The Sushi Catalogue App Now Available on App Store
A delicious and useful application for the iPhone and iPod touch
From Shogakukan
San Francisco, CA, October 1, 2009 –Shogakukan, Inc., one of the largest publishing houses in Japan, today announced The Sushi Catalogue App is now available on the App Store. The Sushi Catalogue App is a unique culinary companion for the Japanese cuisine and sushi lover, which depicts 80 different kinds of traditional Japanese sushi that are fully explained, cross-referenced and illustrated.
Whether going on an overseas trip to Japan or just down the street to the local sushi bar, The Sushi Catalogue is a useful companion for iPhone and iPod touch users,” says Mr. Yamamoto, Producer of The Sushi Catalogue, Shogakukan “The Sushi Catalogue has it all and presents information in an easy-to-reference way giving people informative and fun ways to understand and interact with these unique traditions.”
The fun app makes it easy for iPhone and iPod touch users to access a variety of sushi dishes and sub-categories like different types of toppings and seasonal availabilities, as well as variations on traditional preparation and presentations. Viewing a particular sushi dish in landscape mode enlarges the image; sliding the screen to the left or right switches the view to other entries.
For two weeks only, beginning today through October 15th, Shogakukan will give iPhone and iPod touch users a special 50% discount for this fun sushi guide application. The Sushi Catalogue complements other handy Shogakukan apps for the iPhone and iPod touch, including the Daijisen Japanese-Japanese Dictionary, which contains 230,000 entries, derived terms, phrases and The Pocket Progressive English-Japanese Japanese-English Dictionary. The Daijisen Dictionary App is a useful tool for studying the Japanese language and makes it possible to search for many terms, including the latest buzzwords and recently added vernacular, quickly and effortlessly. The app also has an entertaining 8x8 crossword puzzle game with hints given in Japanese.
The Sushi Catalogue App is available for $4.99 from the App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at HYPERLINK "http://www.itunes.com/appstore/" www.itunes.com/appstore/.
About Shogakukan:
Shogakukan, Inc. was founded primarily as an educational publishing company. The company is one of the most comprehensive publishers in Japan with publications for all ages. The company publishes educational magazines for elementary school students at every academic level, as well as instructional manuals for schoolteachers in each school grade. Publications included picture books, illustrated dictionaries and encyclopedias. As one of Japan's largest publishers, Shogakukan publishes over 6,500 books per year and nearly 70 different magazines. It sells over 108 million comic books every year. Shogakukan publishes a variety of books including children's books, dictionaries, encyclopedias, geography, literature, art, education, medicine, photography, paperback, gardening and works of history of folklore. Many Shogakukan comic originals such as Doraemon have been produced into anime. The company sells its own original videos and DVDs and through Shogakukan Production (Sho-Pro), it produces successful animated films based on their original comics. The company works with numerous publishing partners including Garzanti (Italy), Commercial Press (Beijing), and F.A. Brockhouse (Germany), among others. For more information please visit www.Shogakukan.co.jp/english.
From Shogakukan
San Francisco, CA, October 1, 2009 –Shogakukan, Inc., one of the largest publishing houses in Japan, today announced The Sushi Catalogue App is now available on the App Store. The Sushi Catalogue App is a unique culinary companion for the Japanese cuisine and sushi lover, which depicts 80 different kinds of traditional Japanese sushi that are fully explained, cross-referenced and illustrated.
Whether going on an overseas trip to Japan or just down the street to the local sushi bar, The Sushi Catalogue is a useful companion for iPhone and iPod touch users,” says Mr. Yamamoto, Producer of The Sushi Catalogue, Shogakukan “The Sushi Catalogue has it all and presents information in an easy-to-reference way giving people informative and fun ways to understand and interact with these unique traditions.”
The fun app makes it easy for iPhone and iPod touch users to access a variety of sushi dishes and sub-categories like different types of toppings and seasonal availabilities, as well as variations on traditional preparation and presentations. Viewing a particular sushi dish in landscape mode enlarges the image; sliding the screen to the left or right switches the view to other entries.
For two weeks only, beginning today through October 15th, Shogakukan will give iPhone and iPod touch users a special 50% discount for this fun sushi guide application. The Sushi Catalogue complements other handy Shogakukan apps for the iPhone and iPod touch, including the Daijisen Japanese-Japanese Dictionary, which contains 230,000 entries, derived terms, phrases and The Pocket Progressive English-Japanese Japanese-English Dictionary. The Daijisen Dictionary App is a useful tool for studying the Japanese language and makes it possible to search for many terms, including the latest buzzwords and recently added vernacular, quickly and effortlessly. The app also has an entertaining 8x8 crossword puzzle game with hints given in Japanese.
The Sushi Catalogue App is available for $4.99 from the App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at HYPERLINK "http://www.itunes.com/appstore/" www.itunes.com/appstore/.
About Shogakukan:
Shogakukan, Inc. was founded primarily as an educational publishing company. The company is one of the most comprehensive publishers in Japan with publications for all ages. The company publishes educational magazines for elementary school students at every academic level, as well as instructional manuals for schoolteachers in each school grade. Publications included picture books, illustrated dictionaries and encyclopedias. As one of Japan's largest publishers, Shogakukan publishes over 6,500 books per year and nearly 70 different magazines. It sells over 108 million comic books every year. Shogakukan publishes a variety of books including children's books, dictionaries, encyclopedias, geography, literature, art, education, medicine, photography, paperback, gardening and works of history of folklore. Many Shogakukan comic originals such as Doraemon have been produced into anime. The company sells its own original videos and DVDs and through Shogakukan Production (Sho-Pro), it produces successful animated films based on their original comics. The company works with numerous publishing partners including Garzanti (Italy), Commercial Press (Beijing), and F.A. Brockhouse (Germany), among others. For more information please visit www.Shogakukan.co.jp/english.
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