Tokyo Pop-Up Book
A Comic Adventure with Neko the Cat - A Manga Tour of Tokyo's most Famous Sights - from Asakusa to Mt. Fuji
Published on 29. May 2018
Book
Hardback
14 pages
978-4-8053-1434-0 (ISBN)
Description
*Winner of the Moonbeam Children's Book Award*
Embark on an exciting manga pop-up adventure through Tokyo-the world's largest city!
Follow Chico, a young American boy, and his mischievous cat Neko as they navigate the streets and famous sights of Tokyo. On arriving in Tokyo, while visiting the city's famous Senso-ji Temple, Chico nods off due to jetlag. Neko gets bored and decides to go sightseeing on her own. Then, the race is on-as a panicked Chico chases his cat across the city! In the process, they pass through Tokyo's most iconic landmarks, each with its own interactive and manga pop-up fun:
POP-UP Senso-ji in Asakusa-Tokyo's ancient Buddhist temple, where the adventure begins.
POP-UP A rousing Sumo match still in progress.
POP-UP Bustling Shinjuku Station, where riders get stuffed into subway cars by professional "pushers."
POP-UP Tokyo Skytree tower, the tallest structure in Japan, where poor Neko has a very close call!
The base of iconic Mt. Fuji, where the adventure has a happy conclusion!
Educational and entertaining in equal measure, this delightful manga pop-up book will be treasured by young and old readers alike. It makes a fantastic gift or carry-on for anyone planning a visit to Japan.
Embark on an exciting manga pop-up adventure through Tokyo-the world's largest city!
Follow Chico, a young American boy, and his mischievous cat Neko as they navigate the streets and famous sights of Tokyo. On arriving in Tokyo, while visiting the city's famous Senso-ji Temple, Chico nods off due to jetlag. Neko gets bored and decides to go sightseeing on her own. Then, the race is on-as a panicked Chico chases his cat across the city! In the process, they pass through Tokyo's most iconic landmarks, each with its own interactive and manga pop-up fun:
POP-UP Senso-ji in Asakusa-Tokyo's ancient Buddhist temple, where the adventure begins.
POP-UP A rousing Sumo match still in progress.
POP-UP Bustling Shinjuku Station, where riders get stuffed into subway cars by professional "pushers."
POP-UP Tokyo Skytree tower, the tallest structure in Japan, where poor Neko has a very close call!
The base of iconic Mt. Fuji, where the adventure has a happy conclusion!
Educational and entertaining in equal measure, this delightful manga pop-up book will be treasured by young and old readers alike. It makes a fantastic gift or carry-on for anyone planning a visit to Japan.
Reviews / Votes
"Yet again, Sam Ita takes the pop-up book genre to a new dimension! His skillful blend of graphic story-telling and paper engineering makes Tokyo Pop-Up Book his most innovative and playful book yet." --Matthew Reinhart, author of Cinderella: A Pop-Up Fairy Tale and Star Wars: A Galactic Pop-Up Adventure "...the coolest book ever...Each full-page spread that follows shows a typical scene from Tokyo...from bright lights, to temples, a sumo match, train station, onsen, and more...Sam Ita has done a very good job with the Tokyo Pop-Up Book, indeed, he is a paper engineer to design all the details and have so many pop-up elements on each page that truly shows Tokyo at its finest." --Castle View Academy blog "If you enjoy pop-up books, you will love the scenes in this book. I was very impressed with the details and the vibrant scenes on each page. Plus, there are so many things to see throughout the book that it really is so much more than a book to read." --In Our Spare Time blogMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Boston
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Kindergarten to Fifth Grade, Interest Age: From 5 to 10 years
Illustrations
full-color illustrations; 7 interactive pop-up spreads
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 189 mm
Thickness: 43 mm
Weight
445 gr
ISBN-13
978-4-8053-1434-0 (9784805314340)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Sam Ita studied graphic design at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn before following his passion for paper engineering. He draws inspiration from comics, origami, and machines, applying his craft to publishing, advertising, animation, display, and toy design. His pop-up book creations include Christmas Tree In-a-Box, The Odyssey, Moby Dick, and20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Frankenstein and his origami kits include Flying Dragons Paper Airplanes and Next Generation Airplanes Kit.