Snow Country – by Yasunari Kawabata

I found it fascinating that each of Kawabata’s novels covers different Japanese traditions, be it tea ceremony, No mask, mountain … More

The Sound of the Mountain – by Yasunari Kawabata

The Sound of the Mountain is a novel set in post war Japan. Shingo Ogata is a 59 year old … More

From May 2018 to Apr 2019, the Japan Times ran a very informative and interesting “Works by Japanese Women” series … More

This novella is set in a dystopian Japan in an unknown future. Tokyo is not environmentally safe to live in … More

Yoko Ogawa’s writing topics are so diverse. The Housekeeper and the Professor (2003) is a touching story of a professor … More

The novel has 10 chapters, each is told by a female character involved with Yukihiko Nishino at some point in … More

I read The Traveling Cat Chronicles last year and was so touched. The book left long lasting warmhearted feelings in … More

Tokyo Ueno Station is narrated by a dead man, Kazu, who died but his spirit wandered the park, where he … More

Me by Tomoyuki Hoshino is deceptively simple. It’s only 256 pages long and a quick read, but there’s so much … More