Japan

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Rainbirds
Rainbirds 3.48 avg rating — 7,152 ratings
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Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating — 2,082,593 ratings
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ShĹŤgun (Asian Saga, #1)
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1) 4.41 avg rating — 206,488 ratings
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The Pillow Book
The Pillow Book 4.02 avg rating — 9,588 ratings
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The Tale of Genji
The Tale of Genji 3.72 avg rating — 14,370 ratings
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The 47 Ronin Story
The 47 Ronin Story 3.72 avg rating — 4,555 ratings
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The Tale of the Heike
The Tale of the Heike
by: Anonymous
4.05 avg rating — 1,547 ratings
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The Confessions of Lady NijĹŤ
The Confessions of Lady Nijō 3.95 avg rating — 697 ratings
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Pachinko
Pachinko 4.34 avg rating — 582,687 ratings
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The Housekeeper and the Professor
The Housekeeper and the Professor 4.05 avg rating — 91,312 ratings
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Kamishibai Man
Kamishibai Man
by: Allen Say
4.30 avg rating — 710 ratings
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The White Man and the Pachinko Girl
The White Man and the Pachinko Girl
by: Vann Chow
3.29 avg rating — 105 ratings
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Basho: The Complete Haiku
Basho: The Complete Haiku 4.45 avg rating — 1,017 ratings
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The World of the Shining Prince: Court Life in Ancient Japan
The World of the Shining Prince: Court Life in Ancient Japan 4.04 avg rating — 935 ratings
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The Shackles Of A Name
The Shackles Of A Name 4.35 avg rating — 43 ratings
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The Last Leaves Falling
The Last Leaves Falling 3.88 avg rating — 2,210 ratings
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Japanese Fairy Tales
Japanese Fairy Tales 3.69 avg rating — 5,404 ratings
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The Commoner
The Commoner 3.52 avg rating — 5,081 ratings
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Silence
Silence 4.09 avg rating — 37,721 ratings
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The Samurai
The Samurai 4.02 avg rating — 3,498 ratings
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The Travelling Cat Chronicles
The Travelling Cat Chronicles 4.33 avg rating — 95,657 ratings
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If Cats Disappeared from the World
If Cats Disappeared from the World 3.79 avg rating — 113,376 ratings
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Shibumi
Shibumi
by: Trevanian
4.18 avg rating — 19,190 ratings
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A Pale View of Hills
A Pale View of Hills 3.79 avg rating — 41,031 ratings
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Kazunomiya: Prisoner of Heaven, Japan, 1858
Kazunomiya: Prisoner of Heaven, Japan, 1858 3.76 avg rating — 2,529 ratings
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Hiroshima
Hiroshima 4.04 avg rating — 86,439 ratings
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The Samurai's Garden
The Samurai's Garden 3.88 avg rating — 302 ratings
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Okinawa Diet
Okinawa Diet 4.97 avg rating — 58 ratings
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Little Sister
Little Sister 3.89 avg rating — 736 ratings
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Tree of Cranes
Tree of Cranes
by: Allen Say
4.10 avg rating — 881 ratings
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The Woman in the Dunes
The Woman in the Dunes 3.89 avg rating — 37,522 ratings
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The Diary of Lady Murasaki
The Diary of Lady Murasaki 3.80 avg rating — 2,098 ratings
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Bushido: The Soul of Japan
Bushido: The Soul of Japan 3.84 avg rating — 9,843 ratings
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Land of Rising Ghosts & Goblins: The Supernatural World in Japanese Myths, Folklores, Anime & Pop-Culture
Land of Rising Ghosts & Goblins: The Supernatural World in Japanese Myths, Folklores, Anime & Pop-Culture really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Kitchen
Kitchen 3.90 avg rating — 121,506 ratings
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Festivals of Japan
Festivals of Japan 4.30 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan
Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan 3.95 avg rating — 260 ratings
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RashĹŤmon and Seventeen Other Stories
Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories 4.14 avg rating — 9,855 ratings
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Fudoki (Love/War/Death, #2)
Fudoki (Love/War/Death, #2) 4.01 avg rating — 1,012 ratings
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The Moon Princess
The Moon Princess 3.76 avg rating — 78 ratings
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Strange Weather in Tokyo
Strange Weather in Tokyo 3.69 avg rating — 49,430 ratings
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The Book of Tea
The Book of Tea 3.85 avg rating — 16,840 ratings
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The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet 4.03 avg rating — 66,779 ratings
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The Guest Cat
The Guest Cat 3.55 avg rating — 34,199 ratings
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Spring Snow (The Sea of Fertility, #1)
Spring Snow (The Sea of Fertility, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 22,258 ratings
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A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)
A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3) 3.94 avg rating — 137,406 ratings
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Dance Dance Dance
Dance Dance Dance 4.04 avg rating — 97,120 ratings
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Norwegian Wood
Norwegian Wood really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 696,680 ratings
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Runaway Horses (The Sea of Fertility, #2)
Runaway Horses (The Sea of Fertility, #2) 4.23 avg rating — 8,617 ratings
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The Temple of Dawn (The Sea of Fertility, #3)
The Temple of Dawn (The Sea of Fertility, #3) 3.81 avg rating — 5,588 ratings
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The Decay of the Angel (The Sea of Fertility, #4)
The Decay of the Angel (The Sea of Fertility, #4) 4.14 avg rating — 5,214 ratings
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An Artist of the Floating World
An Artist of the Floating World 3.78 avg rating — 43,684 ratings
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The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea 3.84 avg rating — 49,515 ratings
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Beauty and Sadness
Beauty and Sadness 3.81 avg rating — 14,578 ratings
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The Samurai's Garden
The Samurai's Garden 4.16 avg rating — 27,755 ratings
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Madame Butterfly
Madame Butterfly 3.92 avg rating — 321 ratings
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A Tale for the Time Being
A Tale for the Time Being 4.06 avg rating — 131,692 ratings
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Inspector Imanishi Investigates
Inspector Imanishi Investigates 3.83 avg rating — 4,793 ratings
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The Strange Library
The Strange Library 3.55 avg rating — 67,715 ratings
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Anthology of Japanese Literature: From the Earliest Era to the Mid-Nineteenth Century
Anthology of Japanese Literature: From the Earliest Era to the Mid-Nineteenth Century 4.03 avg rating — 634 ratings
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Modern Japanese Literature: From 1868 to the Present Day
Modern Japanese Literature: From 1868 to the Present Day 4.02 avg rating — 289 ratings
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Shinju (Sano Ichiro, #1)
Shinju (Sano Ichiro, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 4,055 ratings
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The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida
The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida 3.82 avg rating — 4,343 ratings
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The Makioka Sisters
The Makioka Sisters 4.03 avg rating — 11,390 ratings
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Kafka on the Shore
Kafka on the Shore 4.12 avg rating — 528,244 ratings
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Night of the Ninjas (Magic Tree House, #5)
Night of the Ninjas (Magic Tree House, #5) 3.99 avg rating — 21,109 ratings
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Revenge
Revenge 4.02 avg rating — 27,955 ratings
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Hiroshima
Hiroshima 3.70 avg rating — 908 ratings
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100 Things You Should Know about Samurai (100 Things You Should Know About . . . )
100 Things You Should Know about Samurai (100 Things You Should Know About . . . ) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Even Monkeys Fall from Trees and Other Japanese Proverbs
Even Monkeys Fall from Trees and Other Japanese Proverbs 3.65 avg rating — 37 ratings
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The East-West House: Noguchi's Childhood in Japan
The East-West House: Noguchi's Childhood in Japan 3.68 avg rating — 63 ratings
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The Translator
The Translator 3.63 avg rating — 1,184 ratings
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Big Happiness: The Life and Death of a Modern Hawaiian Warrior
Big Happiness: The Life and Death of a Modern Hawaiian Warrior 4.42 avg rating — 60 ratings
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Futon Daiko: A Japanese Festival
Futon Daiko: A Japanese Festival 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Ink (Paper Gods, #1)
Ink (Paper Gods, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 10,024 ratings
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Shinto War Gods of Yasukuni Shrine: The Gates of Hades and Japan's Emperor Cult
Shinto War Gods of Yasukuni Shrine: The Gates of Hades and Japan's Emperor Cult 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Lost in Tokyo
Lost in Tokyo 3.43 avg rating — 122 ratings
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Six Days in Matsugi
Six Days in Matsugi 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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El honor del samurái
El honor del samurái 4.03 avg rating — 4,666 ratings
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Spider Eats Fright
Spider Eats Fright 4.05 avg rating — 19 ratings
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Claws of the Cat (Shinobi Mystery #1)
Claws of the Cat (Shinobi Mystery #1) 3.88 avg rating — 908 ratings
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Cold Rain: Yamabuki and the Warlord Prince (Sword of the Taka Samurai #2)
Cold Rain: Yamabuki and the Warlord Prince (Sword of the Taka Samurai #2) 4.13 avg rating — 60 ratings
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Backlight (Red Circle Minis, #2)
Backlight (Red Circle Minis, #2) 3.59 avg rating — 102 ratings
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The Teahouse Fire
The Teahouse Fire 3.48 avg rating — 3,695 ratings
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Tokyo: Children's travel activity book
Tokyo: Children's travel activity book it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
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No Pianos, Pets or Foreigners! My Life in Japan in the 80's
No Pianos, Pets or Foreigners! My Life in Japan in the 80's 3.86 avg rating — 97 ratings
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The Girl in Kyoto: Bittersweet Memories of One Traditional Family in Japan
The Girl in Kyoto: Bittersweet Memories of One Traditional Family in Japan 3.58 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Neon Spectacular: Japan: A Photographic Documentary of the Japanese Neon Industry
Neon Spectacular: Japan: A Photographic Documentary of the Japanese Neon Industry really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Rainy Day Ramen and the Cosmic Pachinko
Rainy Day Ramen and the Cosmic Pachinko 3.15 avg rating — 72 ratings
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Wabi Sabi: Japanese Wisdom for a Perfectly Imperfect Life
Wabi Sabi: Japanese Wisdom for a Perfectly Imperfect Life 3.90 avg rating — 7,001 ratings
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Sweden
Sweden 3.50 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Gaijin Yokozuna: A Biography of Chad Rowan (A Latitude 20 Book)
Gaijin Yokozuna: A Biography of Chad Rowan (A Latitude 20 Book) 4.19 avg rating — 48 ratings
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Neon Pilgrim
Neon Pilgrim 4.05 avg rating — 317 ratings
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Kamikaze, Cherry Blossoms, and Nationalisms: The Militarization of Aesthetics in Japanese History
Kamikaze, Cherry Blossoms, and Nationalisms: The Militarization of Aesthetics in Japanese History 3.82 avg rating — 121 ratings
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Cold Heart: Yamabuki vs. the Shinobi Priest (Sword of the Taka Samurai #3)
Cold Heart: Yamabuki vs. the Shinobi Priest (Sword of the Taka Samurai #3) 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
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My Life Between Japan and America
My Life Between Japan and America 4.15 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Stand-In Companion (Red Circle Minis, #1)
Stand-In Companion (Red Circle Minis, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 114 ratings
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Japanese Dream
Japanese Dream 4.33 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Watersong
Watersong 3.74 avg rating — 709 ratings
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Shutting Out the Sun: How Japan Created Its Own Lost Generation
Shutting Out the Sun: How Japan Created Its Own Lost Generation 3.58 avg rating — 922 ratings
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