Feb 22, 2017

This is a long shot, but... does anyone know anywhere that sells English Kamishibai?

Further to my latest post, I thought it would be no harm to ask here either: does anyone know anywhere you can get English kamishibai? The post / about Kamishibai: https://www.city-cost.com/blogs/Saitama/wZxvz-living_education_saitama

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BigfamJapan

Former nickname was "Saitama". Changed it to save confusion on place review posts! Irish, 20+ years in Japan! I also write on my personal website: insaitama.com

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Aluma

on Feb 22

http://www.kamishibai.com has some!

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BigfamJapan

on Feb 22

@aluma THANK YOU! And I totally forgot that a reader of my personal blog had left me this link a few years ago!! Yikes. I guess I didn't get the time to take a look at the time and forgot that I had it iykwim! It is https://squareup.com/market/leafmoonarts/

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edthethe

on Feb 23

Not exactly an answer to your question, but something interesting. My kids once received English kamishiba from a restaurant as their toy that comes with the kids meal. It had katakana and Japanese translation as well.

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