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Planning a trip to Japan soon? Or maybe just have an interest in Japanese culture? Check out some of these titles that may give you some motivation or ideas on what you can do on your big trip!

History

A Beginner's Guide to Japan by Pico Iyer
ISBN: 9780451493958
Publication Date: 2019-09-03
A Concise History of Japan by Brett L. Walker
ISBN: 9780521178723
Publication Date: 2015-02-26

Culture

The Book of Ichigo Ichie by Héctor García; Francesc Miralles
ISBN: 9780143134497
Publication Date: 2019-12-31
Chado by Soshitsu Sen
ISBN: 9780834815186
Publication Date: 1979-03-01
Cool Japan Guide by Abby Denson
ISBN: 9784805312797
Publication Date: 2015-03-10
Etiquette Guide to Japan by Boye Lafayette De Mente; Geoff Botting (Revised by)
ISBN: 9784805313619
Publication Date: 2015-09-15
Hayao Miyazaki by Jeff Lenburg
ISBN: 9781604138412
Publication Date: 2012-03-30
Japanese Soul Cooking by Tadashi Ono; Harris Salat
ISBN: 9781607743521
Publication Date: 2013-11-05
Strange Tales from Japan by Keisuke Nishimoto (Retold by); William Scott Wilson (Translator)
ISBN: 9784805316603
Publication Date: 2021-09-21

Travel

DK Eyewitness Tokyo by DK Eyewitness
ISBN: 9780241520437
Publication Date: 2021-12-14
Fodor's Essential Japan by Fodor's Fodor's Travel Guides
ISBN: 9781640975439
Publication Date: 2022-11-22
A Manga Lover's Tokyo Travel Guide by Evangeline Neo
ISBN: 9784805315477
Publication Date: 2019-08-13

Japanese Fiction

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata; Ginny Tapley Takemori (Translator)
ISBN: 9780802128256
Publication Date: 2018-06-12
The Emissary by Yoko Tawada; Margaret Mitsutani (Translator)
ISBN: 9780811227629
Publication Date: 2018-04-24
How Do You Live? by Genzaburo Yoshino; Bruno Navasky (Translator); Neil Gaiman (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9781616209773
Publication Date: 2021-10-26
No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai; Donald Keene (Translator)
ISBN: 9780811232432
Publication Date: 2022-11-15
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
ISBN: 9780375704024
Publication Date: 2000-09-12
The Silent Cry by Kenzaburô Ôe; John Bester (Translator)
ISBN: 9780870112324
Publication Date: 1974-01-01
Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa; Alison Watts (Translator)
ISBN: 9781786071958
Publication Date: 2017-10-05
The Thief by Fuminori Nakamura; Stephen Coates (Translator); Satoko Izumo (Translator)
ISBN: 9781616950217
Publication Date: 2012-03-20
The Woman in the Purple Skirt by Natsuko Imamura; Lucy North (Translator)
ISBN: 9780143136026
Publication Date: 2021-06-08