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Visiting Real Life Locations From Haruki Murakami Novels in Tokyo

We've created a one-day Tokyo itinerary that will have you walking in Murakami's characters shoes

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Lafcadio Hearn, the Greek-Irish Writer Who Introduced Japan to the World

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The Rainbow by Yasunari Kawabata: First-Ever English Translation

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Autumn Haiku Picks From Japan's Poetry Tradition

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Spotlight: Yasunari Kawabata — Japan's First Nobel Literature Laureate

Books & Literature

A Brief Look at the Depiction of the Housewife in Japanese Literature

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Discovery of Poems by Detained Japanese Americans in the U.S. During WWII

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Naoki Higashida's 'The Reason I Jump' — A Decade in Translation

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The Translated Novels of Natsuo Kirino