"When a young Japanese girl moves into her new house, she is happy to see a girl her age playing in the snow just outside her window. The only problem is the Japanese girl doesn't speak English and the American girl doesn't speak Japanese. But each girl's love of the snow teaches them that they don't need to speak the same language to have fun!"--

The 85-year-old Jiro Ono is considered by many to be the world's greatest sushi chef. He is the proprietor of a 10-seat sushi-only restaurant inauspiciously located in a Tokyo subway station. Despite its humble appearances, it is the first restaurant of its kind to be awarded a prestigious 3-star Michelin review, and sushi lovers from around the globe make repeated pilgrimages, calling months in advance and shelling out top dollar for a coveted seat...

Provides useful words, numbers, greetings, and phrases in Japanese. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, an introduction to the basic grammatical rules of the language, and an introduction to the author and illustrator. Learn fun and useful words and phrases in different languages! Each book in the Foreign Language Basics series includes words and phrases in a language other than English, as well as the English translations...

Presents a beginning language learning program designed to teach the listener Japanese in progressive steps.

Presents a beginning language learning program designed to teach the listener Japanese in progressive steps.

No language is easy to learn without reading -- even if you know all of the rules and have watched the videos -- you'll still have trouble. Diving into interesting material (such as stories) can be the difference between mastering a language and never leaving the basic level. For this reason, we have created another Japanese Short Stories for Beginners title to ensure you can acquire even more learning in this wonderful language--back cover.