Stumbled upon this interesting art project and thought I'd share. Artist
Yoriko Yoshida has created an
Illustrated Alphabet of Japan - here's an excerpt:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIrgInQY5Au7Q6TT1DW-YeADhNKbNTSfPu4nnsHq5bKNJ5RKuPA6XDpzkLQ1HAGGuS4qCqBRVrNtLjn8UR2c0hr8c9DEXJ3aVW3l8Tu8lEKCG48nSx1fV1Hg6vU9YOIf3Yo7lenjA5taK1/s640/yoshida_d.jpg) |
D is for Dashi |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGgSe6haH1sb2llAVYG4ft_vF6BCpHFg78iL4uExwinl-a1jBczgA07etT_q9TX_xLamAqaqEkfDrR6_pfu5dHDIhTBAVFMvAcV9PVlQ0ltCiGWE9XdHlpcCk2ayT7sxEBls6JwPEsSMTJ/s640/yoshida_f.jpg) |
F is for Futon |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ35kw4UYFfPwSUiaMXh2A1FuxFi_ygrWPgc1CJQegClve52JTVQP3u5v2A5L-vdHYtwkAs7Lgt8XSfFsrTLgzCNaqEbOvtlVGxb54I3Hpe806JlcCAQprjUzKV_icYjHLn6EXVMUlIED0/s640/yoshida_k.jpg) |
K is for Karaoke |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRyZt3y9vdv-iJig5rLxkWPnjHAJjNSqLcTabiVNyX1RHVpwwjVxJXWAY_MQMLWJtie0c4qEXOFdKNNL6trAhZMd27pzDB85A5rVLBjuTpg0Z2_PYcosV2_g9sPCO8zHKw745L3KTwolpw/s640/yoshida_o.jpg) |
O is for Origami |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis9ozELjk6ARg1Ee6mf8s3KhFk_LmDpRARKCu-Z0eyAT58h1DpeIHImrUY9Ir-SpgSer0XlSxlV9Q4pSB5ve1m2MXt8ZhqRB5xQmIYyUt00hYFmoi5GO4iBetIl2bOSJ5M6ItSoL07P03o/s640/yoshida_s.jpg) |
S is for Soba |
What words or things come to mind when you think of Japan?