About the book: year / UDC 520: 659.125.29.(036). BBK 26.89ya2 (5Yapo) G61Golovina K., Kozhurina E.G61 Japan: non-standard guide. - SPb.: KARO, 2006.-232 pp. ISBN 5-89815-723-9 This book is an unconventional guide to the realities of modern life in Japan: from finding housing and transport to Japanese superstitions and cinema. The guide is addressed to a wide range of readers interested in Japanese culture. The book will help everyone who plans to travel to Japan, be it a traveler, student or businessman. The guide is designed in Japanese manga comic style with illustrations drawn by Kawakami Hitomi; supplemented with an application containing useful telephone numbers, links and addresses. UDC 520: 659.125.29.(036). BBK 26.89ya2 (5Japo) Golovina Ksenia, Kozhurina Elena JAPAN: NON-STANDARD GUIDE Author of the idea K.V. Golovina Editor-in-Chief: Associate Professor, Ph.D. philologist, science V.V. RybinTechnical editor I.V. PavlovEditors K.V. Golovina, E.V. Kozhurina, I.V. PavlovConsultant: Ph.D. philologist, science Arakawa YoshikoIllustrator Kawakami HitomiCover design by K.V. Golovina, O.V. Mironova Layout V.F. Lurie Publishing house "KARO", 195279, St. Petersburg, Revolution Highway, 88. Signed for publication on 02/09/2006. Offset paper. Offset printing. Conditional oven l. 10. Circulation 1,500 copies. Order No. 91.© Golovina K., Kozhurina E., 2006 © Rybin V., afterword, 2006 ISBN 5-89815-723-9 © Kawakami Hitomi, illustrations, 2006