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Some of my Maneki Neko collection, along with a touch of Hello Kitty. Both #BigInJapan and both presumably from #ImaginaryPlaces #WanderingJune

Cinfhen, BarbaraBB

BarbaraBB Too cute! And so Japanese indeed 😻 5y

Cinfhen Perfect👍🏻 5y

LeahBergen Oh, I love it! ❤️❤️ 5y

rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB 😽 5y

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Christinak

The Sushi Economy: Globalization and the Making of a Modern Delicacy | Sasha Issenberg

Sushi!

#BigInJapan #WanderingJune

Cinfhen, BarbaraBB

BarbaraBB Well played! I could eat sushi every day ❤️ 5y

Cinfhen Yum 😋😋 5y

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RamsFan1963

500 Godzilla Facts | James Egan

When you're talking #BigInJapan, you must be taking about the King of Monsters himself

#WanderingJune @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB

Cinfhen Ha!!! That‘s fabulous 🏆 5y

erzascarletbookgasm 😃 I remember watching those ultramam tv series with big monsters like this! 5y

BarbaraBB I didn‘t know he is Japanese ☺️ 5y

rubyslippersreads 💚💚💚 Godzilla! 5y

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Mindyrecycles

The Housekeeper and the Professor: A Novel | Yoko Ogawa

I have the audio but haven‘t gotten to it yet. It was a bestseller and a film in Japan. #biginjapan #wanderingjune

Cinfhen It was a quiet read... thought provoking 5y

writerlibrarian One of my fav. 5y

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DivineDiana

Infinity Net: The Autobiography of Yayoi Kusama | Yayoi Kusama

Yayoi Kusama is one of the most significant contemporary artists at work today. She is #biginjapan and the rest of world. I was so pleased to have seen her Infinity Mirrors exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum #wanderingjune

Cinfhen, BarbaraBB

Cinfhen Sounds fascinating xx thanks for sharing 5y

BarbaraBB Wow, i must learn about her! 😍 5y

DivineDiana @Cinfhen ❤️ 5y

DivineDiana @BarbaraBB She is 90 years old and still going strong! 5y

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Centique

Orange: The Complete Collection 1 | Ichigo Takano

#wanderingjune #biginjapan

Manga is big in Japan! This is the first one I read and it‘s super sweet. (Excuse the picture scooped from google - I‘m low on time as I‘m holidaying) Any reccs for more manga? - I definitely like the slice of life variety best.

Cinfhen, BarbaraBB

xicanti YOTSUBA&! is great slice of life manga featuring an adventurous five-year-old and the adults who help her explore the world. It‘s got quite a different vibe than ORANGE, though. I always grin my way through each volume. 5y

Centique @xicanti excellent! Thanks for the tip. It sounds perfect. I will search it out. 5y

batsy I really enjoyed Emma, set in Victorian England. So absorbing and I took great pleasure in the detailed art.

Emma, Vol. 1

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Centique @batsy this looks gorgeous. Will hunt it out too 😍 5y

Cinfhen Enjoy the hols 5y

BarbaraBB I‘ve never read one. Are they graphic novels? 5y

Lindy Slice of life are my favourite kind of manga. The series that I‘m caught up in at the moment also has elements of science fiction in modern Tokyo:

Dead Dead Demon�s Dededede Destruction

Lindy Orange has been on my TBR for a while; I‘m moving it up in priority now. Another great slice of life manga:

My Brother's Husband: Volume I

Lindy I also love this standalone:

The Walking Man

Lindy Another standalone:

She and Her Cat

Lindy You might also like

Princess Jellyfish 1

Lindy One last suggestion, a moody, heartfelt story about foster kids living in a group home:

Sunny, Vol. 1

Centique @Lindy thank you SO MUCH. These look great! Stacking all of them 😍 5y

Lindy @Centique You‘re welcome 😇 5y

Centique @BarbaraBB sorry I seemed to have missed your question there Barbara! I think they can be anything from comics to larger graphic novels - but they are translated from Japanese and have a particular art style. They also read right to left so it takes a little to get into that reading pattern. 5y

BarbaraBB That is so interesting!! 5y

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writerlibrarian

The Dragon Scroll | I. J. Parker

A good historical mystery set in Medieval Japan. #biginjapan #wanderingjune
It's been a while since I have done a monthly song journey. 80s music usually catches my attention 🥰
@Cinfhen @BarbaraBB

Cinfhen #spandexAndNeonForever love the 80‘s ...especially this song 🎶❣️ 5y

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SharonGoforth

The Tale of Genji | Murasaki Shikibu

I think today‘s prompt is a pretty accurate description of this classic!

#biginjapan #wanderingjune

Cinfhen, BarbaraBB

Cinfhen Nice choice!!! 5y

SharonGoforth @Cinfhen Thanks!! I really need to read this! 5y

Cinfhen There was recently a Litsy buddyread for this book....I think most enjoyed 🤔 5y

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CrowCAH

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel | Haruki Murakami

so-so

#WanderingJune #BigInJapan
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tl6u2NASUzU

Haruki Maurakami I‘m sure is a big author in Japan, his home country.

Cinfhen, BarbaraBB

rretzler Many people seem to love Murakami and I‘m not completely sure why at this point. I read his 1Q84 and while the premise was weird but interesting, at 1,332 pages, I found his writing very, very repetitive. I‘ve heard good things about Kafka on the Shore so I may try it and see if I like it any better. 5y

Cinfhen I‘m not sure Murakami is for me, but he‘s certainly #BigInJapan and the rest of the world 5y

CrowCAH @rretzler I wasn‘t a big fan of this book; too long and a bit confusing. 5y

CrowCAH @Cinfhen if you like chunksters and magic realism, then his books are for you. 5y

Cinfhen Nope, not for me!!! I don‘t enjoy magical realism 5y

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