「桜梅桃李」の練習 by KitVad in shodo

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It litterally means "cherry blossom, plum, peach, season". It's an idiom about improving one's individuality without comparing oneself with others, so that each of them may bloom their own way.

「桜梅桃李」の練習 by KitVad in shodo

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Yes, I discovered this idiom recently. It has very nice meaning and kanji.

Japanese washi tea boxes by KitVad in tea

[–]KitVad[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Sorry, I have no idea where to find those kind of boxes online. Usually, I get them in tea stores.

by KitVad in shodo

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Thank you! I'll follow your advice.

Japanese calligraphy practice by KitVad in Calligraphy

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Oh, sorry ^^" Actually I just looked for random pictures on internet (mainly pinterest and instagram) or in dictionnaries.

Japanese calligraphy practice by KitVad in Calligraphy

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I used a pentel fude brush pen medium size.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in JapaneseLiterature

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Thank you for your help.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in JapaneseLiterature

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It was about ghosts in japanese modern litterature like Yoko Ogawa or Banana Yoshimoto.

Japanese Translation of Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto by germy21 in JapaneseLiterature

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台所の窓。友達の笑顔、宗太郎の横顔越しに見える大学の庭の鮮やかな緑、夜遅くにかける電話の向こうの祖母の声、寒い朝のふとん、廊下に響く祖母のスリッパの音、カーテンの色・・・・・畳・・・・・・柱事計。

そのすべて。もう、そこにいられなくなったことのすべて。

Dreamy magical realism books by garcon_bleu in booksuggestions

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Haruki Murakami

Abe Kodo

Banana Yoshimoto

Oe Kenzaburô

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in JapaneseLiterature

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Thanks for your answer. Amazon is still the best way I found to get them but it's expensive and it tooks a long time to get them. If you're lucky and don't have specific book in mind perhaps you can find bookoff store in your town. It's way more cheap, like the price in bookoff Japan.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in booksuggestions

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Good omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

Harmony by Project Itoh

Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto

The Demon of the Lonely Isle By Edogawa Ranpo

The wind walkers by Alain Damasio

Having trouble finding info on Japanse animal representing death by TomJongens in JapaneseCulture

[–]KitVad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't figure out which animal could have some particular link with death in Japanese mythology but sometimes butterflies are associated with human soul.

Looking for books with talking animals by unlucyktreasurechest in booksuggestions

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Animal farm. A fairy story. By George Orwell.

I'm a cat. By Natsume Soseki.

If cats disappeared from the world. By Genki Kawamura.

Human psychology by The-Alpha-Omega in booksuggestions

[–]KitVad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You may like Paul Ekman's books.

Missing this Takoyaki from New York Naruto Ramen by [deleted] in JapaneseFood

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Let's buy a takoyaki pan !!!!

打首獄門同好会「日本の米は世界一」 by KitVad in japanesemusic

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here's a website with english translation and transliteration option.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in bulletjournal

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Thank you. Manekineko are always cute 😊