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arashi_onHey guys, I saw this on aramatheydidnt so I thought I'll post it up here. (:
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More than 100 calls a day from fans wanting a copy of Arashi textbooks have been overwhelming office staff at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, it was revealed yesterday, reports Daily Sports.
Inside, photos of Arashi members are splashed everywhere as they visit different locations within the country, introducing the local culture.
The book was originally planned to be released publicly, but after the group was named as tourism navigators in April, plans were changed into making it a free school textbook. On September 1, two copies of the book were donated to each of the country’s 40,000 or so schools, totaling more than 80,000 books.
Since then, the Ministry’s office staff have been flooded with calls from fans trying to get a copy of the book. Enough that the Ministry had to send a press release to media outlets outlining the book’s details.
Arashi’s Satoshi Ohno (29) had commented about what he and the group hope the book would become.
“We were thinking that if would be great if everyone could read this in their school library in the years to come, but now we have been motivated to donate the book.
“The books you read as a child in your library will stay inside of you forever. From the bottom of our hearts, we hope that many children in this generation and the next will read and enjoy this textbook,” he said.
There is no doubt that this school-library-only book will be the center of attention in many schools across the country.
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I reaaaallly want that book too. I even went looking for it at kino :X!
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More than 100 calls a day from fans wanting a copy of Arashi textbooks have been overwhelming office staff at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, it was revealed yesterday, reports Daily Sports.
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“ニッポンの嵐 (Nippon no Arashi)” is an A4 sized, 200 colour page textbook that has been distributed over all of Japan’s primary, junior, and high schools.Inside, photos of Arashi members are splashed everywhere as they visit different locations within the country, introducing the local culture.
The book was originally planned to be released publicly, but after the group was named as tourism navigators in April, plans were changed into making it a free school textbook. On September 1, two copies of the book were donated to each of the country’s 40,000 or so schools, totaling more than 80,000 books.
Since then, the Ministry’s office staff have been flooded with calls from fans trying to get a copy of the book. Enough that the Ministry had to send a press release to media outlets outlining the book’s details.
Arashi’s Satoshi Ohno (29) had commented about what he and the group hope the book would become.
“We were thinking that if would be great if everyone could read this in their school library in the years to come, but now we have been motivated to donate the book.
“The books you read as a child in your library will stay inside of you forever. From the bottom of our hearts, we hope that many children in this generation and the next will read and enjoy this textbook,” he said.
There is no doubt that this school-library-only book will be the center of attention in many schools across the country.
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I reaaaallly want that book too. I even went looking for it at kino :X!
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Date: 2010-09-11 09:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-11 10:39 pm (UTC)ME TOO!!
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Date: 2010-09-11 11:48 pm (UTC)but im kind of glad i didnt find it on auction, since that would have meant someone stole it from a school and those poor kids =[ haha
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Date: 2010-09-11 11:59 pm (UTC)*bricked*
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Date: 2010-09-12 12:03 am (UTC)*bricked next to you*
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Date: 2010-09-11 09:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-11 10:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-11 11:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-12 12:24 am (UTC)All will be happy if they sell the book to the public and have the proceeds to go to schools. :)
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Date: 2010-09-11 10:33 pm (UTC)If someone has infos about it...please tell me!!!XD
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Date: 2010-09-12 12:37 am (UTC)But my students have probably already stolen them. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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Date: 2010-09-12 01:53 am (UTC)I really really want this book so bad. D:!
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Date: 2010-09-12 03:42 am (UTC)I have so many students who love ARASHI so i won't be surprised that they've already secretly cut out the pictures. LOL
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Date: 2010-09-12 06:34 am (UTC)Is it even a good idea asking them to do this? I mean, more people are interested in their pictures than the information in it! :P!
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Date: 2010-09-13 01:25 am (UTC)But the school's library is always locked ><
I guess I'll have to wait until I get to my smaller school. I often have classes with the students in the library. LOL
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Date: 2010-09-12 01:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-12 02:12 am (UTC)i wonder if there are any students who are snatching to borrow the book
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Date: 2010-09-12 02:45 am (UTC)i wish i'm a japanese schoolgirl~
i'm sure i'll go to school mainichi!!
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Date: 2010-09-12 02:57 am (UTC)The book will have really high borrowing rates in the libraries.
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Date: 2010-09-12 03:10 am (UTC)It has Ohno exploring the art culture of Japan
Aiba explores how the elderly and disabled live in Japan
Matsumoto explores the islands of Japan
Sakurai explores traditional food and how tea is grown
Ninomiya goes to Nintendo's headquarters and talks with Miyazaki Hayao
And in between each section they have various facts about Japan like information on national holidays, traditional Japanese food, and information on each prefecture.
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Date: 2010-09-12 10:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-12 03:30 am (UTC)but i really want one written in English :p since this is to spread Japanese culture, why dont they release an International version lol (because I dont understand Japanese :-<)
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Date: 2010-09-12 03:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-12 04:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-12 05:37 am (UTC)A lot of schools are afraid that students will borrow the book and it will never return so I heard that they are keeping the book in the staff rooms, or only allowing the kids to read the book in the library but not take it out.
The Japanese in the book is quite difficult for elementary school children, and maybe even some jr. high students, too. But I think that the kids, like me, will just enjoy flipping through the awesome pictures.
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Date: 2010-09-12 06:31 am (UTC)But still, some kids are really cunning. :P
Arghh. They really should sell the book and use the money for funds!! :\
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Date: 2010-09-13 01:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-12 06:17 am (UTC)But still, more than introducing the culture to its own people, for those visiting Japan, it would be nice to see this too for those overseas O.O. LOL, just a thought.
Thanks for sharing this!
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Date: 2010-09-12 08:50 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-09-12 11:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-12 12:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-12 03:21 pm (UTC)so does this mean they're releasing it for public sale? :D
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Date: 2010-09-12 04:04 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-09-13 12:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-13 12:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-14 07:30 am (UTC)they should published it~~
someone borrow it from the lib and scan it xD
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Date: 2010-09-15 09:05 am (UTC)didnt even knew about this ! T___T
im like gonna email my japanese highschlers and check if they do recieved!!
I want 1 too!!! they got it for free?! then we buy!! T_T
ehhhhh Yeah!! they should just sold it to the public(FANGIRLS) and let the proceeds go into the charity,and that they will be happy and so do we !!haha!