This version of the fairy tale of Princess Kaguya for learners with N3 abilities was written by Takahashi Sลko for a graded reader series by ask and NPO Tagengo Tadoku. I've introduced it already during the #letsreadkaguyahime reading challenge. Kaguya is found inside fresh cut bamboo as a child and grows up to become a… Continue reading [N3] ใใใๅงซ๏ผใฒใ๏ผ
This children's book by Hiroshima Reiko is about a magical candy shop that seems to pop up whenever a little magic is needed in the lives of their future customers. From young to old, poor to rich, the customers either find their fortune here or an important lesson in their lives. Author: ๅปฃๅถ ็ฒๅญ๏ผใฒใใใพใใใใ๏ผIllustrator: jyajyaPublisher:… Continue reading [N3] ใตใใ้ง่ๅญๅฑ๏ผใ ใใใ๏ผ้ญๅคฉๅ ๏ผใใซใฆใใฉใ๏ผ
This is a story about a young man, Ueda Kazuo, who reflects on his family and his career and just why his life has been this way so far. When a woman with a big hat enters his life on his 35th birthday, he believes that now his life will turn around. With more than… Continue reading [N3] ๅคงใใชๅธฝๅญ๏ผใผใใ๏ผใฎๅฅณ
This post is part of the #letsreadakazukinchan reading challenge. I've read the fairy tale of Little Red Riding Hood in fairy tale database hukumusume's version. This retelling was the longest of all versions I've put together for the challenge. This was mostly because there was a lot of dialog added while also keeping the descriptions.… Continue reading [N3] ่ตคใใใใกใใ
This text explains, from the perspective of an exchange student from Kenya, how a mushroom farm works and why there are so many of them in ลita Prefecture. It was written by ๆธก่พบใใใชใน่ฅ่ใใใช for the ใๅคงๅใใใใ็บใฏใคใใใใ่ชญใใฟใใฎใใคใใไผใใใand published as a level 3 story on the NPO Tagengo Tadoku's free graded reader site. I liked how this… Continue reading [N3] ใใใใ
A girl from Russia endures the coldest time of the year, but her mother becomes sick. It is a long way to the next town, but she sets out to find a doctor amidst the heavy snow. This story was written by ใใฃใใปใฏในใใชใ and her sister ในใดใงใใฉใ drew the cute illustrations. It was published on… Continue reading [N3] ๅฐๅฅณใจใทใญใฏใ
Two hunters come across a restaurant in the forest. A sign on the door announces: This restaurant has many orders. With every door they pass through and every room they enter, the two slowly get an inkling of what this might mean... "The Restaurant of Many Orders" is a short story by Miyazawa Kenji from… Continue reading [N3] ๆณจๆ(ใกใ ใใใ)ใฎๅคใๆ็ๅบ(ใใใใใฆใ)
่ฝๆธ(ใใใ)ใ means scribble, doodle or graffiti. In Japan, too, there are graffiti artists who have left their marks here and there. In this text by writing team ใใณใผใซ and ใฝใใฃ you will be introduced to a few places in Japan where graffiti art can be found. The text is part of the Smith College's Tadoku… Continue reading [N3] ๆฅๆฌใฎ้ฝๅธใฎ่ฝๆธใ๏ผใใใใ๏ผ
This is a story by Sasaki Mie about first-year student Ichirล visiting his grandma on Himeshima. On Himeshima they celebrate the festival of Obon with a traditional 'fox dance'. Ichirล decides on taking part in the tradition and receives help from a boy named Rin. I really liked about this book, that I didn't just… Continue reading [N3] ใญใใ่ธใ๏ผใใฉใ๏ผ
This story was published on Tongari Books - a site by Kazuhiko Endo that publishes fiction in easy Japanese to read in your browser. In ใใฆใญใงใฆใฟใฏใผ Masashi tells his daughter Sakura the story of how he left his village to study painting in Tokyo. I was a bit confused at the beginning when the perspective… Continue reading [N3] ใใฆใญใงใฆใฟใฏใผ
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