In Search of Japan
Explore Japan's soul through our curated reading list. From June Kinoshita's travel guide to Junichiro Tanizaki’s classic fiction and Haruki Murakami's surreal storytelling, discover essential books on Japanese culture, history, and modern life.
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Gateway to Japan
by June Kinoshita
Gateway to Japan provides readers with over 100 maps and illustrations, placeames in English and Japanese, an in-depth cultural and history section and auide to all hotels and restaurants as well as information on local transport.
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The Makioka Sisters
by Junichiro Tanizaki
Four daughters of an old merchant family unknowingly face the end of a gentler way of life in Osaka, Japan in 1938.
