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Hiragana Times - bodhisamaya - 2010-07-05
Has anyone purchased this magazine in the Kansai area? I read on their website last month that it sells at "medium sized bookstores" in Japan, but I have yet to see one at any bookstore I have been to in Kyoto or Osaka. I sent them an email, but it was never returned.
Hiragana Times - chamcham - 2010-07-05
In the usa, it's sold at kinokuniya. Call your local kinokuniya and have them confirm that they have some in stock.
To be honest, I prefer the electronic PDF version. You can copy/paste text from the PDF. So it's more convenient for me.
Hiragana Times - bodhisamaya - 2010-07-05
Thanks Chamcham.
I'll probably subscribe in a few months to the PDF, but I was just looking to read a copy on the train for now.
Hiragana Times - caivano - 2010-07-05
If you go to the biggest bookstore in those cities they should have it. They have it the my local big library too. It's pretty boring tho imo, I didn't get very far through it. I much prefer reading a normal Japanese music / TV / fashion magazine even if it's not so easy.
Hiragana Times - chamcham - 2010-07-05
bodhisamaya Wrote:Thanks Chamcham.Here is a sample page from the latest issue:
I'll probably subscribe in a few months to the PDF, but I was just looking to read a copy on the train for now.
http://www.hiraganatimes.com/hp/magazine/sample/p008.pdf
The story is about e-moji (the funny faces and pictures people use
in keitai messages).
Hiragana Times - kainzero - 2010-07-06
I actually purchased a subscription to the paper version.
It just makes me feel dumb though. I am so behind in everything. -_-;
Hiragana Times - Tzadeck - 2010-07-06
bodhisamaya Wrote:I have yet to see one at any bookstore I have been to in Kyoto or Osaka.They sell it at one of the Jukundo in Kyoto. In the BAL building on Kawaramachi (between Sanjo and Shijo), the Jukundo is the top four floors. It's on whatever floor has the foreign books, which I believe is second to last. You can use Google maps to find exactly where the BAL building is easily.
Edit: I warn that I haven't checked in a few months. I used to buy Kansai Time Out before they stopped writing it, and since then I don't look at that section anymore.
Hiragana Times - bodhisamaya - 2010-07-23
Thanks Tzadeck. I just bought it at the Shijou branch on the 5th floor. That is a huge bookstore. Strangely enough, the retail price for one magazine is cheaper than for a full year's subscription. Not sure why the internet subscription price is so much more overseas than if you subscribe in Japan either.
Hiragana Times - chamcham - 2010-07-23
bodhisamaya Wrote:Thanks Tzadeck. I just bought it at the Shijou branch on the 5th floor. That is a huge bookstore. Strangely enough, the retail price for one magazine is cheaper than for a full year's subscription. Not sure why the internet subscription price is so much more overseas than if you subscribe in Japan either.Shipping?
Hiragana Times - bodhisamaya - 2010-07-23
I mean subscribing to read articles on the internet. If you buy a year membership in Japan, it is 6,000yen. If you live overseas, it is 10,000yen.
Hiragana Times - rrrrrray - 2010-07-26
Will I be able to read previous issues if I subscribe online? Does anyone know?
Hiragana Times - bodhisamaya - 2010-07-27
I don't have a subscription, but it looks like they select only a few articles from each issue for the archive section.
Hiragana Times - rrrrrray - 2010-07-27
That's kind of what I read from the website too. =(
Wish there is some place where we could read all the published issues..
Hiragana Times - bodhisamaya - 2010-07-30
I think it is because they sell ebooks and want readers to run out of material. The printed version now has romaji for many of the articles. Uggghhh!!
Hiragana Times - Aijin - 2010-08-03
Everyone probably already is aware, but just in case: Hiragana Times has a blog that includes short, simple posts about things in Japan. Perfect for beginners, as the posts are only a few sentences each, have pictures, and include hiragana, romaji, and a full kanji version. Even intermediate/advanced students might find the random information amusing despite the posts being such light reads.
http://www.hiraganatimes.com/hiragana_blog/
Hiragana Times - auxetoiles - 2010-08-04
I didn't know that, Aijin, and I'm a HT subscriber! Having said that, I just click the download link they email me each month, and never spend any more time on the site... It's basic Japanese, but good practice all the same.
Thanks for the tip ^_^
Hiragana Times - bodhisamaya - 2011-04-16
I sent them an email complaining about the big red romaji they have in their articles now, but got this reply:
HiraganaTimes Wrote:We receive many opinions about the pages. Some say kanji is not necessary or hiragana is not necessary. Each reader's Japanese level is different. So we provide all.It kind of blows my mind that they would tell me that my irritation at the recent romaji addition is comparable to anyone complaining about the inclusion of kanji, or hiragana considering the word is the title of their magazine.
I like their articles on Japanese culture so I have the online subscription, but the big red ugly romaji is sacrilegious to me and seems to be only for the purpose of filler.
Even if you don't read the magazine, it might be worth the effort to send them an email to make the literary world a more beautiful place. I don't think it would be too much of a hassle to have alternate online versions if they are set on keeping the romaji.
info@hiraganatimes.com
Hiragana Times - zigmonty - 2011-04-16
bodhisamaya Wrote:I sent them an email complaining about the big red romaji they have in their articles nowHoly crap that's hard to read... Can't they just give a version with kanji and furigana, a romaji version and a vocab list? Having it all inline like that just makes it impossible to read.
That story's pretty stupid too. In english if you say someone has "become a woman" it means something very different to what he intended...
Hiragana Times - bodhisamaya - 2011-04-17
zigmonty Wrote:Holy crap that's hard to read... Can't they just give a version with kanji and furigana, a romaji version and a vocab list? Having it all inline like that just makes it impossible to read.I would have preferred the furigana to be a little smaller before, but other than that, they took something that was really nice and "improved" it making it useless as a study tool. It wasn't too bright putting a boring piece as their sample page either.
Hiragana Times - rrrrrray - 2011-05-12
Hi bodhisamaya,
I looked at the Hiragana Times website and it seems like they have their own online digital reader. Are the monthly issue downloadable to our local computers as PDF?
Hiragana Times - Seamoby - 2011-05-12
The Hiragana Times magazine and blog look like nice resources for beginners like me.
Are there other other magazines similar to Hiragana Times?
Hiragana Times - bodhisamaya - 2011-05-28
As I mentioned earlier, the magazine has packed so much information (F-ing romaji!!!) into each sentence as to make it unreadable now. I still like the magazine as a teaching tool for English though and pay the 6,000yen/year for it so I can convert it to English grammar lessons.
For my own study, I edited the articles so the translations read sentence by sentence and posted them (only a few so far) on my blog so others could benefit. $10US/issue (1万円/年) is kind of steep for their online subscription, and I am not sure why there is a 40% surcharge for international accounts. So, if you have the Rikaichan add-on for Firefox (I didn't include furigana), you can read some of the articles here for free.
I don't know copyright rules very well, but because to me this is an improvement on the magazine and I am not profiting, and I am not including the furigana (Their name is "Hiragana Times"), I assume posting this will not cause problems for Fabrice.