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cinemas & bookshops in Japan

If you are an ESL teacher living and working abroad, finding reading material in English or a cinema showing films in English can sometimes be difficult. To help you, we are compiling a directory of English language bookshops and cinemas worldwide.

English language bookshops in Japan
English language cinemas in Japan

travel guides & language books for Japan

Culture Shock! - A Guide to Customs and Etiquette: Japan
"Having lived in Japan this is just the sort of book I wish I had had when I was there. Not so much a guide book as a way to know how people live in Japan and how to make the most of a longer (probably working) stay in that country, but worth getting even for arm chair readers with a general interest in other countries. Bramble's real insight is mixed and lots of useful understandings of the way life works in Japan all related with a gently humorous style that's easy to read and pleasantly personal. The tips on page 80 about getting 'key money' back from a Japanese landlord are alone worth the cost of the book - that would have saved me some £300 had I known when I lived there!"
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Angry White Pyjamas
A brilliant and captivating insight into the bizarre nature of contemporary Japan.
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map & facts

Birthday of Emperor Akihito, 23 December (1933)
International dialing code: 81
Population: 127,333,002
Language: Japanese
Government: constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government
Religion: observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%)
Climate: varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north
Map of Japan

The CIA World Factbook

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