By Daniel Morales
Amazon Japan is amazing. Domestic shipping here is rapid and cheap. Orders over 1500 yen all get free standard shipping. There’s no express shipping outside of the greater-Tokyo area, but standard shipping delivers to most places within two days. I regularly order things on Sunday and have them show up in Nishiaizu [...]
Tsukuba Public Library has a decent collection of foreign books. However, if you can’t find the book you are looking for, you may be able to obtain it from another public library in the prefecture by inter-library loan (ILL). You can make a request at the circulation counter and, if a copy of [...]
You probably already know about Tsukuba Public Library and the library at the University of Tsukuba, but did you know that many of the research institutes here in Tsukuba also have extensive collections? It is not always possible to take the books out of such libraries, but you can usually at least gain access [...]
September 19, 2009
During the decades of feverish Westernization and modernization which followed the Meiji Restoration of 1868, there were many who believed that the traditional form of Japanese poetry then called the HOKKU, but now known as the HAIKU, would disappear as a LIVING ART FORM. How wrong these people were. Not only does HAIKU-making (let alone the [...]
When you find a nice book on Amazon.co.jp, you may instantly click on “Add to Shopping Cart”. But wait! The book may be available at a library nearby.
The following user java script adds the search results of the Tsukuba Public Library database on Amazon.co.jp pages (see the screen shot below). You can directly go to [...]
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