ツキノワグマ
Japanese Black Bear
Tsukinowaguma
The white crescent on its chest is its signature marking — and the source of its Japanese name, Tsukinowaguma, which literally means "moon-ring bear" (tsuki = moon, wa = ring, kuma = bear).
✓ spotted
Six Cat Studios · World Nature Series
I Slipped
on a Poo!
うんちで すべった！
A bilingual English/Japanese wildlife picture book for ages 8+, with a companion Explorer Notebook and a ready-made Field Kit. Kintaro meets 13 of Japan's animals through their tracks, scat and habitats: an easy hand-sell for bookshops, a natural fit for libraries, schools and zoo shops.
Ages 8+Bilingual JP / EN10 × 10 in, 48pp
"Watch your step."
足跡には物語がある。
Who we supply
Built for trade buyers in Hong Kong & Japan
Hong Kong bookshops
香港の書店
Bilingual stock for families raising children with English and Japanese. Consignment considered for independents.
Japanese bookshops
日本の書店様
English/Japanese side by side: a picture book for international and bilingual families.
Distributors
取次・卸売
A launch title plus a ten-country World Nature Series. Specs and terms on request.
Libraries & schools
図書館・学校
Bulk copies with notebooks for nature journaling and classroom observation activities.
Zoos & nature centres
動物園・自然施設
Gift-shop ready: real Japanese wildlife, tracks and scat, and a notebook visitors use on site.
Look inside
Sample spreads
Page 12 — First sighting on the Tanigawa trail
12ページ — 谷川岳での初めての出会い
Page 13 — A naturalist's first clue
13ページ — 自然観察者の最初の手がかり
Back cover — Kintaro's adventure
裏表紙 — キンタロウの冒険
Meet the cast
Thirteen animals to spot
出会う十三の生き物
Hover a card to read Kintaro's field note. Every animal in the book is one you might genuinely meet on a Japanese trail.
キツネ
Japanese Red Fox
Kitsune
Sacred messenger of Inari. Look for paw-prints in fresh snow.
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イノシシ
Japanese Wild Boar
Inoshishi
Striped piglets are called 'uri-bō' — little melon-children.
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アオダイショウ
Japanese Rat Snake
Aodaishō
Japan's largest snake — a gentle climber that keeps farmhouses mouse-free.
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タヌキ
Japanese Badger (Tanuki)
Tanuki
A real raccoon-dog — and a shape-shifting trickster in old folklore.
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ヤマネ
Japanese Dormouse
Yamane
A palm-sized 'living fossil' that sleeps the whole winter curled in a ball.
✓ spotted
アマミノクロウサギ
Amami Rabbit
Amami-no-kuro-usagi
A dark, short-eared rabbit found only on two southern islands — barely changed in millions of years.
✓ spotted
アマミトゲネズミ
Amami Spiny Rat
Amami-toge-nezumi
Endemic to Amami Ōshima — and famous for having no Y chromosome at all.
✓ spotted
ヒグマ
Hokkaido Brown Bear
Higuma
Japan's largest land animal. Walk noisy, sing loud — let the bear know you're there.
✓ spotted
ニホンカモシカ
Japanese Serow
Nihon-kamoshika
A goat-antelope that hasn't changed in two million years.
✓ spotted
ニホンジカ
Japanese Sika Deer
Nihonjika
Found bowing for crackers in Nara — and grazing wild across the mountains.
✓ spotted
ニホンザル
Japanese Macaque
Nihonzaru
The world's northernmost monkey. Famous for its winter hot-spring soaks.
✓ spotted
イリオモテヤマネコ
Iriomote Cat
Iriomote-yamaneko
A wild cat known from a single island — fewer than 100 remain in the forest.
✓ spotted
The Bundle
Kintaro's Field Kit
金太郎のフィールド・キット
The book + a printed companion field notebook + a Six Cat Studios Explorer Notebook, wrapped in a bilingual belly-band designed to be kept by the kid.
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お取引・見本のご依頼はお気軽にどうぞ
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