Archive for September, 2007

Crafting Beauty in Modern Japan at The British Museum

Saturday, September 1st, 2007

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Until 21 October there is an exhibition at ;a href=”http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/whats_on/all_current_exhibitions/crafting_beauty.aspx”>The British Museum

I meant to blog this before it opened but it is now over a month since and I’ve only today had a chance to visit this exhibition.

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55 Reading Comprehension Tests for JLPT3

Saturday, September 1st, 2007

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北嶋千鶴子(著者)North Island Company

I actually bought this as part of my 100万字 challenge. (At time of writing not at all on target at about 2.5万字)Finding suitable texts is quite a challenge. This one seemed to kill two birds with one stone. I could have reading practice and at the same time have reading comprehension practice for JLPT. The easier and quicker I can read the easier the JLPT will be I think.

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