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Bash?'s Narrow road

spring & autumn passages : two works
Presents Japanese haiku poet Matsuo Basho's epic account of his five-month journey in 1689 into the deep country north and west of the old capital, Edo.
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Cool Tokyo guide

adventures in the city of kawaii kawaii fashion, train sushi and Godzilla
2018
In graphic novel format, presents a guidebook to Tokyo, Japan, focusing on shopping, food, getting around, and other topics.
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Diary of a Tokyo teen

a Japanese-American girl travels to the land of trendy fashion, high-tech toilets and maid cafes
The author, who was born in Japan to a Japanese mother and an American father, and grew up in the United States, recounts in graphic novel format her visit to her grandparents in Tokyo the summer before she turned sixteen.

Mo ichido, once more

an American family in Japan, the second year
1985

Turning Japanese

memoirs of a sansei
1992
Author David Mura discusses the experiences he had when he returned to Japan to try and rediscover his family's roots and his own identity.

Cool Japan guide

fun in the land of manga, lucky cats, and ramen
2014
In graphic novel format, presents a guidebook to Japan, focusing on shopping, food, the world's biggest manga, anime, and cosplay festivals, and other topics.

Wrong about Japan

a father's journey with his son
2006
The author presents a travel diary mixed with a few fictional embellishments about he and his son's cultural adventure to Japan to learn manga history and meet manga artists after they became intrigued by Japanese comics.

Japan

in the land of the brokenhearted
1989

Turning Japanese

memoirs of a sansei
1991

The dream of water

a memoir
1996
Kyoko Mori takes you on a journey through her native Japan, from which she fled as a teenager, and then returned in 1990. She gives a personal journey of discovery that is also an exploration of national differences.

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