Fallen Angels and Torture Review <p>Middle-schooler Takuma is forced to move in with his aunt and grandmother in a tiny mountain town after his parents' death. His time at school gets off to a bad start when a classmate accuses him o...

New review! A middle schooler moves to a rural town only to experience violent local customs and bloody murders that may or may not involve demons.

#JapaneseBooks #BookReview #Horror #Mystery

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A Hundred-Year Correspondence Review <p>Schoolgirl and model Ichiru is struggling with her fame, or lack thereof, but stumbles upon a comforting penpal named Shizu. Only, Shizu is living in Japan a hundred years before Ichiru, and their ...

New review time! Here's a novella about a girl who discovers a desk connected to 100 years ago. Anything she puts in goes back in time, anything that's put in on the other side comes forward to the future. jordan-taylor.me/blog.php?art...

#JapaneseBooks #BookReview #ScienceFiction

Mieko Kanai "leichter schwindel" aus dem Verlag Bibliothek Suhrkamp

"Es ist echt nichts Besonderes, aber passiert dir das nicht auch manchmal?"

"Leichter schwindel" von Mieko Kanai ist eine schleichende Beobachtung, welchen zig verheirateten Frauen auf dieser Welt passiert.

#japanuary #booksky #japaneseBooks

The Golden Machine Review <p>Kumagorō has survived this long in life because of his ability to visibly see lies and hostility, and now he has a cushy position as the manager of a high-class brothel in Edo-period Japan until on...

Alright, Bluesky, ready for a review: We have a period setting, horror, sci-fi, fantasy, all in one book spanning centuries. What more could you want? What more could we even fit in?

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Some of my Japanese books collection 🥰📚
#booklover #bookworm #japanesebooks #ikigai

More new releases this week:

My Life Growing Up Native in America ed. by IllumiNative 
Shibui: The Japanese Art of Finding Beauty in Aging by Sanae Ishida

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A great gift from my son, a cool vintage encyclopedia of sci-fi movies and TV shows.
#sci-fi #sciencefiction #sciencefictionmovies #sci-fiTV #SF #sciencefictionTV #Japanesebooks #Blueskybooks

変な家 (Strange Houses)
by 雨穴 (Uketsu)

The first 2/3 was extremely well done imo. However, the ending was not completely satisfying for me, and the twist/revelation at the end was kind of clever but a bit perplexing.

⚡️📚💙 #booksky #books #japanesebooks

My son gave me this cool science fiction movie encyclopedia.
#Japanesebooks #SF #Sci-fi #Sciencefiction #Sci-fimovies #SFfilms

Another cool Japanese encyclopedia of monsters from my son's collection.
#Japanesebooks #Japanesehorror #JapaneseMonsters #Frankenstein #BorisKarloff #UniversalHorror

My son has just added this cool Japanese encyclopedia of monsters to his collection.
#Japanesebooks #Japanesehorror #JapaneseMonsters #Dracula #Frankenstein #Wolfman #TheMummy #TheInvisibleMan

This book was sexy, unexpected, eye-opening and hilarious. I want Saou Ichikawa to be my best friend ♡ #hunchback #saouichikawa #books #japan #japanesebooks

鎌倉時代末期から南北朝期という変革の時代に、天皇・武家などの世俗権力と積極的に関わり、自らの法流を護持し、後世へと伝授した真言僧栄海。 その政治的・宗教的営為を支える背景には、連綿と伝えられる「知」の宝庫たる文庫があった。 文庫に伝持される聖教などの各種史料に残された栄海の活動、そしてそれらと密接な関係を持つ著述・編纂という営為を総体として捉え、時代と社会の中に位置づけなおすことにより、当時の歴史認識と歴史を物語ることの意味を明らかにする。 文学・歴史学・文化史という既存の枠組みを越え、立体的な歴史像を描き出す画期的成果。 推薦文　石塚晴通（北海道大学名誉教授） 本書は、鎌倉時代から南北朝期の政治と結びつき密教活動を展開した栄海の全貌を、第一次資料の丁寧な読み解きに基いて解明した労作である。著者とは専門分野を異にする(著者は国文学出身、筆者は国語学出身)が、勧修寺調査等において共同作業を重ね原本重視の研究法を共有して来た。日頃の著者の精進を知る一人として、本書の刊行を慶び大方の精読を期待申し上げる次第である。 推薦文　上島享（京都大学准教授） 歴史家にとって、『真言伝』の作品研究なら手に取る必要はなかろう。文学作品としてさほど高い評価を与えられてこなかった『真言伝』を中心に据えることで、説話文学史を組み替えようとするのが本書である。作品論にとどまらず、時代や社会を射程に入れた中世文化論といっても良い。もちろん異論はあろう。ただ、中世文化を論じる上で、本書第１部（総論）での議論を知っておくことは必要である。 『中世真言僧の言説と歴史認識 』

中世真言僧の言説と歴史認識 佐藤愛弓　著

These kinds of ideals and creative management methods are so fascinating that they just remind me of not only the Culture Convenience Club, Tsutaya bookstores, Mr. Masada Muneaki but also Tsutaya Juzaburo, his publications and “知的資本論”.

#Tsutaya
#ShingonBuddhism
#JapaneseBooks
#Bookstore
#蔦重

宇宙: あらゆる宗教と無宗教 によ www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0F4RMP18Q #japan #japanese #japanesebooks @nauru-japan.bsky.social @japantimes.co.jp @unseenjapan.com @nintendo-japan-bot.bsky.social @readjapaneselit.bsky.social @japanesetalk.bsky.social @japanexpo.bsky.social @rairaikenken.bsky.social #nippon

🚀 Exciting news! My Japanese storybook The Tea Party is now on Amazon! 🍵🐻🐱✨

Perfect for:
📖 A1 Japanese learners
🎁 A sweet gift for Japanese friends & their kids!
🐾 Cosy, feel-good reading

Get your copy via: www.amazon.nl/dp/B0F2NQF8M3

#LearnJapanese #JapaneseBooks #Picturebook #CosyReads #TeaTime

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Finished reading Fall of Reach yesterday so new book time!

So far I'm really enjoying Beast Player by Nahoko Uehashi, it reminds me of Farwalker's Quest.

#books #japanesebooks #fantasy #youngadult #fiction

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews just covers.

#BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #Japan #JapaneseBooks #JapaneseLiterature #20daybookchallenge

Day 5
Kafka on the Shore
By Haruki Murakami

Cat Nana among purple and yellow flowers. Only Nana and the flowers have color. Inscription at the bottom: For Satoru.

The Travelling Cat Chronicles.
I have read the book and it inspired me to draw this art. Pets stories touch me to the core.
Together, to the end.

#TheTravellingCatChronicles #art #digitalartist #japanesebooks #japaneseliterature #bookart #fanart

Cinderella Little Glass Slipper Charles Perrault Errol Le Cain Japanese Edition | eBay Cinderella or The Little Glass Slipper by Charles Perrault. Illustrated by Errol Le Cain. Very good preowned condition. Minor shelfwear to dustcover, bumped with tiny tear at top spine edge. Japanese ...

"Cinderella or The Little Glass Slipper" by Charles Perrault - Japanese edition! Beautifully illustrated by Errol Le Cain in art nouveau style. Made in Japan.
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#cinderella #fairytales #ErrolLeCain #Japanese #JapaneseBooks #childrensbooks

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews just covers.

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Day 4

Homecoming by Jiro Osaragi

I own over 200 Japanese books 🫡 100 of them I got last September when I went to Japan lol

How Many of these do you think I've finished reading? #books #reading #poster #manga #lightnovels #readinglist #japanese #japanesebooks #漫画