Tag: Japan
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What is it like to Move to Japan from A Small Town in the United States?
Dreaming of Japan As a Child One of the books that I borrowed when I got my first library card was a manga called Whistle! By Daisuke Higuchi. As a lover of all things soccer, Whistle! was the perfect combination of my love for art and for sport. The 24 volume series followed Junior high…
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Looking for Tomorrow in Isao Takahata’s ‘Only Yesterday’
If you are a fan of animated movies, you most likely have heard of have of My Neighbor Totoro, Howl’s Moving Castle or Spirited Away. All of these films were produced by Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki under the Japanese animation film company, Studio Ghibli. While Miyazaki might be the popular face of Studio Ghibli, he…