Michiko, 25, is invited to a class reunion and slightly nervous. However, her former class mate Hiroshi is immediatly taken with her and Michiko looks up into the night sky to make a wish... Written for the NPO Tagengo Tadoku by ลtsuka Emi and Kawamoto Kazuko. This is a romance story with slice-of-life and coming-of-age… Continue reading [N2] ็พ็ฅๅญ๏ผใฟใกใ๏ผใฎๆ็ฉบ
What do you know about Japan's most northern prefecture Hokkaidล? This little guide by Endo Kazuhiko introduces you to Hokkaidล's landscapes, animals, tourist spots and famous food. I found the grammar points and sentence structures of this text very easy to understand with an N4 reading comprehension, but the vocabulary used is more complex than… Continue reading [N4] ๅๆตท้๏ผใปใฃใใใฉใ๏ผ
Assassination Classroom by Matsui Yusei was an insanely popular series a few years ago and for a reason. While it tells the story of a class of middle school students being tasked with killing their octopus-like teacher, it also features dealing with school system inequality and wholesome teacher-student-relations. I had watched the anime a few… Continue reading [N2] ๆๆฎบ๏ผใใใใค๏ผๆๅฎค
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
High School detective Edani Kotori solves her first case! This story is by Kazuhiko Endo from Tongari Books, a website where you can read stories like blog entries. I absolutely love detective stories! Whether it's about a crime case or more of a mystery, I always enjoy the suspense and the typical characters that appear.… Continue reading [N2] ใใฎๅฅณๅญ้ซ็ใฏๅๆขๅต๏ผใใใใใฆใ๏ผ๏ผ๏ผ
Which fruit is the most popular in Japan? It's bananas! Who would have thought? This text by ใฌใคใฉใใปใใปใใฉ with some illustrations by Nakagoshi Naomi explains the background of bananas coming to Japan. The banana is most popular in Japan for many good reasons and the story of how and when it came to Japan was… Continue reading [N5] ใใใใฏๆฅๆฌไธ
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
This is a short manga by Mulan Zhang, a learner of Japanese language and participant of the Smith College Tadoku Project writing workshop. 'Kuroko' is the name of a deceased cat, belonging to protagonist Shinichi. In this story Shinichi visits Kuroko's grave as suddenly, a cat appears from behind the stone that looks exactly like… Continue reading [N4] ้ปๅญ๏ผใใใ๏ผ
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