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A 1930s essay on darkness, lacquerware and toilets. Short enough to read in the airport.
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You'll never walk into a konbini the same way again.
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The Pillow Book
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Snow Country
Yasunari Kawabata, 1972 openlibrary.org
Seidensticker's translation. Best read on a train heading north.
Norwegian Wood
Haruki Murakami, 1987 openlibrary.org
His most normal book, which makes it the best Murakami for beginners.
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Tokyo Ueno Station
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Book
In Praise of Shadows
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki openlibrary.org
A 1930s essay on darkness, lacquerware and toilets. Short enough to read in the airport.
Book
Snow Country
Yasunari Kawabata, 1972 openlibrary.org
Seidensticker's translation. Best read on a train heading north.
Norwegian Wood
Haruki Murakami, 1987 openlibrary.org
His most normal book, which makes it the best Murakami for beginners.
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Strange Weather in Tokyo
Hiromi Kawakami, 2025 openlibrary.org
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Tokyo Ueno Station
Yu Miri
Changes how you see the park by the station. Read before, not after.
The Pillow Book
Sei Shōnagon, 1967 openlibrary.org
Kokoro
Natsume Sōseki, 1914 openlibrary.org
Kitchen
Banana Yoshimoto, 2006 openlibrary.org
The Memory Police
Yōko Ogawa, 2020 openlibrary.org
Convenience Store Woman
Sayaka Murata, 2018 openlibrary.org
You'll never walk into a konbini the same way again.
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In Praise of Shadows
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki openlibrary.org
A 1930s essay on darkness, lacquerware and toilets. Short enough to read in the airport.
Kitchen
Banana Yoshimoto, 2006 openlibrary.org
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Strange Weather in Tokyo
Hiromi Kawakami, 2025 openlibrary.org
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Sayaka Murata, 2018 openlibrary.org
You'll never walk into a konbini the same way again.
Kokoro
Natsume Sōseki, 1914 openlibrary.org
The Memory Police
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The Pillow Book
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Yasunari Kawabata, 1972 openlibrary.org
Seidensticker's translation. Best read on a train heading north.
Norwegian Wood
Haruki Murakami, 1987 openlibrary.org
His most normal book, which makes it the best Murakami for beginners.
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