Cozy Japan Vol. 15

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Cozy Japan Vol. 15: Trains, Stations & Travel — Bold & Easy Coloring Book

Created in Japan, by a Japanese author and a Japanese publisher — take one grand journey across Japan by rail: watch the bullet train smile at the big-city platform in the morning, ride a one-car local train past the rice fields, open a compartment ekiben lunch box, press a new station stamp into your book, cross the sea on a ferry and the mountains on a ropeway — and fall asleep on a quiet night train under the stars. One long happy trip, one page at a time!

This fifteenth volume follows a single journey from the first train to the last stop: bullet trains, departure boards, ticket gates and station clocks; wooden station houses, crossings, tunnels and red iron bridges; ekiben fairs, souvenir boxes, capsule toys and coin lockers; ferries, gondolas, highway buses and snowy peaks from the train window — and sunset expresses, sleeper trains and goodnight stations in the evening. (Vol. 3 took a little journey train by train; this volume travels station to station, meal to meal, all the way across Japan. Unlike heavy, detailed adult train 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, Vol. 13 or Vol. 14. 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 train and travel words — shinkansen, densha, eki, kippu, ekiben, omiyage, fune and more — without even trying.

Find the tiny suitcase! One tiny suitcase keeps appearing all through the book — waiting for the first train, napping on a country bench, stuffed with souvenirs, riding the ferry deck, resting at the mountain top station, sleeping by the window, and saying goodnight under the stars. 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 grand journey 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 trip across Japan: Bullet Trains & Big Departures / Country Lines & Little Stations / Ekiben, Stamps & Souvenirs / Ferries, Ropeways & Mountain Rides / Sunset Rides & Goodnight Trains 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 ride through Japan's trains, stations and travels.