Japan Sea & Water Picture Book

About this book

Written and produced in Japan by Japanese author Aki Wakamatsu (Takikawa TOKOTOKO Kids LLC) — an authentic Japanese picture book, created in Japan, not a mass-produced import. 500 Japanese words of the sea and water — waves, shells, tide pools, rivers, waterfalls, harbours and island life! Every word with romaji AND free listening audio!

Splash! The wave is coming! I found a shell! The sea is where Japanese children spend their summers — beach trips, river play, tide pooling, fishing boats and island ferries. Most English–Japanese first-word books give the sea a page or two inside a general nature book. Japan Sea & Water Picture Book: My First 500 Japanese Words is a whole watery world in one book:

500 sea and water words (not 100, not 320) across 10 chapters — the wide sea, waves and tides, the sandy beach, sea creatures, rivers and streams, lakes and waterfalls, boats and the harbour, fishing and seaside work, swimming and water play, and islands and seaside life Romaji for every single word, so any parent can read Japanese aloud with confidence A picture for every word — each illustration pairs a sea and water motif (a curling wave, shells and a starfish on the sand, coral and a school of fish, a mountain river, a waterfall over a lake, a sailing boat and lighthouse, a fishing rod and net, a swim ring, an island at sunset) with the word's first kana, so children learn Japanese letters while they learn words Free audio QR code: scan it to open the listening page and hear all 500 words in English and Japanese — then play sea detective together: find a shell, a smooth stone or a little stream near you, look closely, and say it in Japanese! Real Japan by the water: shell gathering at low tide (shiohigari), clear mountain streams, harbour markets, ferry boats to small islands, and the words families actually say at the beach The water companion to Vol. 8 Nature: Vol. 8 covers nature on land; this volume covers the world of water — with a word list that shares zero entries with any earlier volume Made in Japan: written and produced in Japan by a Japanese author and a Japanese publisher — authentic words, not generic ones

Perfect for bilingual families, international families, and any child getting ready to explore Japan's seas, rivers and shores.

Collect all 24 volumes: Vol. 1 Animals · Vol. 2 Festivals · Vol. 3 Seasons · Vol. 4 Vehicles · Vol. 5 Food · Vol. 6 Town · Vol. 7 Daily Life · Vol. 8 Nature · Vol. 9 School · Vol. 10 Play & Friends · Vol. 11 Music · Vol. 12 Animals of Japan · Vol. 13 Jobs · Vol. 14 Weather & Seasons · Vol. 15 Body & Health · Vol. 16 Home & Rooms · Vol. 17 Colors & Shapes · Vol. 18 Clothes & Dressing · Vol. 19 Family & People · Vol. 20 Weather & Sky · Vol. 21 Numbers & Time · Vol. 22 Family & Feelings · Vol. 23 Money & Measures · Vol. 24 Sea & Water