Category Archive: Japan - Books

Travels near and far

Travels near and far

Yesterday at Book Off I somewhat fortuitously — for I hadn’t even noticed the “foreign books” shelves until I was in the checkout line — picked up for 100 yen an old (2 years ago) edition of The New Yorker — the “Winter Fiction” edition.

 

Yakuza reads

Yakuza reads

I recently read two books about organized crime in Japan, which of course means books about the yakuza. I will summarize my thoughts briefly below. …

 

Literature Tour on well-trodden path

Literature Tour on well-trodden path

The Guardian’s “World Literature Tour” has now hit Japan, and while the comments are just getting started, one can’t help but feel a bit disappointed …

 

Book buying on the cheap

Book buying on the cheap

Once again, I intended to go out taking photos and ended up shopping instead. This time it was Kinokuniya’s Foreign Book Sale which was held …

 

Kanda-Jimbocho wanderings

Kanda-Jimbocho wanderings

I spent the better part of last Saturday wandering in and around my favorite Tokyo neighborhood, Kanda-Jimbocho. K-J, if you don’t know, is, for lack …