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JAPANESE SAMURAI / Honda Tadakatsu

online@ 04/06/2023

Honda Tadakatsu was born in Mikawa (present-day Nishikurazen-cho, Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture) and served Tokugawa Ieyasu from his childhood, contributing to Ieyasu’s unification of Japan. He was a military commander who excelled in valor among his vassals, and as one of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Tokugawa, he left his name on many battlefields.

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Quiz – April 2023

japanup 04/05/2023 SUDOKU

Solution of Sudoku of vol.186 (April 2023 issue).

LEARNJAPAN POP CULTURE

I went to one of the biggest BOOKOFF locations in America!

japanup_akane 04/04/2023

I recently went to the BOOKOFF AnimeLab in Little Tokyo which specializes in all things Anime. I love going to as many BOOKOFF’s as I can because each one has hidden treasures and one of the biggest BOOKOFF’s just opened up in Garden Grove, Orange County.

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I LIVE IN JAPAN / Zak Holt / Translator, Project Manager

japanup 04/04/2023

APRIL 2023 (VOL.186) Zak Holt Were you hesitant to relocate to Japan? No, I wasn’t. I’ve been to Japan a few times beforehand, and I knew I didn’t want to stay in the UK, so I was rather excited to move to Japan. For the most part, even if you don’t know Japanese, or have limited knowledge of Japanese, you can still get around and enjoy yourself a bit. What do you do in Japan? I work as head translator and project manager for Peak Japan, a crowdfunding team based in Tokyo, Japan. We take mainly made-in-Japan and Japanese-designed projects…