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Four Seasons of Mt. Fuji

Yukio Ohyana and Shigeki Yamashita

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Mt. Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan. Because of its solemn and majestic view, this mountain...

Geotechnics for Catastrophic Flooding Events

Susumu Iai

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Geotechnics for Catastrophic Flooding Events presents the keynote lectures (book, 264 pages) and...

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Weather and Travel

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This Application notifies a user with EEW, Tsunami Warnings, Volcanic Warnings, Weather Warnings and...

Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated Men Without Women: Stories in Books

Jul 24, 2017

Modern day Hemingway without the tangential narratives

Taking the title from the original Ernest Hemingway novel, Haruki Murakami has updated it for a modern audience in different parts of the world, primarily Japan.

It is a series of portraits of men who have chosen the path of loneliness away from women and the void that it creates when running away from intimacy. Beautiful, simplistic with a wonderful flow, Murakami has a spectacular way of building characters and their anecdotal narratives.

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Isle of Dogs (2018)

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In a dystopian Japan, a pack of dogs help a twelve-year-old boy find his lost canine.

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Writing Poetry: A Practical Guide

Julia Casterton

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In Writing Poetry - a practical guide, Julia Casterton draws on her experience as a poet and teacher...

Andrew Ahn recommended Tokyo Story (1953) in Movies (curated)

Tokyo Story (1953)

1953 | Drama

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"Tokyo Story is a beautiful document of a specific time, place, and culture. The drama is grounded and driven by what it meant to take care of a family in postwar Japan; the narrative is firmly rooted in history. At the same time, the story transcends this context so easily. We see ourselves in this family. We relate to their flaws, joys, and fears. Watching this film gives us the opportunity to reflect on our own lives; it is a gift."

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Elif Shafak recommended An Artist of the Floating World in Books (curated)

An Artist of the Floating World

Kazuo Ishiguro | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry

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"Set in post-Second World War Japan, this is a masterfully written novel by the British-Japanese author about ageing, solitude, art, memory and the endless tricks it plays on our minds… Ishiguro is the kind of writer who each time asks the reader to trust him, come along for a walk in an unknown territory, and if need be, change perspective. But he does all this with an unwavering modesty and quiet intelligence that only further contributes to his literary strength."

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