A Year in Tōkyō: An Illustrated Guide and Memoir
By: Christy Anne Jones
4.53
Format: 148 pages, ebook
The summer after I turned 21, I moved to Japan. A Year in Tōkyō follows the thirteen magical months…
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1. Tokyo on Foot: Travels in the City's Most Colorful Neighborhoods
By: Florent Chavouet
4.03
Format: 206 pages, Paperback
Florent Chavouet, a young graphic artist, spent six months exploring Tokyo while his girlfriend int… read more
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- art
- memoir
- travel
- asia
- graphic novels
- nonfiction
- japanese literature
- japan
2. Starting Point 1979-1996
By: Hayao Miyazaki , Frederik L. Schodt , Beth Cary
4.13
Format: 461 pages, Hardcover
R to L (Japanese Style). A hefty compilation of essays (both pictorial and prose), notes, concept s… read more
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- art
- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- japanese literature
- japan
"To be born means being compelled to choose an era, a place, a life. To exist here, now, means to lost the possibility of being countless other potential selves.. Yet once being born there is no turni…"-Hayao Miyazaki, Starting Point 1979-1996
"[...] it would be false to say that because we're on the side of justice, we can go ahead and destroy our opponents and the world will be at peace. [...] Now, I know that there are such things as goo…"-Hayao Miyazaki, Starting Point 1979-1996
"Personally, I was never more passionate about manga than when preparing for my college entrance exams. It's a period of life when young people appear to have a great deal of freedom, but are in many …"-Hayao Miyazaki, Starting Point 1979-1996
3. Sweet Bean Paste
By: Durian Sukegawa , Alison Watts
3.95
Format: None pages, Paperback
Sentaro has failed: he has a criminal record, drinks too much, and hasn't managed to fulfil his dre… read more
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- asia
- japanese literature
- japan
4. The Book of Tokyo: A City in Short Fiction
By: Banana Yoshimoto , Shūichi Yoshida , Hiromi Kawakami , Michael Emmerich , Kaori Ekuni , Hitomi Kanehara , Mitsuyo Kakuta , Toshiyuki Horie , Hideo Furukawa , Jim Hinks , Nao-Cola Yamazaki , None , Masashi Matsuie
3.62
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
A shape-shifter arrives at Tokyo harbour in human form, set to embark on an unstoppable rampage thr… read more
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- japanese literature
- japan
5. The Love Poems of Rumi
By: Deepak Chopra , Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi , None
4.12
Format: 440 pages,
Born Jalal ad-Din Mohammed Balkhi in Persia early in the thirteenth century, the poet known as Rumi… read more
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6. More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #2)
By: Satoshi Yagisawa
3.87
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
In this charming and emotionally resonant follow up to the internationally bestselling Days at the … read more
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- asia
- adult
- japanese literature
- japan
7. Lonely Castle in the Mirror
By: Mizuki Tsujimura
4.27
Format: 355 pages, Hardcover
Seven students are avoiding going to school, hiding in their darkened bedrooms, unable to face thei… read more
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- japanese literature
- japan
"In another world, we were already friends."-Mizuki Tsujimura, Lonely Castle in the Mirror
"You're battling every single day, aren't you?"-Mizuki Tsujimura, Lonely Castle in the Mirror
"Her mother always said this. That no matter how disgusted you might be with a friend, you should never speak ill of them."-Mizuki Tsujimura, Lonely Castle in the Mirror
"Houses just like the one she lived in; tall condos, apartment buildings that looked, from where she stood, like matchboxes. In the distance, she could catch the lights flickering in the supermarket. …"-Mizuki Tsujimura, Lonely Castle in the Mirror
8. Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)
By: Satoshi Yagisawa
3.65
Format: 150 pages, Paperback
The moving international sensation about new beginnings, human connection, and the joy of reading. … read more
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- japanese literature
- japan
"It hurts to realize that it might be too late now for anything but regret."-Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)
"And here I am spending a sleepless night in a strange place. We might not be far from home, but I feel lonely."-Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)
"In my dream, I was an android maid living in a city in the not-so- distant future. In that neighbourhood, all the buildings were made of used books."-Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)
"No es cuestión de ser expertos o novatos. Si lo plantea así, ni siquiera yo lo soy tanto. Lo importante es sentir emociones al toparse con un libro."-Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)
9. Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
By: Hwang Bo-Reum
4.02
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
Yeongju is burned out. With her high-flying career, demanding marriage, and busy life in Seoul, sh… read more
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- adult
"Why? Because we only get one shot in life, and we're living it now."-Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
"A life surrounded by good people is a successful life. It might not be success as defined by society, but thanks to the people around you, each day is a successful day."-Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
"A life surrounded by good people is a successful life. It might not be success as defined by society, but thanks to the people around you, each day is a successful day'."-Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
"A life surrounded by good people is a successful life. It might not be a success as defined by society, but thanks to the people around you, each day is a successful day."-Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
10. The Travelling Cat Chronicles
By: Hiro Arikawa
4.34
Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition
We take journeys to explore exotic new places and to return to the comforts of home, to visit old a… read more
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- asia
- adult
- japanese literature
- japan
"Guddo rakku!"-Hiro Arikawa, The Travelling Cat Chronicles
"Because it was only natural to feel sad."-Hiro Arikawa, The Travelling Cat Chronicles
"Realmente, o ser humano é um bicho esquisito. - Nana"-Hiro Arikawa, The Travelling Cat Chronicles
"- A relação entre pais e filhos é diferente em cada família."-Hiro Arikawa, The Travelling Cat Chronicles
11. A Beginner's Guide to Japan: Observations and Provocations
By: Pico Iyer
3.81
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of The Art of Stillness--one of our most engaging and discerning travel w… read more
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- memoir
- travel
- asia
- nonfiction
- japanese literature
- japan
"If they can’t get to Europe, they’ll find their way to a local theme-park Eiffel Tower. Even a place that we write off as “inauthentic,"-Pico Iyer, A Beginner's Guide to Japan: Observations and Provocations
12. Julia and the Shark
By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave
4.33
Format: 204 pages, Hardcover
The shark was beneath my bed, growing large as the room, large as the lighthouse, rising from unfat… read more
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"...which is still not a plot twist I saw coming."-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Julia and the Shark
"Panic poured into the space where my certainty had been, hot and sharp."-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Julia and the Shark
"I like how everything echoes with everything else if you listen hard enough"-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Julia and the Shark
"Dad's listening became loud, you know how that happens when someone is really concentrating and you can feel the white noise of their attention."-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Julia and the Shark
13. The House That Joy Built
By: Holly Ringland
3.88
Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition
An uplifting, powerful and inspiring book about breaking through fear and finding joy through creat… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
14. Harlequin Butterfly
By: Toh EnJoe
3.37
Format: 105 pages, Paperback
A surreal novella about the global pursuit of a mysterious writer who somehow writes in dozens of l… read more
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- asia
- japanese literature
- japan
15. How Kyoto Breaks Your Heart
By: Florentyna Leow
3.89
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
How Kyoto Breaks Your Heart is a collection about the ways in which heartbreak can fill a place and… read more
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- memoir
- travel
- asia
- nonfiction
- japanese literature
- japan
16. Kamusari Tales Told at Night (Forest, #2)
By: Shion Miura
4.06
Format: 189 pages, Kindle Edition
From Shion Miura, award-winning author of The Easy Life in Kamusari, comes a spirit-lifting novel a… read more
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- asia
- japanese literature
- japan
17. I Want To Die but I Want To Eat Tteokpokki 2
By: Baek Se-hee
3.91
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
“Alih-alih menerima kekurangan, aku memutuskan untuk tidak memandang diriku sendiri secara negatif.… read more
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- nonfiction
- adult
- biography
- memoir
18. Four Seasons in Japan
By: Nick Bradley
4.24
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Flo is sick of Tokyo. Suffering from a crisis in confidence, she is stuck in a rut, her translation… read more
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- asia
- adult
- japanese literature
- japan
"Without losing to the rain,’ Ayako quoted the Miyazawa Kenji poem. ‘Without losing to the wind."-Nick Bradley, Four Seasons in Japan
"You don’t have to, though,’ his friend said, with a tilt of his head. ‘You can do whatever you like, man. It’s your life. Don’t live it for other people."-Nick Bradley, Four Seasons in Japan
"But the important thing is that you turn up, you get out your pen, and you draw one small thing, one line at a time. That’s how you achieve something big."-Nick Bradley, Four Seasons in Japan
"I remember looking out into that dark night sky, and I remember feeling something I hadn’t in a long time – I want to live. Having found myself that close to death, I suddenly knew that I wasn’t read…"-Nick Bradley, Four Seasons in Japan
19. The Otherworld
By: Abbie Emmons
3.69
Format: 360 pages, ebook
Orca Monroe wants only one thing for her eighteenth birthday: to experience the Otherworld—the myst… read more
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"Knowledge is not wisdom, Orca. You could see the whole world, learn everything there is to learn, read every book written by every philosopher... and still go to your grave not a fraction wiser than …"-Abbie Emmons, The Otherworld
20. Goodnight Tokyo
By: Atsuhiro Yoshida
3.59
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
A symphony of interconnected lives that offers a compelling reflection on life in modern-day metrop… read more
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- asia
- adult
- japanese literature
- japan
21. A Year in Tōkyō: An Illustrated Guide and Memoir
By: Christy Anne Jones
4.53
Format: 148 pages, ebook
The summer after I turned 21, I moved to Japan. A Year in Tōkyō follows the thirteen magical months… read more
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- art
- biography
- memoir
- travel
- asia
- graphic novels
- nonfiction
- japanese literature
- japan
- adult
