5 must-read japan books like Buying Mittens by Niimi Nankichi

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Buying Mittens

By: Niimi Nankichi

4.43

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Here is a classic story that has charmed Japanese children for generations. Enchanting illustration…

If you liked the japan plot in Buying Mittens by Niimi Nankichi , here is a list of 5 books like this:

1. Love Letters to the Dead

By: Ava Dellaira

4.11

Format: None pages, Hardcover

It begins as an assignment for English class: Write a letter to a dead person. Laurel chooses Kurt … read more

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2. She and Her Cat

By: Makoto Shinkai , Tsubasa Yamaguchi

3.69

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

“It was the start of spring. It was raining. That was the day that she brought me home.” This is… read more

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  • animals
  • japanese literature
  • japan
"Let's go home together."

-Makoto Shinkai, She and Her Cat

"The only one waiting at home for me is my cat!"

-Makoto Shinkai, She and Her Cat

"And then after that long, long phone call, she wept."

-Makoto Shinkai, She and Her Cat

"She's always ready with a kind smile for me. But . . . sometimes, that can be intensely frustrating."

-Makoto Shinkai, She and Her Cat

3. The Makioka Sisters

By: Edward G. Seidensticker , Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

4.04

Format: 538 pages, Paperback

In Osaka in the years immediately before World War II, four aristocratic women try to preserve a wa… read more

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4. Gon, the Little Fox

By: Nankichi Niimi , None

4.36

Format: 94 pages, Hardcover

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5. Diary of a Void

By: Emi Yagi

3.51

Format: 213 pages, Hardcover

A prizewinning, thrillingly subversive debut novel about a woman in Japan who avoids harassment at … read more

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  • japan
"Having a baby isn't easy. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. It's been two thousand years, and it's the same old story, right?"

-Emi Yagi, Diary of a Void

"I'm always so alone. I guess I should be used to it by now. That's the way it is from the moment we come into this world, but I'm still not used to it - how alone we all are."

-Emi Yagi, Diary of a Void

"Maybe that's making a family is all about: creating an environment in which people make space for one another - maybe without even trying, just naturally, to make sure that nobody's forgotten."

-Emi Yagi, Diary of a Void

"Until they arrived, while everyone else was transitioning to winter, putting on coats and sweaters, I was going to stick with my summer dress and my usual work blazer. Dressed in the dazzling flowers…"

-Emi Yagi, Diary of a Void

Cover of Cytryna by Motojirō Kajii

6. Cytryna

By: Motojirō Kajii

3.60

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Antologia opowiadań nieznanego w Polsce japońskiego modernisty, którego krótką karierę pisarską prz… read more

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  • literature
  • short stories
  • japanese literature
  • japan
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7. 極主夫道 3 [Gokushufudō 3]

By: Kousuke Oono

4.36

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

コミックス累計70万部突破&2018年度マンガ賞、続々受賞! ! 伝説のヤクザが専業主夫に転身! ? 大人気アットホーム任侠コメディ。 嫁へのプレゼントを買うために、不死身の龍、初めてのパー… read more

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8. Buying Mittens

By: Niimi Nankichi

4.43

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Here is a classic story that has charmed Japanese children for generations. Enchanting illustration… read more

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  • childrens
  • literature
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  • animals
  • short stories
  • japanese literature
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9. 嘘つきアーニャの真っ赤な真実

By: Mari Yonehara

4.61

Format: 301 pages, Mass Market Paperback

1960年プラハ。マリ(著者)はソビエト学校で個性的な友達と先生に囲まれ刺激的な毎日を過ごしていた。30年後、東欧の激動で音信の途絶えた3人の親友を捜し当てたマリは、少女時代には知り得なかった真実に… read more

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  • japanese literature

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3.69

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3.51

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3.60

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Amanda Lee Koe

4.08

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Kanoko Okamoto

3.47

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Aoko Matsuda

3.19

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