Anzu and Junpei, snowed into their rooms, seem almost as if they have nothing to do.

But, with talk of ink, in the blink of an eye, can a cat learn calligraphy? He won’t know if he doesn’t try!



Snow Shodou is the next book in the Sushi Chef Neko series by Indigo East. This book introduces Japanese vocabulary words in a fun way that anyone from children to adults can enjoy using loveable characters, visually compelling artwork, lighthearted storytelling, and integrated Japanese writing while introducing readers to the art of Japanese calligraphy.



This book includes educational supplementary reading materials and activities with even more artwork! This material introduces how Japanese is written and spoken along with useful phrases and a picture dictionary of vocabulary from the book.Readers can write kanji with stroke-guided activities. And,there are invaluable kana charts of 146 characters total, including wi, we, and dakuten/handakuten.