There’s something about the state of Japanese publishing and the state of Japanese attention to niche interests that makes it more economically feasible to have newsstands and bookstores teeming with magazines, not just in Tokyo but everywhere. Looking atMurakami’s bibliographyshows that the indust...
To reach Nagano from the Jigokudani Monkey Park is straight-forward. From the park, you have the option of: 1. a direct express bus from the park to Nagano Station or 2. a local bus to Yudanaka Station followed by an express train to Nagano Station. ...
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Monkey Buffet Festival The Monkey Buffet Festival is on the last Sunday of November. It is a great day for monkeys in Thailand. People there think monkeys can bring good luck to them. So, to thank monkeys, they have this special festival to feed them.1. What can people do in Great Wis...
“I’m very sorry, Triceratops, I mean you no harm, but I shall take this path to my favourite riverbank and whilst I could take a small detour for my morning drink, I believe I am in my rights to do be here and shall not be hindrance by you.” The Triceratops, standing on his...
One little language nugget of note: “lopsided” is いびつ in Japanese, and it appears over and over again in the novel. It’s one of those words that Murakami fixates on and uses a lot like 胡散臭い, 具わっている, and 惹かれる. He uses it a lot to describe the new moon that...
Creating a Form in Survey Monkey First, go to surveymonkey.com and log in to your account, or sign up for a new account. If prompted, fill out the initial questions so that you get to the first screen in their system (see figure below). You can then either choose to start from scr...
[K] Zhu Bajie is the standard Chinese name of the magic creature known as Pigsy in English translations of the Buddhist fantasy known as Monkey or Journey to the West. The Duke of Zhou was an historic figure whom Confucius often cited as an ideal ruler. [L] Freedom in Exile: the autobi...
02:02 I guess I would’ve been disappointed if I hadn’t seen monkeys in a place called 猿ケ京 (a literal translation of this could be “Monkey Capital”). I was a little uneasy when I first saw them down the road because I was in the middle of nowhere, not exactly a home court...
“I can’t think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in a country where you are ignorant of almost everything. Suddenly you are five years old again. You can’t read anything, you have only the most rudimentary sense o