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April 2016Der Gast im Garten
Roman
by Takashi Hiraide, Quint Buchholz, Ursula Gräfe
Ein junges Paar, erschöpft vom Lärm der Großstadt, bezieht ein Gartenhaus außerhalb Tokyos. Als eines Tages ein kleines Kätzchen auftaucht, unterbricht es die beschauliche Stille des weitläufigen Gartens, es räkelt sich verspielt inmitten der Blumenbeete im Schatten der Bäume, tollt mit Schmetterlingen und Libellen herum und streift durch das Unterholz. Mehr und mehr öffnen sich die beiden dem unverhofften Gast und bemerken dabei kaum, was die Katze tatsächlich für ihr Leben bedeutet – bis sie eines Tages verschwindet. Ein Haus und ein Garten von anmutiger verblichener Schönheit. Ein Paar, das einen neuen Anfang sucht. Eine scheue Katze, die die Freiheit liebt. Ein verzaubernder, zutiefst ergreifender Roman über die Liebe und die Zerbrechlichkeit des Lebens.
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March 1991Protectionism or Liberalism in International Economic Relations?
Current Issues in Japan and Germany.
by Herausgegeben von Dams, Theodor; Herausgegeben von Matsugi, Takashi
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August 1992
Economic Cooperation in the 1990s.
European Common Market and Pacific-Asian Cooperation in a Changing Global Framework.
by Herausgegeben von Matsugi, Takashi; Herausgegeben von Oberhauser, Alois
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August 1996
Integration and Adjustment of Global Economies.
Direct Investment, Financial Institutions, and International Business Policies.
by Herausgegeben von Matsugi, Takashi; Herausgegeben von Oberhauser, Alois; Herausgegeben von Schober, Franz
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October 2020Realistic Paper Dioramas
The Technique Behind the Paper Art
by Takashi Ohta
The stunning paper dioramas by Takashi Ohta, known for recreating realistic Japanese urban landscapes with paper. From Tokyo sceneries such as Harajuku station, Shibuya and Asakusa, to other locations and nostalgic scenes from the past, the colorful dioramas and the characters that inhabit them are showcased with plenty of pictures.
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December 2018The Unrivaled Bodybuilding Diet:Building Muscles Through Nutrition
by Takashi OKADA
Eat meats, carbohydrates, and sweets without worry! Get the best body you’ve ever had through eating! A thorough introduction to the best foods for building up muscle while trimming away fat. Seven printings and 33,000 copies sold as of late June, 2020! Over one million books by this author sold! ＜Contents＞ Do you know how many grams of P (proteins), F (fats), and C (carbohydrates) you are eating every day? Takashi Okada has sold over one million bodybuilding books. This book, his first focusing on diet, tells us that “breakfast, lunch, and dinner are three daily workout sessions!” The author presents an “unrivaled” diet management method for everyone from general dieters to competition bodybuilders, one that won’t cause you pain, doesn’t keep you from the foods you want, and can be easily maintained. ＜Table of Contents＞ Preface The impact of strategic dieting outweighs that of muscle training Introduction You know how to train, and you’re doing it. So why aren’t you building muscle? Chapter 1 Unrivaled bodybuilding starts and ends with diet Chapter 2 Eat to harden up! Improving your diet to define muscles through nutrition Chapter 3 The best foods for building up muscle while carving away fat Chapter 4 Beyond just practical! The unrivaled bodybuilding diet Chapter 5 What to do if you don’t see changes Chapter 6 Diet changes both bodybuilding and your quality of life
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Self-help & personal developmentTHE HAPPINESS SCIENCE that 99.9% of us don't know
by Wataru Hoshi & Takashi Maeno
A SERIES TOTAL OF OVER 200,000 Copies Sold in Japan! In this generation, the concept of happiness is so diverse, anditʼs become more difficult to define. Even when make decisionsthat you thought were best at the time, other peopleʼs actionson social platforms often make us second guess our own lives.People are inevitably more worried these days. This book waswritten to make you more confident about your decisions andthe fact that we CAN make our own happiness! This book is full of scientific evidence and it will help you to incorporate your new knowledge into daily life. The book calls it “the recipe of actions”. Follow this recipe and be confident ofyour own happiness!
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FictionRun With the Wind
by SHION Miura
A few days before the start of a new academic year at Kansei University in Western Tokyo, former high school track and field star Kakeru is running away from a shopkeeper after stealing some bread. Fourth-year student Haiji immediately notices Kakeru’s speed and races after him on his bike. When Kakeru says he gambled all his money away before the start of term, Haiji tells Kakeru that he’s living in an old dormitory "Chikusei-so" near campus that is very cheap. They have a spare room if Kakeru is interested. After introducing Kakeru to the other eight residents, Haiji declares his grand plan: for the 10 of them to compete in the legendary Hakone Ekiden relay marathon. Held each January, the Hakone Ekiden is a relay race spanning two days where teams of 10 university students run from Tokyo to the mountain town of Hakone and back again, spanning a total distance of over 200 km. The race is broadcast on Nippon Television and is extremely competitive, with each university putting forward its best team. When Haiji suggests that the 10 residents of Chikusei-so form a team to compete at the Hakone Ekiden it seems like a pipe dream. Haiji and Kakeru are the only two members of the team with extensive running experience and the other residents are incredibly reluctant about Haiji’s plan. However, with about ten months left to train, Haiji manages to get each of them on board. Takashi, an honour student from a small mountain village, is the easiest to convince. Identical twins Joji and Jota sign up when Haiji tells them it’ll help them attract girls. Musa, an international student from Tanzania, agrees partly because he’s inspired by Takashi. Among the most reluctant residents are law student Yuki, heavy smoker Nico, and trivia lover ‘KING’. Nico ran in high school and hopes running will help him overcome his smoking addiction, while KING hopes competing in the Hakone Ekiden will make him stand out to employers after months of unsuccessful job hunting. Lastly, there is Prince, a manga enthusiast with almost zero physical stamina whose room is stuffed to the brim with books. While officially the dormitory landlord is their coach, it is Haiji who gets to know each team member’s needs and strengths before making a tailored training programme. Over the gruelling six months that follow, Haiji leads the team through the highs and lows of training and competitions as their race times steadily improve and they become a close-knit group both on and off the track. Prince’s times are still much slower than everyone else’s but Takashi gets him a treadmill so he can read manga while he runs. Nico makes wire figurines to keep his hands occupied after giving up smoking and Yuki starts selling them to raise money for the team’s training trip to the mountains. Haiji helps Kakeru overcome his disillusionment with competitive racing and find meaning in running with others, while Kakeru’s talent and support inspire Haiji to persevere despite his knee injury. Thanks to a combination of Kakeru’s exceptional speed, Haiji’s determination and the whole team’s diligent training, they miraculously qualify for the Hakone Ekiden. During the race, each of them overcomes their own mental and physical demons, Kakeru sets a new record and Haiji pushes through his injury, putting the team in 10th place and guaranteeing them a position in next year’s race. Story background Hakone Ekiden (箱根駅伝), which is officially called the Tokyo-Hakone Round- Trip College Ekiden Race (東京箱根間往復大学駅伝競走), is one of the most prominent university ekiden (relay marathon) races of the year held between Tokyo and Hakone on January 2 and 3. This two-day race from Ōtemachi to Hakone and back is separated into five sections on each day. Due to slight variations in the courses, the first day distance is 108.0 km while the distance on the second day is 109.9 km. It has been held since 1920, stopped during WII and started again in 1947.
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Fortune-telling & divinationSeptember 2021The Power of Symbols, Sacred Images for Meditation and Divination
Immagini Sacre per Meditare e Divinare
by Stefano Fusi
THE POWER OF SYMBOLS Sacred Images for Meditation and Divination by Stefano Fusi Artwork by Stefano Fusi Product Details 41 cards + 68-page guidebook+gold extra thin point marker Guide book size: 85 x 130 mm Card size: 85 x 130 mm ISBN: 978-1-955680-03-5 Imprint: Edizioni LAlbero All our oracles are designed and printed in Italy using only 100% ecofriendly material and non toxic inks and varnishes. Symbols are the signs that reveal and perpetuate the unlimited universe in our world and in our common life. They reveal meanings beyond those obvious to the senses and to our rational sphere. They exist before we can imagine or think about them: like genes and DNA on the physical plane, symbols pre-exist us, they carry with them the original instructions of life. They exist in nature and we have then encoded them to express in perceptible and comprehensible forms the essential forces that structure existence since the beginning. They are a synthetic map of the motions of what we call energy.The Power of Symbols is a deck of 41 Oracles with guide book.
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Lifestyle, Sport & LeisureAn Elegant Practice
The Transcending Power of Smanurai Ikebana
by Gahou Yokochi (art) and Mei C. Yao (text) with Takashi Imai (photography)
The last human interaction a true Samurai has is his final bow to his witnesses: expressing gratitude for their bestowing him the honor of “achieving a good death” in front of their presence. He does all this at the exact moment when he is about to stab his precious sword into his own belly, then bring it across his stomach from left to right. It takes a sublime level of self-discipline that is beyond thought and carnal courage. The art of dying a good death is an artless art: a discipline imbued with a Zen spirit that penetrates all cells of the Practitioner’s mind and body. The outcome is an austere beauty for which you would have no word. You simply feel it. When given a chance to live in Tokyo for two years, the co-author, Mei Yao, had an immediate but vague desire to do Zazen (i.e., sitting meditation) with the Japanese monks, and also to find out what the word “Ikebana” is really about. And if there is no coincidence under the large scheme of things, then it is indeed fate that she would accidentally run into the person who would volunteer to take her to the “practicing field” (called a “dojo” in Japanese) where a select group of people, from as young as 28 to as old as 84 years of age, are still practicing the art in the unadulterated, ancient way that originated from a Samurai and world famous ink-painter, Shinso Soami, during the Muromachi Era some 500+ years ago. Upon arriving at the “dojo” of the Souami School, Mei was taken aback by the reverence she felt from the greetings exchanged between her guide and the 21st Headmaster, Gahou Yokochi Sensei. As she entered the space, a palpable sense of veneration silently emanated from each and every practitioner. None of them are monks. They simply come together once every other week --- to hone in their understanding of nature and technical dexterity with the floral branches, and also to quietly observe the demeanor of their master teacher and other senior disciple-masters --- with the hope to further refine their heart through the art. What she experienced there in the “dojo” is utterly different from her previous experiences in the “classrooms” of two other popularly commercialized Ikebana schools. In this book Mei Yao shares her ever-deepening understanding of the soul and principles of “living Zen” --- as explained in Souami’s handwritten scroll, The Book of Flowers and Samurai Miyamoto Musashi’s The Book of Five Rings. These ancient values are still manifesting in every corner of the Japanese society and culture today. Humanity and the Earth are both passing through a very challenging time right now, but with one ultimate reason: to raise ourselves to the perfection we are within. The way of ancient Ikebana has been a surprisingly elegant practice for Mei Yao on her personal journey towards “the Way” over the years. Readers who enjoy the beauty of Mary Oliver’s poetry and Henry Thoreau’s natural writing will have a chance to also glimpse into “the Formless Self” by immersing themselves in the original Ikebana masterpieces by one of the most disciplined Ikebana masters, Hikaru Yokochi (a.k.a. Gahou Yokochi, bestowed Ikebana heritage name), who makes a faithful living in Tokyo as a renowned fine-oil painter.
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THE WITHERED BRANCH ON THE CHERRY TREE
by Rafaél Salmerón
Hiroshima, 1945: Ichiro and Masuji play in the streets just minutes before the atomic bomb is dropped on the city. Present-day Hiroshima: Sakura, a teenager who was born with a malformed hand, struggles to cope with the cruel taunts of her classmates and the lack of affection and communication within her family. She believes that her mother doesn’t love her, and barely sees her workaholic father. Aiku, her virtual friend, lives in a different city and it’s not easy for them to meet in person. Her dream is to become a Manga artist, but she knows that this will never be. However, Sakura’s life takes a turn when she crosses paths with little Tetsuo and an elderly survivor of the bombing who hides an important secret.
