Japanese Science

This plain-language guide moves beyond simple recipe collections to teach home cooks the underlying chemistry and microbiology of fermentation, equipping them with the scientific understanding needed to confidently make, adjust, and troubleshoot any ferment. Most fermentation books hand you a recipe and a promise about probiotics. This one hands you the underlying chemistry, so every recipe you meet from this point forward finally makes sense. Written for **first-time fermenters, curious foodies, and home cooks who want to understand what their kitchen is actually doing**, this is a plain-...

Discover fascinating ancient Japanese fairy tales as well as the folk tales of the Ainu/Aino. The first book in this collection, titled Japanese Fairy Tales, was written by Iwaya Sazanami and translated by Yei Theodora Ozaki, a 20th-century translator of Japanese short stories and fairy tales. The second book in this collection is a rare one that is not usually available in audio format: Aino Folk-Tales by Basil Chamberlain, one of the most prominent British Japanologists active in Japan during the latter half of the 19th century.

「まれびと」となった夜花は千歳と果涯を伴い廃村へ調査に向かった。祖母が育ったという村は邪気が濃く、夜花は中に入れない。仕方なく引き返そうとするが、その直前夜花は誰かに呼ばれて――。待望の続刊登場！

The Complete Book of Five Rings is an authoritative version of Musashi's classic The Book of Five Rings, translated and annotated by a modern martial arts master, Kenji Tokitsu. Tokitsu has spent most of his life researching the legendary samurai swordsman and his works, and in this book he illuminates this seminal text, along with several other works by Musashi.

It’s not just a diet. It’s an Operating System for the human body. Why does a nation that consumes white rice, fatty pork, and high-sodium miso soup have the lowest rates of obesity and heart disease in the developed world? The answer is not in a single "superfood." It is in the code. In Eat Like Japanese, you will move beyond simple recipes to discover the metabolic architecture that has protected the Japanese people for centuries. Combining the ancient wisdom of the Samurai’s Yojokun with cutting-edge molecular biology, this book reveals: The Vegetable-First Protocol: How to use ...

After being summoned to a new world and thrown down into the depths of hell, Hajime Nagumo met Yue and together they conquered the Great Orcus Labyrinth. The pair was planning on taking it easy on the surface for a little bit, but a meeting with the bunny girl Shea Haulia throws a wrench into those plans. She has the peculiar power to see the future, and according to her, Hajime's the one saving her family in her visions! Hajime was planning on refusing, but it appears she might be able to help him on his quest to return home. And so, the adventure continues in Reisen Gorge.

クィディッチのワールドカップで、空に不吉な印が上がった。ヴォルデモートの復活か？　巧妙に仕組まれた罠が、ハリーを三大魔法学校対抗試合の選手に選ぶ。

日本人にとって「推し」とは何か。その起源から現代の最前線までを徹底分析！ 日本人にとって推し活はもはや一時の熱狂ではない。現代の推しは、私たちに「ハレの日」を与えてくれる一方で、「ケの日常」もまたともにあることを教えてくれる。それは、この社会に広く浸透した一つの文化なのだ。では、私たちはそんな推しと、どのように持続可能な関係性を築いていけるだろうか。「推し活」文化の源流から令和の最前線までをひもとき、ポスト消費社会における「推しの構造」を鮮やかに読み解く。

The Konjaku Monogatari Shu is a collection of tales from Buddhist and popular Japanese folklore that was compiled in the twelfth century. The stories in this book tell of fearsome demons, tengu goblins, kitsune fox spirits, flying hermits and gods who suddenly appear out of nowhere to rescue foolish humans. There are tales of vengeful animals, robbers, bandits and murderers, as well as ordinary people from all walks of life.

In this New York Times bestseller, internationally renowned Japanese scientist Masaru Emoto shows how the influence of our thoughts, words and feelings on molecules of water can positively impact the earth and our personal health. This book has the potential to profoundly transform your world...

Think you know urban legends? Think again. Perhaps you’ve heard of Kuchisake-onna, the slit-mouthed woman who cuts your mouth from ear to ear? How about Sugisawa, the cursed village that damns all who stumble upon it? Did you know that people lurk in the suicide forest waiting to claim victims of their own?

Giant monsters. Tales of eternal love. The beginning of creation. Pint-sized warriors. Long voyages and insurmountable heroics are only a small piece of the classic myths that have helped shape Japan’s unique and immaculate history. Each story in this audiobook is filled with excitement and adventure that is just waiting to be discovered and enjoyed.

Commander Jack Morrow wakes up on the deck of a warship that shouldn't exist yet. Seconds ago he was executive officer of a guided-missile destroyer in the Gulf of Oman, 2019. Now he's flat on steel that still smells of fresh paint, and the sky over Pearl Harbor is full of smoke. The date is December 7, 1941. Morrow knows exactly how this war ends. He knows which ships sink, which men live, and which five months will decide the entire Pacific. He also knows that changing any of it , the fall of Wake Island, a friend's death at Coral Sea, the outcome at Midway — carries a cost he cannot ...

The sixth book in the multi-million-copy bestselling Before the Coffee Gets Cold series about a cozy Japanese cafe that offers its visitors the chance to travel back in time. In a special seat in a fabled Tokyo cafe, you're offered something irresistible – not just a warm, comforting coffee...

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A certain college girl who's loved books ever since she was a little girl dies in an accident and is reborn in another world she knows nothing about. She is now Myne, the sickly five-year-old daughter of a poor soldier. To make things worse, the world she's been reborn in has a very low literacy rate and books mostly don't exist. She'd have to pay an enormous amount of money to buy one.

Kitsune are fox spirits that take on human form and play tricks on people. One such man fell in love with a kitsune disguised as a beautiful woman.

Enter a land of gods, samurai, and spirits—where ancient stories still echo today. Japanese Legends isn’t just another dry history book—it reveals how sacred myths still shape Japan’s festivals, rituals, and national identity. Whether you're drawn to samurai history, yokai tales, or the traditions of shrines and emperors, this book offers a fresh, accessible way to explore the myths and legends that built Japan.

Mimei Ogawa, a prolific author of short stories nearly 100 years ago, is considered to be one of the founding figures of modern Japanese children’s literature. He has also been called the Hans Christian Andersen of Japan because of how his works were influenced by Andersen. This collection contains a fresh, modern translation of one of Mimei Ogawa’s most famous works, "The Mermaid and the Red Candles", as well as several other stories that have never been translated and published in English before.

Stop treating liquids as just hydration. In the Japanese functional nutrition paradigm, they are the architectural foundation of human longevity. While Western diets obsess over solid macronutrients, the secret to Japanese metabolic health lies in the fluid matrix: precision-extracted broths, shaded green teas, roasted seed infusions, and fermented enzymatic elixirs. In The Liquid Matrix, part of the acclaimed Eat Like Japanese series, author Vynychenko Dmytro strips away the mysticism of traditional Eastern medicine and replaces it with hardcore molecular biology. You will not find casual ...