Look What Came from Japan

by Miles Harvey

Describes many things which originated in Japan, including inventions, art, food, fashion, furniture, toys, animals, musical instruments, and sports

Genres: Japan, Nonfiction, Geography

32 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1999

About the author

Miles Harvey's new book is The King of Confidence: A Tale of Utopian Dreamers, Frontier Schemers, True Believers, False Prophets, and the Murder of an American Monarch, which National Book Award-winner Nathaniel Philbrick calls a "masterpiece" and Pulitzer Prize finalist Dave Eggers describes as a "ludicrously enjoyable, unputdownable read." It will be published by Little, Brown & Co. in July 2020.

Harvey's previous work includes The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime, a bestseller USA Today named one of the ten best books of 2000, and Painter in a Savage Land: The Strange Saga of the First European Artist in North America, awarded an Editors’ Choice honor from Booklist, and a best-books citation from The Chicago Tribune. A former Knight-Wallace journalism fellow at the University of Michigan, Harvey teaches creative writing at DePaul University, where he is a founding editor of Big Shoulders Books.

Reviews

[James Crawford · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is for quite young readers. The book starts off by talking about inventions from Japan, including the first novel ever written. Then it talks about the arts, including flower arranging, haiku poetry, and kabuki theater. The part about foods talks about shiitake muchrooms and sukiyaki.
Fashion is next, including the kimono and geta, followed by toys and games with, of course, Tamagotchi! Animals follow that section, and then its musical instruments. Sports, including sumo, is next to be discussed. Origami is also discussed.

A glossary and some references are also included. Overall a very cute book.

[Bailee Sanders · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is full of information. It would be useful when discussing different culture or diversity. With the pictures, the book is easy to comprehend. It could be a book left out for the students to explore on their own, or it could be shared in parts by the teacher.

[Jaden · Rating 3 out of 5]

it was about japan My country


p.s. don't you just LOVE the olyimics?