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BOOK REVIEW: Rainbow Bird by Shun Medoruma (Publisher: Kage Shobo)
The beautiful sea, dazzling sunshine and very friendly people - these are all to be found on the islands of Okinawa.
But they also possess a concealed and bottomless darkness.
The main character of this story, Katsuya, joins a Japanese Mafia group of which Hika, a comrade from his junior-high school days, belongs.Katsuya is driven like a horse in the Mafia group, but he feels strangely attracted to Hika...
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http://www.trannet-japan.com/ep/tjc_news_dtl.asp?dk=N0000063
54,370 Visitors to Tokyo International Book Fair 2006 in Four Days
From July 6 through 9, the gigantic Tokyo Big Site in Ariake was the venue for the 13th annual TIBF2006 (Tokyo International Book Fair). During the four-day period, 750 publishing companies from all over the world showed their wares to 54,370 visitors, according to Reed Exhibition Japan.
Representing the typical Japanese business style, vendors gave more presentations for new products, services and projects than ever before...
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http://www.trannet-japan.com/ep/tjc_news_dtl.asp?dk=N0000062
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I Remember When I was in Mommy's Tummy
by Akira Ikegawa, M.D. Ph.D.
[Medical, Education]
The baby's listening! Watch what you're saying - or not saying! Surveys of little children that many remember prenatal life and their birth. Mother-baby bonding begins in the womb. Dr. Ikegawa urges loving talk starting from conception and shares actual children's reports, in this thoughtful and heartwarming little book.
Translated: ITALIAN
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The best diet is no diet. by Matsuriko Natsume
[Essays, Health, Fitness]
Only eleven when she got hooked on dieting, Natsume tried every diet book and slimming device in existence, only to find herself anorexic and bulimic. Here is a piquant record of a woman who cured herself of those eating disorders.
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My Indomitable Grandmother by Yôshichi Shimada
[Non-fiction, Humor]
Million-seller in Japan. Happiness is the ability to live in the here and now, to see the funny side of life whatever the circumstances, and to live simply without longing for whatever is beyond your means. The author's grandmother was the living proof of this, and through this heartwarming account of growing up with her, the author hopes that readers nowadays can feel for themselves the truth of these words and learn to find happiness for themselves.
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JAPANESE COOKING - Enjoy Japanese food at out of Japan |
SALMON SUSHI
What do you think is the most popular Japanese-style dish? Sushi, of course! JapaneseSushi is extremely popular now in Europe. You can find a sushi restaurant very easily whenever you go to a big city.
Paris is no exception. "SUSHI" signs have sprung up all around town. In particular you can find many sushi restaurants near the Opera Theater.
You may think that making sushi is difficult, but you can make it simply at home. Usually, in making Japanese sushi, the most important thing is to use fresh fish. But today let's make Japanese traditional Sushi,Oshi-zushi --pressed sushi with smoked salmon, which is easy to find in supermarkets everywhere.
Written by Mami Miyagawa
A member of TranNet and freelance translator based in Paris
SALMON SUSHI - Recipe
[SUSHI RICE]
♦ INGREDIENTS
c = cup
T = tablespoon
t = teaspoon
3 c rice (cooked)
1piece sea tangle(kelp) (7- x10-cm piece)
Vinegar Mix
3-1/2 T rice vinegar
2-2/3 T sugar
1-2/3 t salt
♦ How to make SUSHI RICE
1. Wash the rice, rinse it in a colander immediately, and drain thewater. Put the rice into a rice cooker and add water (about 600 cc) according to the scale on the cooker. Wipe the surface of the sea tangle with a dishcloth, place it in the cooker on top of the rice, and cook the rice in the usual way. After steaming the rice for about 10 minutes, remove the sea tangle and stir in some of the vinegar mix.
2. Wipe a wooden sushi bowl with a damp cloth and put the boiled rice right in the middle of the bowl. Start with half the quantity of rice, stirring in more vinegar mix with a flat wooden spoon. Move the spoon in one direction while turning the bowl in the other direction. Stir gently, being careful not to crush the grains of rice.
3. Add the remaining rice and repeat, adding the rest of the vinegar mix and making sure that it is thoroughly mixed into the boiled rice. Set the bowl aside and cover it with a damp cloth.
[SALMON SUSHI (Oshi-zushi)] Pressed sushi with smoked salmon
♦ INGREDIENTS
Sushi rice (see above)
Smoked salmon (1 package, 4 big slices)
♦ How to make SALMON SUSHI
1. Prepare a wooden sushi mold (available at Japanese grocery stores) by dampening it with cold water before use. (Or substitute a plastic container and cover the bottom with plastic wrap.)
2. Place the smoked salmon in the bottom of the mold. Cut the big slices of salmon to fit the shape of the bottom of the mold, and pack them tightly side by side.
3. Add the cooled sushi rice, pressing it firmly over the smoked salmon. Put two thirds of the rice into the wooden mold. (Plastic container: fill it to the brim.)
4. Press down on the rice firmly with the mold's wooden lid. (Plastic container: compact the sushi rice by rolling a rolling pin over the surface.)
5. Push the wooden lid from the top so that the sushi comes out of the bottom (plastic container: turn it upside-down) onto a cutting board. Cut the shape into small sizes for easy handling. Serve immediately.
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MOJI - Enjoy Japanese Kanji character World |
ACTING
What I want to do......
What I must do......
For myself and
for others......
Acting contains in itself various contradictions.
Never escape contradictions!
RIGHTS AVAILABLE!
Calligraphy and Poetry by Souun Takeda
Translated by Kazuo Kawamura and W.I. Eliotte
Copyright(C) 2006 Souun Takeda
Tanoshika Published by Diamond, Inc.
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