Book Review, graded reader, N5, Non-Fiction

[N5] ใƒใƒŠใƒŠใฏๆ—ฅๆœฌไธ€

Which fruit is the most popular in Japan? It's bananas! Who would have thought? This text by ใƒฌใ‚คใƒฉใƒ‹ใƒปใƒ‡ใƒปใƒ™ใƒฉ 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] ใƒใƒŠใƒŠใฏๆ—ฅๆœฌไธ€

Book Review, Fiction, graded reader, Manga, N4

[N4] ้ป’ๅญ๏ผˆใใ‚ใ“๏ผ‰

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] ้ป’ๅญ๏ผˆใใ‚ใ“๏ผ‰