Ishikawa, it won the 2008 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize for Grand Prize and the 2008 Kodansha Manga Award for general manga. This picture book, cute and perfect for beginners who want to study japanese, features Kin, a bacteria charater from the series who take us on a healthy trip. In full hiragana and full color, this picture book is a very good study aid to introduce japanese language to beginners or young people.


TAM085 Super Micro English / Japanese Dictionary Strap
This item is in stock in Japan. Weight: 50 g. Price: $3.00 Product type: Japanese Study
Here's a strap that may prove useful to you on your travels to Japan. It features a fully functional English to Japanese dictionary that is written with a full Japanese kanji as the definition, perfect to point to when you need to get your point across quickly. It's a petite dictionary, measuring 4x5 cm (1.6 x 2 inches) and easily fits in to your pocket.


EMN494 Yotsubato! Comic 1~7 set
Number in stock: 8 Weight: 1400 g. Price: $62.00 Product type: Japanese Comic Set
By customer request, we've gotten in stock of the popular Yotsubato! (sometimes written Yotsuba& or With Yotsuba), the incredibly popular manga from Kiyohiko Azuma and Dengeki Comics. Each volume follows the story of the 5-year-old girl Yotsuba Koiwai and her many friends. Each volume of the Japanese manga features 220 pages of great story for you to follow. It's great for studying Japanese, too, since the kanji is quite easy and features furigana (hiragana) beside it. Highly recommended! Buy 4 or more manga comics and get 15% off! (Discount applied at checkout.)


JPN043 New NARUTO Coloring Book with Character Index
Number in stock: 8 Weight: 150 g. Price: $3.20 Product type: Naruto Items
A popular anime and manga series about a young outcast ninja-in-training trying to gain the respect and attention of those who shunned him through the learning of ancient martial arts techniques, is quickly garnering itself among fans around the world. This is an amazing coloring book by Showa Note that fans of the series will definitely enjoy. 32 pages of coloring fun to be enjoyed with all your favorite characters in black and white drawings, all pages photocopiable if you want to share the coloring fun with friends. You can also easily scan the pages if you want to color with the computer as well. 2 color pages of character introductions are intended for color reference, and each coloring page has a simple introduction of the character in hiragana and katakana for those studying Japanese (names with kanji have furigana to help read the kanji).

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