TW Book Club: What We’re Reading This Month Have you joined the Tokyo Weekender Book Club yet? Come join us as we dive…
Lafcadio Hearn’s Matsue – The Chief City of the Province of the Gods Searching for the essence of an ancient Japanese city based on a turn-of-the-20th-century metaphorical love…
Jisei: The Art of Japanese Death Poems The 19th-century poet Kiba wrote the above verses shortly before his death. The metaphor of…
10 Questions With Yuki Tejima, Japanese-English Translator, Book Blogger and Writer I discovered Yuki Tejima thanks to Instagram and its (pesky at times) algorithm. It guided…
Red Circle Authors Shares Compelling Japanese Stories That Fit in Your Pocket If you’ve read everything there is to read in the “Japanese Authors” section of your…
9 Japanese Ghost and Mystery Books To Read This Summer The mythology and folklore of old Japan was an ocean of ghosts and demons, each…