[Sapporo Guy]

Mitsukoshi is great to get into, however, I hate to say this but here in town that department store is more into cosmetics/older ladies apparel.

Have you gotten into any magazines?
Do you have a lineup for girls? The G9Girl name sounds like it would sell well over here.

I've downloaded the pdfs and plan to print them out ... however, I think colors are going to be a problem.

As for a book, that is actually along more of my line of work. Currently in Japan (and many parts of Asia) publishers and education material providers have missed the boat. They target EFL/ESL and have no clue what a student needs in this country. So, in short, the market is wide open to a line of books that can be targeted to the English conversation crowd and more than likely the early learners. However, even Dr. Suess and Bernstein Bears just don't do it either....

My background here in Japan is children's education, English, and some other side things I did for fun.