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Dan's adventures include: My First Week of School, Visiting a Ninja Village, Fun with Origami, Practicing Aikido, Making Mochi, and much more… As a multicultural children's book, My Awesome Japan Adventure is perfect for kids who want to explore another culture and have fun in the process!","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49516478234897,"sku":"GOR008520226","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49648825303313,"sku":"CIN4805312165G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49736737128721,"sku":"NGR9784805312162","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49779046252817,"sku":"GOR009612766","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50203162247441,"sku":"CIN4805312165VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/4805312165.jpg?v=1751446156"},{"product_id":"mad-kyoto-shoe-swapper-and-other-short-stories-book-rebecca-otowa-9780804856577","title":"The Mad Kyoto Shoe Swapper and Other Short Stories","description":"The collection includes: A Year of Coffee and Cake A young American wife in the Tokyo suburbs suspects her next-door neighbor of murdering an elderly relative.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49751392977169,"sku":"NGR9780804856577","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51007520735505,"sku":"NIN9780804856577","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51332709187857,"sku":"CIN0804856575VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0804856575.jpg?v=1750979917"},{"product_id":"at-home-in-japan-book-rebecca-otowa-9780804848718","title":"At Home in Japan","description":"What would it be like to move to Japan, leaving everyone you know behind, to become part of a traditional Japanese household?  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The Turtle Stone—Going from the 1950s to the present, this is the story of one man's efforts to keep the family cake shop alive in a Kyoto that is constantly modernizing.   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