The Lady and the Monk
1987: A writer spends a year in the city of Kyoto finding the Zen enlightenment he is looking for
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One Hot Summer in Kyoto
2000s: A man travels to Kyoto to experience its pleasures and doesn’t take his wife..
A Tale for the Time Being
2011: ‘Hi! My name is Nao, and I am a time being. Do you know what a time being is? Well, if you give me a…
Up from the Sea
2011: A powerful novel-in-verse about how one teen boy survives the March 2011 tsunami that devastates his coastal Japanese village.
Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids
WW2: Life in a small mountain-side village changes for ever..when 15 delinquents turn up, wanting shelter.
