Books to read in advance of trip to Japan
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Anonymous
| I'm traveling to Japan in a couple of months and would like to read a few books related to Japan leading up to that time. I tend to like fiction, memoirs and biographies but I'm open to all genres and would love some recommendations! |
Anonymous
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Convenience Store Woman! I loved that book.
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Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
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Any novel by Murakami.
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto Thousand Cranes by Kawabata Kazuo Ishiguro lives in the UK but some of his novels are set in Japan and might be more accessible. I liked A Pale View of Hills and Artist of the Floating World. The only nonfiction I've read is Stranger in the Shogun's City. I liked it. |
Anonymous
| I have read a few Banana Yoshimoto books, the most recent was Moshi Moshi, which was excellent. I think Kitchen is a bit dated now (no disrespect to the pp who posted it as a suggestion). Anything else by her is also worth reading. |
Anonymous
| Thank you for the recommendations, PPs! I am currently reading Hotel on the Corner of Bitter & Sweet by Jamie Ford and then will move on to some of your recs. |
Anonymous
| Silence by Shusaku Endo. |
Anonymous
| Fifty Words for Rain by Asha Lemmie. |
Anonymous
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Ooooh I have the perfect suggestion:
https://www.amazon.com/What-You-Are-Looking-Library-ebook/dp/B0BT82YGGF |
Anonymous
| A Tale for the Time Being |
Anonymous
| I recently read Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa and really liked it. It’s a relatively short book, so not a huge investment in time. There is a description of the Tokyo book description that’s pretty interesting- it made me want to go! |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
| Giving you a fair warning - the books will blow your mind. I did this often before travel and the Japanese books were really out there. It's representative of this idea they have about your public vs private persona. |
Anonymous
| 1Q84. It's amazing, but long. |
Anonymous
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The Good Shufu
Memoir and love story. American women moves to Japan to live with her Japanese husband |