Japan

Den japanske øya Okinawa har verdens høyeste konsentrasjon av 100-åringer. Hva skyldes dette?Denne bokens forfattere dro til Okinawa for å finne årsaken. De intervjuet verdens …

Takeout Sushi is a collection of 17 illustrated short stories set mostly in contemporary Japan that explore feelings of belonging, displacement, and the strangeness of everyday …

This book explores the stakes of war memory in Japan after its defeat in World War II, showing how and why defeat has become an indelible part of national collective life, …

Explore the artistry of Japanese tea from buds to brew in this comprehensive illustrated guide to the tea industry that includes the Japanese growers, their craft of tea making, …

Zen and Japanese Culture is a classic that has influenced generations of readers and played a major role in shaping conceptions of Zen’s influence on Japanese traditional arts. In …

In the annals of past life literature exciting remembrances have emerged complete with thought, feeling, and a wealth of factual detail. stands with the best of those accounts. …

Japan’s origin story dates from the eight century CE, written in the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki. From the first creation of heaven, earth and the Japanese archipelago from the tip of a …

Why Japan? In Fifty Sounds, winner of the 2019 Fitzcarraldo Editions Essay Prize, Polly Barton attempts to exhaust her obsession with the country she moved to at the age of 21, …

WINNER OF BEST JAPANESE CUISINE BOOK, GOURMAND WORLD COOKBOOK AWARDS 2023SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 ANDRE SIMON AWARD‘I think this might be the most beautiful cookbook I have ever …

No nation was more deeply affected by America’s rise to world power than Japan. President Franklin Roosevelt’s uncompromising policy of unconditional surrender led to the …