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Meshi: A personal history of Japanese food
Author: Katherine Tamiko Arguile Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 For Katherine Tamiko Arguile, the Japanese food her mother cooked was a portal to a part of her that sometimes...
The Way of the Samurai
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Author: Inazo Nitobe Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: This classic text by Inazo Nitobe defining the moral code of the warrior class or Samurai has had a huge...
Dorodango: The Japanese Art of Making Mud Balls
Author: Bruce Gardner Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 The exquisite Japanese hikaru dorodango, or shiny mud ball, is created by rolling earth by hand into a perfect sphere and...
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
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Memoirs of a Geisha: The Literary Sensation and Runaway Bestseller
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Days at the Morisaki Bookshop: The perfect book to curl up with - for
Hidden in Jimbocho, Tokyo is a booklover's paradise. On a quiet corner in an old wooden building lies a shop filled with hundreds of second-hand books.Twenty-five-year-old Takako has never liked...
The Full Moon Coffee Shop
A TALE OF CATS, CAKES AND ASTROLOGY FOR READERS OF BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD Humans are stars in their own right, Mizuki. Every one of them. THE #1 INTERNATIONALLY...
The Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop
For fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold , What You Are Looking for Is In the Library , and Days at the Morisaki Bookshop comes an enchanting novel that...
The Doctor of Hiroshima: His heart-breaking and inspiring true life
With what this poor woman had been through the sight of her crying tore at my heartstrings. What if something should happen to her; who would care for her little...
The Memory Police
A compelling and surreal, Orwellian mystery by one of Japan's greatest writers. Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2020, an enthralling Orwellian novel about the terrors of state surveillance from...
The Snow Ghost and Other Tales: Classic Japanese Ghost Stories
A spine-tinglingly beautiful hardback collection of some of Japan's scariest yet still compelling classic ghost stories Enter the haunted world of Ancient Japan in this spine-tingling collection of ghostly tales...
The Art of Japanese Joinery
The classic text on Japanese joinery and carpentry, filled with detailed photographs and illustrative drawings. The classic text on Japanese joinery and carpentry, filled with detailed photographs and illustrative drawings....
Shinto: The Kami Spirit World of Japan
Author: Sokyo OnoFormat: Paperback, 130mm x 203mm, 144 pagesPublished: Tuttle Publishing, United States, 2024Japanese Shinto is the simple belief that the divine dwells in all things around us!Shinto: The Japanese...
Earthlings
Author: Sayaka Murata Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Natsuki isn't like the other girls. She has a wand and a transformation mirror. She might be a witch, or an...
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying: A simple, effective way to banish clutter forever
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Off the Beaten Tracks in Japan: A Journey by Train from Hokkaido to Kyushu
Author: John DougillFormat: Paperback, 152mm x 229mm, 308 pagesPublished: Stone Bridge Press, United States, 2023Observations on the people, culture, and history of Japan from a long-time resident riding the rails...
Night Train to the Stars: beloved, enigmatic Japanese folk tales
Dark and whimsical tales from one of Japan's most beloved early twentieth-century writers Japanese fairy tales - enchanting, enigmatic stories of animals, human beings and the great natural world. Dark...
Another Kyoto
An evocative, definitive work on Kyoto, the most beautiful city in Japan Another Kyoto is a matchless guide to a great city, It is the fruit of Alex Kerr's half-century...
101 Whiskies to Try Before You Die (5th edition)
Fifth edition, fully revised and updated.'something of an institution ... We highly recommend you get a copy for its amusing tone, on-the-nose criticism and Buxton's unerring nose for value' Master...
Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Woman's Life in Nineteenth-Century Japan
Author: Amy Stanley Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 A groundbreaking new history of Edo, now modern-day Tokyo, that will change our understanding of Japanese history, placing women's...
Hiroshima
A landmark work of nonfiction and the definitive account of nuclear devastation The explosion over Hiroshima of the first nuclear bomb reduced, in an instant, an entire city to rubble...
Hojoki: A Buddhist Reflection on Solitude: Imperfection and Transcendence - Bilingual English and Japanese Texts with Free Online Audio Recordings
Author: Kamo no Chomei Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 Discover the tranquil wisdom of Chomei's 13th-century masterpiece, Hojoki, as it unveils the beauty of imperfection and the serenity of...
The Ikigai Journey: A Practical Guide to Finding Happiness and Purpose the Japanese Way
Author: Hector Garcia Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Ikigai is the place where our passion (what we love), mission (what we hope to contribute), vocation (the gifts we have...
Abroad in Japan
The hilarious number one bestselling memoir from YouTube sensation Chris Broad, a Brit trying assimilate into life in Japan as he unravels the wonders and eccentricities of one of the...
Vintage Kimono Gift Wrapping Papers - 12 sheets: 6 illustrations from
These fine-quality sheets feature 6 prints inspired by 1900's Vintage Kimono fabric patterns. These papers are suitable for craft projects as well as for gift wrapping. The variety of designs...
Vanishing World
"Normality is the creepiest madness there is..." From the author of the bestselling literary sensations Convenience Store Woman and Earthlings comes a surprising and highly imaginative story set in a...
Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life
The international phenomenon- discover ikigai, the Japanese secret to a long and happy life from the world's longest living people. THE INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON 'A practical guide to seeking a long,...
Mornings With My Cat Mii
A beloved Japanese modern classic that chronicles the author's twenty-year bond with her cat, meditating on solitude, independence, companionship, the writing life, and how cats can change our lives. The...
Tokyo Express
A perfectly plotted, cosy detective story from Seicho Matsumoto, Japan's master of mystery In a rocky cove in the bay of Hakata, the bodies of a young and beautiful couple...
Men Without Women: FEATURING THE SHORT STORY THAT INSPIRED OSCAR-
A dazzling new collection of short stories from the international phenomenon, Haruki Murakami *PRE-ORDER HARUKI MURAKAMI'S NEW NOVEL, THE CITY AND ITS UNCERTAIN WALLS, NOW* A dazzling Sunday Times bestselling...
Learn to Draw Exciting Anime & Manga Characters: Lessons from 100 Professional Japanese Illustrators
Author: Sideranch Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 216 This complete guide provides lessons and insights from 100 professional artists! Imagine an art class taught by 100 professional Japanese manga and...
No Longer Human: A New Translation
Author: Osamu Dazai Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 160 'Dazai's brand of egoistic pessimism dovetails organically with the emo chic of this cultural moment and with the inner lives of...
Absolutely on Music: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa
An intimate conversation about music and creativity, between the internationally bestselling writer Haruki Murakami and world-class conductor, Seiji Ozawa. An intimate conversation about music and creativity, between the internationally bestselling...
Your Bright Future: 12 Contemporary Artists from Korea
In the past two decades, there have been major developments in Korean art, as the country has opened up under the influence of globalization. This unprecedented book focuses on the...
Red & Gold Gift Wrapping Papers - 12 Sheets: 18 x 24 inch (45 x 61 cm)
These fine-quality tear-out wrapping sheets feature twelve red and gold patterns, suitable for craft projects as well as for gift wrapping. Plus, these patterns have been printed with real gold...
Mina's Matchbox
Author: Yoko OgawaFormat: Paperback, 136mm x 216mm, 287g, 288 pagesPublished: Vintage Publishing, United Kingdom, 2024A story of friendship and family secrets in 1970s Japan, from the prizewinning author of The...
Japan's War: Hirohito's Holy War Against the West
'A superbly revealing account of a dreadful and profoundly sad war' ALASTAIR CAMPBELL 'T his extraordinary book gives us a unique insight into why and how Japan fought such an...
Hokusai Prints Sticker Book: A Collection of Over 160 Removable Color
The 160 vibrant stickers in this book span the full range of Hokusai's subjects from serene landscapes and intricate nature studies to lively scenes of Kabuki actors, Samurai in battle...
A Lady in Kyoto
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books All moonlight is moving, wherever it may be... Japanese gentlewoman Sei Shonagon invites us to look behind the painted screens in...
Japanese Tales of Fantasy and Folklore
Author: Various Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 Supernatural tales from the most famous anthology in all of Japanese literature! The Konjaku Monogatari Shu is a collection of tales from...
Kokoro
In this melancholy and delicately written Japanese classic, a student befriends a reclusive elder at a beach resort, who he calls Sensei. As the two grow closer, Sensei remains unwilling...
The Elephant Vanishes
A dizzying collection that displays Murakami's genius for uncovering the surreal in the everyday, the extraordinary within the ordinary *PRE-ORDER HARUKI MURAKAMI'S NEW NOVEL, THE CITY AND ITS UNCERTAIN WALLS,...
Death on Gokumon Island
'[ Death on Gokumon Island ] is perfect summer fun' - Anthony Horowitz Kosuke Kindaichi arrives on the remote Gokumon Island bearing tragic news - the son of one of...
The Mill House Murders
Every year, a small group of acquaintances pay a visit to the remote, castle-like Mill House, home to the reclusive Fujinuma Kiichi, son of a famous artist, who has lived...
The Honjin Murders
'The Japanese Agatha Christie' Sarah Cox, on BBC2's Between the Covers 'The master of ingenious plotting' Guardian 'Dazzling' New York Times ______ FROM THE FATHER OF JAPANESE CRIME _____ In...
The Ultimate Guide to Japanese Yokai: Ghosts, Demons, Monsters and
Mysterious demons, ghosts and monsters have haunted Japan for centuries! The Ultimate Guide to Japanese Yokai presents 100 of the strangest creatures you have ever seen - from evil demons...
Super-Frog Saves Tokyo
'What you see with your eyes is not necessarily real' A lavishly illustrated edition of Murakami's classic short story. 'What you see with your eyes is not necessarily real.' A...
A History of Japan: Revised Edition
In this newly revised edition of their classic work, Mason and Caiger trace the enthralling evolution of modern Japan from its early pre-history through the post-Cold War period to the...