Unseen Japan Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Naporitan is an “Italian-influenced” dish popular in Japan. I say “influenced” because the most common way to make naporitan is using an ingredient no Italian would be caught dead adding to pasta: ketchup. (The Academia Barilla has called ketchup on pasta "a true culinary sin".) https://t.co/2RXxOJHWtd

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Shinkai Makoto's hit new anime film, Suzume, is opening in theaters in countries around the world today and tomorrow. Shinkai's Your Name remains one of the biggest anime films on the world box office stage - we'll see how Suzume is received by an increasingly global audience! https://t.co/IYRqCDkKpJ

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The four stories contained in Kwaidan, the massive 3-hour+ adaptation of Lafcadio Hearn’s folklore, do contain ghosts, spirits, and otherworldly vengeance. However, the ethereal pacing and imagery of Kwaidan are more likely to entrance than to frighten. ➡️https://t.co/65dlnUmvcp https://t.co/UyFbSx5XEV

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Also learn about the gendered nature of Japan's mass New Left movement of the 1960s and early 1970s in our review of @SzendiChelsea's Coed Revolution: The Female Student in the Japanese New Left (which we highly recommend picking up a copy of). https://t.co/ixP6md0Sd2

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"Something I consider important when studying a second tongue is 'learning a living language.' I first became aware of how interesting this concept was during university, while on exchange in America." - Japanese teacher Chihiro reflects on a career centered on language. https://t.co/J7mI11LVs5

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"Days of love - I tricked out a notebook and made a story" https://t.co/zrydXl1n3E

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Joshi Spa interviews Takai Yutori (@Yutorispielraum, JP translator of Shon Faye’s THE TRANSGENDER ISSUE), who says the current “debate” in Japan (centered mostly on women’s toilets) feels like it’s leaving transgender people and their actual concerns out of the conversation. https://t.co/3c1SbWWOWr

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"In my estimation in 2021, there is little to commend James Clavell's SHOGUN. It’s inconsistent, irresponsible, exoticizing, ahistorical, and long-winded." - @riversidewings https://t.co/R7RuEJqVae

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@illumiknobi Read @illumiknobi's article on how Miura Kentaro's Berserk influenced his own life and art. https://t.co/rfcPBeAOCy

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Manga creator Matsumoto Leiji, among the most legendary figures in Japanese media, has passed away at the age of 85. Captain Harlock, Galaxy Express 999, and Queen Emeraldas are just a few of his creations. https://t.co/OgBsAO0pER

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