Cyber Book Cafe

Access and Participation

When is it open?

You can count on virtual coffee and tea 24-7 at the Carlock Book Café website. Smell the virtual aroma of coffee, books and culture. But you can also the visit the physical library once a month as well and you never know what fantastic books or topics you'll find! We will bring you something unique to this site and open house monthly. So make the Carlock Cyber Book Café a place you visit virtually often.

Directions to the Japanese Book Library and Carlock Book Cafe in Illinois

Cyber Book Cafe

August 2010

Check this month's offerings in the
Flavor of the Month. You'll find cream
and sugar there, (interviews and other topics)!

Welcome

Japanese version click here

The Carlock Book Café カーロック・ブック・カフェ

consists of a cyber book café サイバー・ブック・カフェ (this website) and a physical Japanese library 私設日本語図書. The cyber café provides insights into Japanese culture, and a gathering place for Japan oriented “Nihon-kei”「日本系」people. (An explanation of “Nihon-kei follows below.) This cyber café is filled with book reviews, art displays, and a bilingual バイリンガル blog.
The physical Japanese library is located in Central Illinois (Directions links is to the left) and holds some 2800 books, and is open to the public once a month. Please check the calendar on the café page (click the cup icon above) for the open house dates.
Founded by Chizuko Tsukamoto Jaggard ジャガード塚本千津子 with technical and other assistance from Peter Grabas.

FYI:
[私設図書＝private library]
[日本語図書＝Japanese library]
[ブックカフェ＝book café]

The Carlock Japanese Book Library and Café!

Welcome to the Carlock Book Café!. This is a Japan-related (Nihon-kei), cyber café, annexed to a privately owned physical Japanese library located in Carlock, Illinois. I take the liberty of using the word Nihon-kei as being related with Japan in one way or another. Whether you are Japanese or Japanese descent, interested in Japanese culture, studying Japanese, practicing judo or kendo, have hosted a Japanese student, or what have you, you are all Nihon-kei by my definition.

May I suggest that you take a look at the Café Menu first!
The Café Menu (click on the cup icon above) It will provide you with a monthly topic and information such as guest interviews, insights into Japanese life, society, history and events of interest we call Cream and Sugar (and other surprises to come).

The Cyber Library section (click the books above), you'll find access to the catalog of 2800 books, book reviews by Café's members, membership information, search tips, New Book Arrivals to the library, and more.

The Blog (click the blue icon) is available for viewing by all (but you have to be a member to post) where you can exchange your opinions and information on a broad range of subjects, and get to meet fascinating people. You can use either English or Japanese in the blog since this is a bi-lingual site.

Our Calendar (you will see it on the other site pages) has the physical library open house dates in Carlock, Illinois as well as other events and some interesting dates that relate to Japanese culture.

The Art Page (you will see it on the other site pages as well) will introduce you to Nihon-kei artists in broad genres. We will feature an artist every month or so (to all Nihon-kei writers, singers, and performers--don't be daunted by the brush icon, contact us to be displayed).

For those who live within a driving range of Carlock, Illinois, a privately owned library with some 3200 Japanese books is available for visitation and conversation, since we host coffee and tea. You can check books out free of charge. Please visit the Library section for details and check the calendar for dates.

I am obliged to Peter (He is also our featured artist), who designed the Carlock Book Café logo, and constructed the site. This logo depicts my thoughts on the Carlock Book Café in a precise graphic manner. The red circle represents the cyber book Café, where Nihon-kei people gather, exchange information, and interact within and outside the sphere. Their potential is boundless, or infinity.

Chizuko Jaggard

Owner of the Carlock Book Café


Bookcases are in great, would you consider donating them to the Carlok Book Café? Please contact Chizuko by email:
webmeisterATcarlockbookcafe.org.

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If your broweser won't display Japanese text

contact us and we'll tell you how to set your brower to display the text. Thanks.


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