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- Location(s): Hiroshima, Japan, Onomichi, Tokyo
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Flo is sick of Tokyo. Suffering from a crisis in confidence, she is stuck in a rut, her translation work has dried up and she’s in a relationship that’s run its course. That’s until she stumbles upon a mysterious...
The Office of Gardens and Ponds
- Location(s): Honshu, Kyoto
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 12th Century
The village of Shimae is thrown into turmoil when master carp-catcher Katsuro suddenly drowns in the murky waters of the Kusagawa river. Who now will carry the precious cargo of carp to the Imperial Palace and preserve the crucial...
One Month in Tohoku: An Englishwoman’s Memoir on Life after the Japanese Tsunami
- Location(s): Japan, Tōhoku
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 2011
On March 11, 2011, one of the biggest earthquakes in history occurred off the northeast coast of Japan, triggering a deadly tsunami that destroyed much of the Tohoku coastline. Driven by a desire to help the people of Tohoku,...
- Location(s): Tōhoku
- Genre(s): Fiction, Young Adult
- Era(s): March 11, 2011 Tsunami
Running through my ruined town, pack flapping winglike against my back. Plowing through blocks strewn with heaps of refrigeratorsblackboardsbicyclestaxis bustedpianosshelvedesksstairs allmixedtogether in a marshland grave. In March 2011, a massive tsunami devastates Japan. Kai, a biracial teen from a...
- Location(s): Kanazawa, Tokyo
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, In Translation, Mystery
- Era(s): 1958
Tokyo, 1958. Teiko marries Kenichi Uhara, ten years her senior, an advertising man recommended by a go-between. After a four-day honeymoon, Kenichi vanishes. Teiko travels to the coastal and snow-bound city of Kanazawa, where Kenichi was last seen, to...
- Location(s): Tōhoku, Tokyo
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): 2011
When a devastating earthquake rocks Japan’s northeast coast, a tsunami follows and Rei Shimura is drawn into her most rugged adventure yet. The mystery begins with an SOS from Rei’s friend, the antiques dealer, Yasushi Ishida, who’s trapped among...