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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 16 books in this booklist

  • Cover image of book Japanese Myths & Legends: Tales of Heroes, Gods & Monsters by J.K. Jackson (Editor) with an Introduction by Jun
    Japanese Myths & Legends: Tales of Heroes, Gods & Monsters - by J.K. Jackson (Editor) with an Introduction by Jun'ichi Isomae and Hiroshi Araki

    £10.99   hardback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781839648892 | ISBN 10: 1839648899

    Japanese mythology is delightful and enigmatic, full of spirits, gods and legendary creatures. It draws on Buddhist and Shinto traditions to explain the nature of the world of the island of Japan, the mystical Mount Fuji and the heavenly status of th ... more

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  • Cover image of book Vegan JapanEasy: Classic & Modern Vegan Japanese Recipes to Cook at Home by Tim Anderson
    Vegan JapanEasy: Classic & Modern Vegan Japanese Recipes to Cook at Home - by Tim Anderson

    £24.00   hardback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781784882846 | ISBN 10: 1784882844

    Believe it or not, Japanese cuisine in general is actually quite vegan-friendly, and many dishes can be made vegan with just a simple substitution or two. You can enjoy the same big, bold, salty-sweet-spicy-rich-umami recipes of modern Japanese soul ... more

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  • Cover image of book A Beginner
    A Beginner's Guide to Japan: Observations and Provocations - by Pico Iyer

    £8.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781526611512 | ISBN 10: 1526611511

    Winner of the Edward Stanford Travel Memoir of the Year 2020   How does a sushi bar explain a Japanese poem? Why do Japanese couples plan matching outfits for their honeymoon? Why are so many things in Japan the opposite of what we expec ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Only Gaijin In The Village: A Year Living in Rural Japan by Iain Maloney
    The Only Gaijin In The Village: A Year Living in Rural Japan - by Iain Maloney

    £12.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781846975141 | ISBN 10: 184697514x

    In 2016 Scottish writer Iain Maloney and his Japanese wife Minori moved to a village in rural Japan. This is the story of his attempt to fit in, be accepted and fulfil his duties as a member of the community, despite being the only foreigner in the v ... more

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  • Cover image of book Studio Ghibli: The Films of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata by Colin Odell and Michelle Le Blanc
    Studio Ghibli: The Films of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata - by Colin Odell and Michelle Le Blanc

    £16.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9780857303561 | ISBN 10: 0857303562

    The animations of Japan's Studio Ghibli are amongst the most respected in the movie industry. Their delightful films rank alongside the most popular non-English language films ever made, with each new eagerly anticipated release a guaranteed box offi ... more

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  • Cover image of book My Brother
    My Brother's Husband - by Gengoroh Tagame

    £16.99   hardback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9780349134574 | ISBN 10: 034913457x

    Yaichi is a work-at-home suburban dad in contemporary Tokyo; formerly married to Natsuki, father to their young daughter, Kana. Their lives suddenly change with the arrival at their doorstep of a hulking, affable Canadian named Mike Flanagan, who dec ... more

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  • Cover image of book Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War by Susan Southard
    Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War - by Susan Southard

    £20.00   hardback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780285643277 | ISBN 10: 0285643274

    "Politicians debating the nuclear deal with Iran would do well to spend some time with Southard’s ‘Nagasaki’. It does not tell us what to do. It only reminds us of the stakes."(Washington Post) On August 9th, 1945, the US dropped an atomic bomb on ... more

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  • Cover image of book Lost Japan by Alex Kerr
    Lost Japan - by Alex Kerr

    £9.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780141979748 | ISBN 10: 0141979747

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

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  • Cover image of book Japanese Patterns: Creative Colouring for Grown-Ups by Various authors
    Japanese Patterns: Creative Colouring for Grown-Ups - by Various authors

    £9.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781782434085 | ISBN 10: 1782434089

    Inspired by the traditions and seasonal festivals of Japan, the beautiful patterns in this book are sure to spark your inner creative.  With its stunning, elegant and simple designs, Japanese style comes from a rich cultural background and is in ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Only Woman in the Room: A Memoir of Japan, Human Rights, and the Arts by Beate Sirota Gordon
    The Only Woman in the Room: A Memoir of Japan, Human Rights, and the Arts - by Beate Sirota Gordon

    £13.00   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9780226132518 | ISBN 10: 022613251x

    In 1946, at age twenty-two, Beate Sirota Gordon helped to draft the new postwar Japanese Constitution. The Only Woman in the Room chronicles how a daughter of Russian Jews became the youngest woman to aid in the rushed, secret drafting of a constitut ... more

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  • Cover image of book Nagasaki: The Massacre of the Innocent and the Unknowing by Craig Collie
    Nagasaki: The Massacre of the Innocent and the Unknowing - by Craig Collie

    £9.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781846274428 | ISBN 10: 1846274427

    The events of a few days in August 1945 brought WWII to an end. They also destroyed the city of Nagasaki and killed 80,000 of its inhabitants, half of them instantly.   Craig Collie is the first person to interview elderly survivors and desce ... more

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  • Cover image of book Wages of Guilt: Memories of War in Germany and Japan by Ian Buruma
    Wages of Guilt: Memories of War in Germany and Japan - by Ian Buruma

    £10.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781843549604 | ISBN 10: 1843549603

    In Wages of Guilt, Ian Buruma explores the duplicity of feeling towards World War II amongst the people of two very different participant countries: Germany and Japan.  In this highly original and now classic text, Ian Buruma explores and compares ho ... more

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  • Cover image of book Japan Through the Looking Glass by Alan Macfarlane
    Japan Through the Looking Glass - by Alan Macfarlane

    £9.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9781861979674 | ISBN 10: 1861979673

    This entertaining and endlessly surprising book takes us on an exploration into every aspect of Japanese society from the most public to the most intimate. A series of meticulous investigations gradually uncovers the multi-faceted nature of a country ... more

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  • Cover image of book Shockwave: The Countdown to Hiroshima by Stephen Walker
    Shockwave: The Countdown to Hiroshima - by Stephen Walker

    £8.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780719566264 | ISBN 10: 0719566266

    6 August 1945, 9.15 a.m. Six miles above Hiroshima, the bombardier of the Enola Gay releases an atomic bomb into the freezing skies. Seconds later, the city is obliterated in a single, monumental blast of fire. The destruction is immediate and catast ... more

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  • Cover image of book Wrong About Japan by Peter Carey
    Wrong About Japan - by Peter Carey

    £9.99   paperback   (2005) - ISBN 13: 9780571228706 | ISBN 10: 0571228704

    In 2003, twice Booker-winning author Peter Carey travelled to Japan, accompanied by his twelve-year-old son Charley, on a special kind of pilgrimage. In a stunning memoir-cum-travelogue Peter Carey charts this journey, inspired by Charley's passion f ... more

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  • Cover image of book Autobiography of a Geisha by Sayo Masuda
    Autobiography of a Geisha - by Sayo Masuda

    £12.99   paperback   (2004) - ISBN 13: 9780099462040 | ISBN 10: 0099462044

    The glamourous world of Kyoto's geisha is familiar to many readers, but Sayo Masuda's tale tells a different story. Masuda was a geisha at a rural hot-springs resort where the realities of sex for sale were unadorned by the trappings of wealth and po ... more

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