Kanji Box

Promotion targeting Japanese popular culture, asian studies, design and tattoo audiences Galleys/e-galleys national media outlets, trade publications, and audience-focused websites and reviewers. (AJET, Jet Wit, Metropolis News, Japan Culture NYC, Japan Realm, Haikugirl's Japan, Wonderful Rife, JapaneseTease, AV Club, Book Riot, Buzzfeed Books, Library Journal, Longitude, Pop Matters, Portland Book Review, San Francisco Book Review, School Library Journal, Shelf Awareness, The Japan Times) Digital review copies on Edelweiss Sample pages hosted on Stone Bridge Press website (www.stonebridge.com) Advertising with Facebook, Twitter, Google, Japanese Organizations and Japanese popular culture websites like Japan Realm (http://www.japanrealm.com/), Rocketnew24 (http://en.rocketnews24.com/), Tofugu (http://www.tofugu.com/) Promotion with bookmark materials and book giveaways at Association of Asian Studies, ALA and various Japanese popular culture conventions (J-POP Summit http://www.j-pop.com/, Waku Waku NYC http://wakuwakunyc.com/) Giveaways with Goodreads and websites focused on key audiences of Japanese culture and language (100+ copies) Social media marketing with excerpts from the book on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, Tumblr, Reddit and target audience focused forums

Japanese characters served up with histories and cultural clues to help you decorate your skin/body/life with just the right word!Bold, visual, profound, symbolic: Japanese kanji characters communicate powerful graphic messages that look great on skin, walls, stationery, T-shirts, and more Here are dozens of edgy, targeted characters hand-picked to help you find the inner you and express yourself in a distinctive stylish way. With cultural clues, readings, font varieties, and ideas for proper use. Don't embarrass yourself with bad ink! Shogo Oketani is an editor and author in Tokyo, Japan, and a long-time student of Japanese martial arts, philosophy, poetry, and history. Leza Lowitz is the author of twenty books of fiction and poetry and is owner/teacher at Sun and Moon yoga studio in Tokyo, Japan.