Exotic Japan

A wonderful blend of the personal and the encyclopedic, EXOTIC JAPAN provides business-people, travelers, and students alike with the skills to operate successfully and independently in this fascinating country. About the author: Born and raised in Japan, Noriko (Nikki) Yokokura received her university undergraduate and post-graduate education in North America. She has taught Japanese at both the University of Toronto and at McMaster University in Canada, using an innovative multi-media-based curriculum. Why struggle with conjugations when you can take an intimate tour of modern Japan along the ancient Tokaido Road - and learn key signs and phrases along the way? Choose your own path through more than 150 lessons and quizzzes on topics ranging from the bullet train to Japanese table manners. Underlined words are pronounced aloud, and male or female native speakers (your choice) guide you step by step as you record and replay your own voice. Useful kanji characters come to life in ingenious animations, while nineteenth-century woodcuts, musical passages, and a traditional 'snakes and ladders' game delight the eye and ear.