‘Books & Novels’ Archives
PropagandaBuster, Texas Daddy Tony will be published in Japan
There is a popular YOUTUBE site called PropagandaBuster. This site is run by a Gentleman called Tony and he is getting a little popular in Japan now, it' s maybe because he often talks about problems concerned with Japan and it often goes for Japan. The speech he makes is really interesting in the sense that we can know how one of the [...]
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami sells in Taiwan
Haruki Murakami is already a famous novelist of Japan. His latest work, 1Q84, is published in many countries, and it makes a hit sales in Taiwan too. In Taiwan, there are many people looking at Japanese pop culture or modern information through media. It's not a big surprise if Taiwan publishes this title. But the sales seems to be [...]
SOSEKI NATSUME, the Great Novelist
Probably SOSEKI NATSUME is not so famous compared to Yukio Mishima or Haruki Murakami. Moreover, Japanese novelists aren't famous generally in the world. British, French, Russian, or German literature is always popular and it's a study at Colleges in the world. In that European power situation, some Japanese novelists are known to fans as [...]
Translation of Yukio Mishima
If we try to find a worldwide famous Japanese novelist, there wouldn't be many. Maybe Yukio Mishima is one of the few. I've never read the translated books of Yukio Mishima. But I can imagine how it would be a hard work to translate his idea in the different language. His stories are expressed by using very special words in Japanese, which [...]
Michelin Osaka, Kyoto, and Tokyo
// Michelin gourmet guide book is also famous in Japan. They buy this series of books when they go traveling. Now do you know this series added Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto cities of Japan ? I often hear that Tokyo is regarded as one of the gourmet cities in the world and Tokyo has more 3 star restaurants than NY city. I don't know if [...]
Fall of Japan. Golden Temple ( Kinkakuji) & Yukio Mishima
// Japanese Fall started. From now till the end of November, the trees in the mountain turn their leaves into red. Fall is the most beautiful season in Japan. In the history, many poets were born writing about the heart of fall. Dining table becomes colorful with seasonal food stuff. For travelers, Kyoto's fall is especially [...]
Haruki Murakami, the popularity structure
Haruki Murakami seems to be the most popular or well known Japanese story writer at this generation. He used to be a popular writer among Japanese college students 20 to 30 years ago. It's a kind of mystery why he became such a popular author in the world after that. Many read his book, Norwegian Wood when it's published in Japan and [...]
