By Amy Chavez I’ve read 84 books so far this year. According to my Goodreads “Reading Challenge,” I’m 15 books ahead of schedule, so I’m well on my way to hitting the 100 mark. In fact, I’ll probably surpass it. How did I go from reading 5 to 10 books a year to reading over More…
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Authors Unite to Support Each Other During COVID-19: Amy Katoh’s Blue & White store in Tokyo
By Amy Chavez Tokyo-based author and collector Amy Katoh has had her Blue & White store in Azabu Jūban, Minato-ku for 44 years. Her shop celebrates the Japanese love for blue and white, especially as represented in traditional textiles (kasuri, tenugui, zabuton cushions, etc.) and porcelain (Imari plates, vases, soba cups, etc). Many of our More…
Ginny Tapley Takemori on translating Convenience Store Woman
Convenience Store Woman was originally published as Conbini ningen (Bungeishunju Ltd., Tokyo, 2016) Ginny Tapley Takemori talks with Books on Asia about translating “Convenience Store Woman,” for the English audience Books on Asia: Convenience Store Woman challenges us to reconsider how we should define a “normal person” in modern society and prods us to accept More…
Seeking Judith Pascoe
Emily Bronte’s only novel “Wuthering Heights,” set in the moors of northern England in the late 18th century, has long been staple reading in Japan. The story of Catherine Earnshaw and her adopted brother Heathcliff, has spawned over 20 Japanese interpretations since the novel was first translated into Japanese by Yasuo Yamamoto in 1932. Japanese More…