Di toko jajanan ajaib Zenitendo semua keinginan pembelinya bisa terwujud. Hanya saja, semua perkataan Beniko, pemilik toko, harus selalu dituruti. Jika tidak, nasib buruk akan jadi akibatnya.... Jajanan dalam buku ini, di antaranya: Permen Jeli Putri Duyung, Es Berhantu, dan Biskuit Binatang Buas. Buku Toko Jajanan Ajaib Zenitendo telah terjual jutaan kopi di Jepang dan Korea. Novel bestseller …
In the fifth book in the sensational Before the Coffee Gets Cold series translated from Japanese, the mysterious café where customers arrive hoping to travel back in time welcomes four new guests: - The father who could not allow his daughter to get married - A woman who couldn't give Valentine's Day chocolates to her loved one - A boy who wants to show his smile to his divorced parents …
Awarded Japan's highest literary prize, Sympathy Tower Tokyo is an extraordinary novel from one of the most exciting new voices in world literature. Partly inspired by conversations with an artificial intelligence, it offers an extraordinary defence of the power of language written by humans, a touching exploration of the imaginative impulse, and an often hilarious send up of our modern world's…
Ibu Guru menganggap Totto-chan nakal, padahal gadis cilik itu hanya punya rasa ingin tahu yang besar. Itulah sebabnya ia gemar berdiri di depan jendela selama pelajaran berlangsung. Karena para guru sudah tak tahan lagi, akhirnya Totto-chan dikeluarkan dari sekolah. Mama pun mendaftarkan Totto-chan ke Tomoe Gakuen. Totto-chan girang sekali, di sekolah itu para murid belajar di gerbong kereta…
Sentaro has failed. He has a criminal record, drinks too much, and his dream of becoming a writer is just a distant memory. With only the blossoming of the cherry trees to mark the passing of time, he spends his days in a tiny confectionery shop selling dorayaki, a type of pancake filled with sweet bean paste.
"Sensei Masa was a master swordsmith known throughout all of Japan." Young Michio is apprenticed to the master swordsmith. He watches and learns not only the skills to make a fine sword, but also lessons in humility, hard work, and compassion, elements of Bushido, the samurai code of honor. When he and Sensei create a sword that rivals all others, warriors from around Japan come to claim own…
Di balik pesona jalanan yang teratur dan penduduk yang tertib, kota pelabuhan Kobe sesungguhnya tidak baik-baik saja. Bisnis mengalir segencar angin musim semi Haru-ichiban bagi Mami Suzuki, pegawai hotel pada siang hari, detektif swasta pada malam hari. Siapakah yang berani mencuri dari seorang pedagang mutiara terbesar di Jepang? Di manakah keberadaan seorang koki sushi ternama dan mengapa…
A haunting Orwellian novel about the terrors of state surveillance, from the acclaimed author of The Housekeeper and the Professor. On an unnamed island, objects are disappearing: first hats, then ribbons, birds, roses. . . . Most of the inhabitants are oblivious to these changes, while those few able to recall the lost objects live in fear of the draconian Memory Police, who are committed t…