Japan

[Brittany]

Suicide Forest by Jeremy Bates

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

More books set in Japan:


100 Years of Vicissitude by Andrez Bergen
47 Ronin by Mike Richardson
The 47 Ronin Story by John Allyn
Above the East China Sea by Sarah Bird
The Accidental Office Lady by Laura Kriska
The Alchemy of Desire by Tarun J. Tejpal
All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka
Amore by Yasushi Inoue
And Then by Natsume Sōseki
Apparitions: Ghosts of Old Edo by Miyuki Miyabe
Argentine Hag by Banana Yoshimoto
Ariake: Poems of Love and Longing by the Women Courtiers of Ancient Japan
The Ark Sakura by Kōbō Abe
The Arrow Catcher by Jim Mather
At Home in Japan: A Foreign Woman's Journey of Discovery by Rebecca Otowa
Audrey Hepburn's Neck by Alan Brown
Autofiction by Hitomi Kanehara
The Awakening Of Japan by Kakuzō Okakura
Basho: The Complete Haiku by Matsuo Bashō
Bashō's Haiku: Selected Poems by Matsuo Bashō
Basho's Journey: The Literary Prose of Matsuo Basho by Matsuo Bashō
Be With You by Takuji Ichikawa
The Bear and the Paving Stone by Toshiyuki Horie
The Beautiful and the Grotesque by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Bedtime Eyes by Amy Yamada
Before the Dawn by Tōson Shimazaki
Beyond the Blossoming Fields by Junichi Watanabe
Beyond the Curve by Kōbō Abe
The Big Bento Box of Unuseless Japanese Inventions by Kenji Kawakami
Birthday girl by Haruki Murakami
Birthday Stories by Haruki Murakami
The Black Lizard and Beast in the Shadows by Edogawa Rampo
Blossom Among Flowers by Jay E. Tria (1st book in series)
Blossoms and Shadows by Lian Hearn
Blue Bamboo: Japanese Tales of Fantasy by Osamu Dazai
Blue Skies by Ali Vali
The Book of Heroes by Miyuki Miyabe
The Book of Tokyo: A City in Short Fiction by Michael Emmerich
Brave Story by Miyuki Miyabe
The Bridegroom Was a Dog by Yōko Tawada
A Brief History of the Samurai: The Way of Japan's Elite Warriors by Jonathan Clements
The Briefcase by Hiromi Kawakami
Bringing Mulligan Home: The Other Side of the Good War by Dale Maharidge
The Budding Tree: Six Stories of Love in Edo by Aiko Kitahara
Bullfight by Yasushi Inoue

[John]

Here some that I didn't see listed, though I may have missed them:

Neon Pilgrim

Shalom Japan: A Sabra's Five Years in the Land of the Rising Sun

For Fukui's Sake: Two Years In Rural Japan by Sam Baldwin

My Mother Is a Tractor: A Life in Rural Japan by Nicholas Klar

Walking the Kiso Road: A Modern-Day Exploration of Old Japan by William Scott Wilson

The Sudden Disappearance of Japan: Journeys Through a Hidden Land by J.D. Brown

At Home in Japan: A Foreign Woman's Journey of Discovery by Rebecca Otowa

[Kaz]

Tribulation: A Science Fiction Thriller is half set in modern day Japan with Japanese characters.

[Ketrija]

I am looking for book suggestion set in Osaka. I visited Osaka last year, and found it very fascinating.

[Carol]

Ketrija wrote: "I am looking for book suggestion set in Osaka. I visited Osaka last year, and found it very fascinating."

Here’s a list you may want to review. I’m a big fan of Some Prefer Nettles and The Makioka Sisters, but if you seek something contemporary, this list should help.



https://www.goodreads.com/places/7028...

[John]

The Honjin Murders

[Laura]

6,393 Miles

[Jade]

Cult X by Fuminori Nakamura.

The Miracles of the Namiya General Store by Keigo Higashino.

Six Four by Hideo Yokoyama.

Heaven by Mieko Kawakami.

A Perfect Day to Be Alone by Nanae Aoyama.

The Lonesome Bodybuilder by Yukiko Motoya.

Innocent World by Ami Sakurai.

The Convenience Store by the Sea by Sonoko Machida.

The Man Who Died Seven Times by Yasuhiko Nishizawa.

Black Box by Shiori Itō.

The End of August by Yū Miri.

Tokyo Ueno Station by Yū Miri.

Where the Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda.

Killing Kanoko by Hiromi Itō.

The Crimson Labyrinth by Yusuke Kishi.

Chain Mail: Addicted to You by Hiroshi Ishizaki.

Idol, Burning by Rin Usami.

The Woman in the Purple Skirt by Natsuko Imamura

Lost Girls and Love Hotels by Catherine Hanrahan.

Glass Geishas by Susanna Quinn.

The Earthquake Bird by Susanna Jones.

Dreams of the Dead by Christopher Golden.

Spirits of the Noh by Christopher Golden.

A Winter of Ghosts by Christopher Golden.

A Curse in Kyoto by S.J. Cullen.

The Pine Islands by Marion Poschmann.

Confessions by Kanae Minato.

Penance by Kanae Minato.

The Mad Kyoto Shoe Swapper and Other Short Stories from Japan by Rebecca Otowa.

The Widow, The Priest and The Octopus Hunter: Discovering a Lost Way of Life on a Secluded Japanese Island by Amy Chavez.

True Crime Japan: Thieves, Rascals, Killers and Dope Heads: True Stories from a Japanese Courtroom by Paul Murphy.

Geisha, Harlot, Strangler, Star: A Woman, Sex, and Morality in Modern Japan by William Johnston.

People Who Eat Darkness: The True Story of a Young Woman Who Vanished from the Streets of Tokyo—and the Evil That Swallowed Her Up by Richard Lloyd Parry.

Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone by Richard Lloyd Parry.

Rental Person Who Does Nothing by Shoji Morimoto.

Legless in Ginza: Orientating Japan by Robin Gerster.

[Rainbowheart]

All of Us Strangers