Last Updated：2022/12/24
Japanese is traditionally written downwards (tategaki) and you begin reading from the top right of a page. This means that books are opened from what we would consider to be the back. Nowadays, however, books, newspapers and magazines are often written western style, in horizontal lines (yokogaki) from left to right and, in these cases, the book is opened from our (western) understanding of the front.
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Japanese
is
traditionally
written
downwards
(tategaki)
and
you
begin
reading
from
the
top
right
of
a
page.
This
means
that
books
are
opened
from
what
we
would
consider
to
be
the
back.
Nowadays,
however,
books,
newspapers
and
magazines
are
often
written
western
style,
in
horizontal
lines
(yokogaki)
from
left
to
right
and,
in
these
cases,
the
book
is
opened
from
our
(western)
understanding
of
the
front.
