• What is Japanese Architecture?

    What is Japanese Architecture?

    • Kazuo Nishi and Kazuo Hozumi
    • Translated by H. Mack Horton

    Traditional Japanese architecture—whether Buddhist temples or Shinto shrines, residences, castles, or teahouses—has become increasingly familiar around the world. Through the media of motion pictures, art books, T.V.... Read more

  • Dynamic Karate

    Dynamic Karate

    • Masatoshi Nakayama
    • Translated by Herman Kauz

    Most books on karate usually do not provide complete, detailed instructions and illustrations—the fundamentals plus the fine points—that readers hope for. This book fills the gaps left by others. The late Master Masatoshi... Read more

  • Felt Friends from Japan

    Felt Friends from Japan

    • Naomi Tabatha

    Quick-tie Bags with Handles Pocket-sized Playmates Soft Toys Coin Purses Badges     and more . . .   Meet Rika the Rabbit, Pao the Elephant, Miki the Monkey, and a whole host of... Read more

  • The Japanese Skincare Revolution

    The Japanese Skincare Revolution

    • Chizu Saeki
    • Translated by Kay Yokota
    • Photographs by Hirokazu Takayama

    Questions and Answers with Leading Beauty Expert Chizu Saeki Author of THE JAPANESE SKINCARE REVOLUTION Japanese women are renowned for their beautiful skin, but until now there have been no books in... Read more

  • Japanese Cooking

    Japanese Cooking

    • Shizuo Tsuji
    • Introduction by M.F.K. Fisher
    • Foreword by Yoshiki Tsuji and Ruth Reichl

    Since its release twenty-five years ago, Shizuo Tsuji’s encyclopedic and authoritative work has been the acknowledged “bible” of Japanese cooking. Unrivaled in its comprehensive explanation of ingredients, tools, and... Read more

  • Densho Origami

    Densho Origami

    • Edited by Kodansha International

    Thirty-five basic and popular origami figures, with over 500 highly-detailed, 3-D computer-generated instructional diagrams. Origami is a beloved way to communicate in Japan, a way for children, parents, and grandparents to... Read more

  • Totto-chan

    Totto-chan

    • Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
    • Translated by Dorothy Britton
    • Illustrations by Chihiro Iwasaki

    A runaway bestseller by Japan’s most popular TV personality, recently appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. This engaging series of childhood recollections tells about an ideal school in Tokyo during World War II... Read more

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Authors

  • Andrew Rankin

    Andrew Rankin is currently a PhD candidate in the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Cambridge. Read more

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