Mottainai Bāsan

Mottainai Bāsan (もったいないばあさん; English-Japanese and English-Hindi bilingual editions published under the translated title Mottainai Grandma, and also known as The Waste-Not-Want-Not Grandmother[1] or No-Waste Grandma[2]) is the first book from the "Mottainai Grandma" series written by Japanese author Mariko Shinju. The book was published in 2004. The Japanese word mottainai means "don't be wasteful" or "what a waste!"[3]

Mottainai Grandma
AuthorMariko Shinju
Original titleもったいないばあさん
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
PublisherKodansha
Publication date
2004
Websitehttp://mottainai.com/e/

On January 13, 2018, it was released in Hindi and English translation in New Delhi, India, by the Japan International Cooperation Agency.[4] An earlier Japanese-English bilingual edition (pictured) was published by Kodansha in November 2005.

Shinju started having ideas about writing the book while trying to explain wastefulness to her child.[5]

References
  1. https://guidebookstgc.snagfilms.com/8332_Japan.pdf
  2. Siniawer, Eiko Maruko (2014). ""Affluence of the Heart": Wastefulness and the Search for Meaning in Millennial Japan". The Journal of Asian Studies. 73 (1): 165–186. doi:10.1017/S0021911813001745. JSTOR 43553399.
  3. "Mottainai Grandma Reminds Japan, 'Don't Waste'". NPR.org.
  4. "Waste-battling 'Mottainai Grandma' book gets Hindi, English launch in India". Mainichi Daily News. 15 January 2018.
  5. "Mottainai! "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" Gets Ethical in Japan and Beyond".


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