Japan has produced two major exports in the fields of self-help and cleanliness in the past decade: Marie Kondo and Shoukei Matsumoto. “Kon Mari” is by far the bigger name, […]
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Review: “From Tatami to Tokyo: The Foreigner’s Handbook Apartment Hunting in Japan” ★★★★☆
“From Tatami to Tokyo: The Foreigner’s Handbook Apartment Hunting in Japan” by Brian Takahashi is a 54-page guidebook for foreigners hunting for an apartment in Japan. The book covers the […]
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Review: “Japan Sinks” by Sakyo Komatsu ★★★★☆
“Japan Sinks” by Sakyo Komatsu, translated into English by Michael Gallagher, is a hard core disaster / sci-fi novel that depicts the aftermath of a series of large-scale natural disasters […]
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Review: “Japan Travel Guide: Things I Wish I’d Known Before Going to Japan” ★★★☆☆
“Japan Travel Guide: Things I Wish I’d Known Before Going to Japan” by Yuki Fukuyama and Ken Fukuyama is a self-published detailed guide book aimed at first-time visitors to Japan. […]