Books on Japan

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...

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...

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...

Author: Tim Anderson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 In Ramen Forever, Tim Anderson shows you the way to enjoy delicious homemade ramen on a regular basis, and gives you...

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Author: Asako Yuzuki Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 464 'Compelling, delightfully weird, often uncomfortable' PANDORA SYKES 'Unputdownable, breathtakingly original' ERIN KELLY 'I have been glued to Asako Yuzuki's new novel...

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Author: Annelore Parot Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 36 Konichiwa! Welcome to the world of the Kokeshi! Inspired by traditional Japanese dolls, this delightful universe has sophistication, style, and an...

A classic of modern travel writing- the story of one man's epic trek across Japan, from north to south One sunny spring morning in the 1970s, an unlikely Englishman set...

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...

Author: Min Jin Lee Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 560 A victorian epic transplanted to Japan, following a Korean family of immigrants through eight decades and four generations....

Author: Yoshifumi Miyazaki Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 'It is clear that our bodies still recognize nature as our home...' - Yoshifumi Miyazaki 'Forest bathing' or shinrin-yoku is a...

"A breath of fresh air in the genre of healing fiction. Boldly exploring the grey areas and struggles of life . . . it left me feeling hopeful that a...

Author: Sarah Teasley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 From cars to cameras, design from Japan is ubiquitous. So are perceptions of Japanese design, from calming, carefully crafted minimalism to...

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...

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...

Author: Hitomi ShidaFormat: Paperback, 216mm x 292mm, 822g, 160 pagesPublished: Tuttle Publishing, United States, 2017In the Japanese Knitting Stitch Bible, knitting guru Hitomi Shida shares some of her favourite needlework...

The irresistible hardback Times bestseller and bookshop favourite about the healing power of books and community; Time magazine Top 100 books of 2023; 'An undeniable page-turner' New York Times THE...

Five ruthless killers. Five deadly motives. One King - who must die. Six of Crows meets Kill Bill in a feast of treason and seduction set against a dazzling fantasy...

'Tender and thrilling it's Yuzuki at her best' ELLE 'Deliciously satisfying' iPAPER 'I couldn't stop reading' COSTANZA CASATI 'Fantastically dark' ERIN KELLY The unsettling new novel of friendship and dangerous...

From the internationally bestselling author of the Morisaki Bookshop novels comes a charming and poignant story set at a quiet Tokyo cafe where customers find unexpected connection and experience everyday...

Author: Alex Kerr Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Originally published in Japanese as a call to preserve disappearing facets of Japan's rich and ancient culture, this book takes its...

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...

For fans of TRAVELLING CAT CHRONICLES, SHE AND HER CAT and THE GOODBYE CAT - this huge international sensation with a touch of magical realism tells of mysterious clinic where...

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...

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...

The Japanese philosopher and aesthete's definitive, hugely influential exposition of his philosophy of folkcrafts, setting out the hallmarks of Japanese design as we know it today - anonymity, quality, simplicity...

Author: John Allyn Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 A classic tale that will captivate lovers of Japan, history, and epic adventure alike. Japan's most celebrated tale of chivalry, loyalty...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

An enchanting and fascinating insight into Japan's landscape, culture, history and future Originally written in Japanese, this passionate, vividly personal book draws on the author's experiences in Japan over thirty...

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...

A Financial Times Translated Fiction Book of the YearTranslated from the Japanese by Louise Heal Kawai Minoru Aose is an architect whose greatest achievement is to have designed the Yoshino...

Beautiful new hardback edition including a ribbon, illustrated coloured endpapers and luscious finishes on the front - perfect for gifting at Christmas for new and existing TRAVELLING CAT fans. STUNNING...

Author: Soseki Natsume Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 480 Written over the course of 1904-6, Soseki's comic masterpiece, I Am a Cat satirizes the follies of upper-middle-class Japanese society during...

Author: Eriko Sato, Ph.D.Format: Paperback, 191mm x 254mm, 340g, 128 pagesPublished: Tuttle Publishing, United States, 2015This is an invaluable study guide and practice book for learning basic Japanese kanji. Learning...

Almost every architect starts their career with the design of a residence. This fact alone helps to highlight the significant status of the residence in the field of Japanese architecture....

Author: Collins Dictionaries Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 480 The home of trusted Japanese dictionaries for everyday language learning. A handy and affordable Japanese to English and English to Japanese...

Murakami's most acclaimed novel in a highly covetable gift edition Enter the surreal and enchanting world of Haruki Murakami Toru Okada's cat has disappeared. His wife is growing more distant...

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...

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...

From the author of international bestseller Convenience Store Woman comes a collection of short fiction: weird, out of this world and like nothing you've read before.An engaged couple falls out...

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...

THE SENSATIONAL MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER- a tender, feelgood story of a journey around Japan with a streetcat. Translated by Philip Gabriel, a translator of Murakami. THE PERFECT CURL-UP READ FOR CAT...

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...