Oshibori Oshibori An or hot towel in English is a wet hand towel offered to customers in places such as restaurants or bars, and used to clean one's hands before eating. Oshibori has long been part of Hospitality Culture in Japan: in "The Tale of Genji" era it was used for visitors; during the Edo period it was used in Hatago (); later it started to be used in many restaurants. It eventually spread to worldwide use. Cold oshibori are used in summer, and hot oshibori in winter. In Japan, October 29 has been observed as the day of Oshibori since
Jimi's Book of Japanese: A Motivating Method to Learn Japanese Jimi's Book of Japanese: A Motivating Method to Learn Japanese Jimi's Book of Japanese: A Motivating Method to Learn Japanese is a multi-book series published by David Voggenthaler, written by Peter X. Takahashi with illustrations by Yumie Toka. Two of three planned books have been published to date. The collective series teaches basic Japanese through a patents-pending "Triple Bubble" method that incorporates reading, writing and pronunciation guidance in a series of interconnected bubbles. The first book, "Jimi's Book of Japanese: A Motivating Method to Learn Japanese (Hiragana)" (; ) teaches readers 46 basic Japanese Hiragana syllabary with more than 250