Cozy Japan Vol. 14

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Cozy Japan Vol. 14: Castles, Temples & Old Towns — Bold & Easy Coloring Book

Created in Japan, by a Japanese author and a Japanese publisher — walk one whole historic day in Japan: climb to the white castle keep above its stone walls in the morning, ring the great temple bell, pass under vermilion shrine ropes and five-story pagodas, stroll stone-paved streets of machiya townhouses and white kura storehouses — and end the day among glowing lantern streets under a goodnight moon over the keep. One cozy historic walk, one page at a time!

This fourteenth volume spends a single day in Japan's castle towns and temple streets: keeps, turrets, moats and great wooden gates; pagodas, main halls, guardian dogs and stone lanterns; old soy shops, sweet shops, canal boats and clock towers; castle gardens, moatside paths and samurai-quarter walls — and lantern-lit approaches, festival floats and sleeping storehouses in the evening. (Vol. 13 stayed down on the farms; this volume walks up into the historic towns. Unlike heavy, detailed adult castle coloring books, every page here is bold and easy.)

All 100 pictures are brand new — nothing is repeated from Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3, Vol. 4, Vol. 5, Vol. 6, Vol. 7, Vol. 8, Vol. 9, Vol. 10, Vol. 11, Vol. 12 or Vol. 13. Every picture is drawn with bold, thick lines and big, simple shapes — no tiny details, no stress. Even the sunset and night scenes are drawn bright on white paper, so you can color them in any colors you love. Perfect for beginners, kids, seniors, and anyone who colors to relax and unwind.

Learn Japanese while you color! Every picture shows its English name, its Japanese name, and how to pronounce it. By the last page you will know 100 castle and temple words — shiro, tenshu, ishigaki, gojuu no tou, hondou, torii, machiya, kura and more — without even trying.

Find the tiny tanuki! One tiny tanuki statue keeps appearing all through the book — by the castle gate, beside the pagoda, at the machiya door, under the garden pine, by the garden gate, sleeping by a lantern, and saying goodnight under the castle moon. It appears on 7 pages. Can you spot it every time?

Why this book? 100 pictures — 2.5 times the 40 pages of standard coloring books, all in one connected historic walk Bold & easy: thick lines, large areas, friendly faces — plus small background motifs for a little extra coloring joy Japanese + English names on every page (a feature cozy coloring books usually don't have) Five chapters = one historic day in Japan: Castles & Keeps / Temples, Shrines & Pagodas / Old Town Streets & Machiya / Gates, Gardens & Castle Towns / Evenings, Festivals & Goodnight Old Towns Color test page included — try your pens before you start Made in Japan: written and published in Japan by Takikawa TOKOTOKO Kids LLC, author Aki Wakamatsu

Print your favorite pages again and again, color at your own pace, and enjoy a bright, cozy walk through Japan's castles, temples and old towns.