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Cultural Items for Loan
Costumes and Other Goods
Costumes: Women/men’s yukata, geta and happi
Plastic Food: tempura, sashimi, gyudon, oden, curry rice, oyakodon, yakizakana, somen, ika, tonkatsu and yakitori
Traditional toys: otedama, kendama, bidama, take-tonbo, kami-fusen, sugoroku-kon, koma, take-bokkuri, itodenwa, daruma-otoshi and mange-kyo
Kamishibai:
Japanese: つるのおんがえし、こぶとり爺さん、桃太郎、さるかにがっせん、浦島太郎、はなさかじじい、ぶんぶんくちゃがま、したきりすずめ、かぐやひめ、かちかちやま、かさじぞう、おむすびころりん、いっすんぼうし、おにとおひゃくしょうさん（せつぶん）、おひなさまになったにんぎょう（ひなまつり）、こいのぼりさんありがとう（こどもの日）、くつしたのなかのプレゼント（クリスマス）、あまのがわにかかるはし（七夕）、としがみさまとおしょうがつ（お正月）
Japanese with English Translations: How the Years Were Named, The Tongue-Cut Sparrow, The Dragon Tears, Momotaro, Issun-boshi, Urashima Taro, The Bamboo Princess, The Ogre Who Sank to the Bottom of the Sea, How the Witch Was Eaten Up, and Kasa Jizo
Decorations: Fans, koi-nobori and lanterns
Publications
Pamphlets:
Your Guide to Japan: Travel information about various regions of Japan (Japan National Tourist Organization)
What I Want to Know about Japan: Brief answers to questions asked about Japan by American junior high school students (Japan Information Center, Consulate-General of Japan at New York)
Explore Japan: General information about Japan for children (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan)
The Japan Book: A broad overview of Japanese culture and society with topics such as history, government, diplomacy, economy, society and culture (Kodansha International)
Nipponia: http://web-japan.org/nipponia/archives/en/index.html
Maps: Tourist maps of Japan, Tokyo and Kyoto/Nara, wall maps of Japan (limited supply), and A4 size maps of Japan
Posters: