Tokyo Pop-Up Book: A Comic Adventure with Neko the Cat - A Manga Tour of Tokyo's most Famous Sights - from Asakusa to Mt. Fuji

(Hardback)

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Age range 4 to 8

This adventurous pop-up book for kids whisks you on a whirlwind tour of Tokyo's most famous landmarks!

Tokyo Pop-Up Book cleverly pairs cultural and geographical information with artful paper engineering and an exciting storyline. Follow Chico, a 13-year-old shutterbug, and his mischievous cat Neko as they travel to the world's largest city. It doesn't take long for things to go off course when Neko decides to do some sightseeing on her own! As the pair travels the twists and turns of Tokyo, they pass through unique sites, each with an action pop-up to discover:

• Asakusa Temple, an ancient Buddhist temple where their adventure begins
  
• The thriving shopping district above Akihabara Station
  
• A stadium where a rousing Sumo match is in progress
  
• Shinjuku Station, where riders are packed into trains by professional "pushers"
  
• The imposing Tokyo Skytree tower, the tallest structure in Japan, where poor Neko has a dizzying close call
  
• The base of iconic Mt. Fuji, where the adventure has its happy conclusion

Reviews

"Yet again, Sam Ita takes the pop-up book genre to a new dimension! His skillful blend of graphic story-telling and paper engineering makes Tokyo Pop-Up Book his most innovative and playful book yet." --Matthew Reinhart, author of Cinderella: A Pop-Up Fairy Tale and Star Wars: A Galactic Pop-Up Adventure
"the coolest book everEach full-page spread that follows shows a typical scene from Tokyofrom bright lights, to temples, a sumo match, train station, onsen, and moreSam Ita has done a very good job with the Tokyo Pop-Up Book, indeed, he is a paper engineer to design all the details and have so many pop-up elements on each page that truly shows Tokyo at its finest." --Castle View Academy blog
"If you enjoy pop-up books, you will love the scenes in this book. I was very impressed with the details and the vibrant scenes on each page. Plus, there are so many things to see throughout the book that it really is so much more than a book to read." --In Our Spare Time blog

Author Bio

Sam Ita studied graphic design at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn before following his passion for paper engineering. He draws inspiration from comics, origami, and machines, applying his craft to publishing, advertising, animation, display, and toy design. His pop-up book creations include Christmas Tree In-a-Box, The Odyssey, Moby Dick, and20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Frankenstein and his origami kits include Flying Dragons Paper Airplanes and Next Generation Airplanes Kit.