20 Japanese Short Stories for Travelers and Learners

Learning Japanese is hard and everyone says so. But not with this book.
Whether you're just starting out or are already familiar with the Japanese language, this book will help you with expanding your Japanese vocabulary and improve your reading skills while having fun.
This book contains 20 mystery Japanese short stories for travelers and students of the Japanese language. They are written in Hiragana, Katakana, and about 250 basic Kanji characters which correspond to the intermediate level learners. All the short stories include Furigana reading aid.
The stories are followed by an English line-by-line translation, which will certainly speed up the learning process quite a bit. This book also includes a reading guide that explains the basics of the language, its history, and characters. You get many practical examples of how to read the characters. You can also use this book as a language learning tool or Japanese workbook to advance your Japanese skills at your own pace.
1. A Special Cooking Course
2. Nagano Gold
3. The Ghost Cruise Liner
4. A World of Silence
5. The Cherry Blossom Stones
6. A Japanese in Munich
7. The Tokyo Fish Market
8. Buddhism in Japan
9. Lost in Tokyo
10. Teaching in Japan
11. Karaoke Japanese Style
12. Saving Face
13. Faux Pas in the Restaurant
14. Just a Couple of Drinks
15. Humor is if You Still Laugh
16. A Special Geisha
17. A Happy Marriage
18. Under the Lamp Post
19. Group Learning
20. The Legend of Princess Kaguya