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”A must-read for Murakami fans.”- Hotlist
Set in the early hours of the morning in and around Tokyo, this ingeniously constructed English language debut is an energetic fresco of nocturnal existence. Hailed as a melange of Agatha Christie, Teju Cole,…
Full of David WraggÔÇÖs unique blend of humour, heart, and high stakes, The Company of the Wolf is the epic next instalment in the Tales of the Plains trilogy.
Lonely Planet’s local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the ultimate short trip to Tokyo – and discover twice the city in half the time!
Discover Tokyo’s most popular experiences, must-see attractions, and unexpected surprises – neighbourhood by neighbourhood – with our…
Kategorier: Sport, idrott och friluftsliv
Lonely Planet’s Best Day Walks Japan is your passport to 60 easy escapes into nature. Stretch your legs away from the city by picking a hike that works for you, from just a couple of hours to a full day, from easy to hard. Climb Mt Fuji, walk the Tohoku coast, and enjoy the views in Kamikochi. Get to the heart…
Lonely Planet’s Experience Japan is your guide to unforgettable experiences and local surprises. See ancient rituals in beautiful temples, find zen at a traditional tea ceremony, celebrate Tokyo’s vibrant pop culture – all guided by local experts with fresh perspectives. Uncover Japan’s best…
Lonely Planet’s Experience Tokyo travel guide reveals exciting new ways to explore this iconic city with insider tips from our local experts and handy planning tools so you can create your own unique trip.
Discover amazing local experiences from climbing the inimitable Mt Fuji, to eating traditional Japanese…
’What Japan was she owed to the samurai. They were not only the flower of the nation, but its root as well.’Inazo Nitobe’s book, the most influential ever written on Bushido, or the samurai Way of the Warrior, argues that the philosophy of Bushido is the true key to understanding ’the soul of…
National Geographic Traveler guidebooks contain must-know travel information, inspiring photography, insider tips, and expert advice you won’t find on the internet for bucket-list destinations around the world.
Japan is a multifaceted country with a rich history and culture and spellbinding beauty. Nature lovers…
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Kategorier: Alternativa trossystem Ande, kropp och själ Filosofi och religion Folkliga föreställningar och kontroversiell kunskap Hälsa, relationer och personlig utveckling Mystik, magi och det ockulta Ockulta studier Övernaturliga fenomen / det paranormala Religion och tro Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Spöken och poltergeistfenomen
· Examines four suppressed and secret texts to discover the deeper
truths beneath Japanese mythology
· Introduces evidence of ancient civilisations in Japan, the sacred
geometry of primitive times and claims of a non-Earthly origin
of the Emperors
· Explores how these texts convey the sacred spiritual…
”Chivalry is a flower no less indigenous to the soil of Japan than cherry blossom” are the opening words to Inazo Nitobe’s Bushido: The Soul of Japan. It was 1900 and Inazo, a Japanese academic living in the USA, had been prompted to write the book after an American professor had wondered how the…
Matsui is the driver of a taxi the colour of the night sky. Every night between the hours of 1 am and 4.30 am, Matsui guides his taxi around the streets of Tokyo, collecting passengers and their stories.
Seen through the eyes of a cast of colourful characters, Goodnight Tokyo takes the reader on an intimate journey…
The ultimate guide to exploring the roads less travelled, in Tokyo and beyond.
Chiara Terzuolo takes us on a journey through Tokyo and its surrounding cities, uncovering the hidden treasures that lie beneath the well-trodden hustle and bustle of one of the world’s most-travelled destinations.
From tucked-away…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
This fascinating history tells the story of the people of Japan, from ancient teenage priest-queens to teeming hordes of salarymen, a nation that once sought to conquer China, yet also shut itself away for two centuries in self-imposed seclusion.
First revealed to Westerners in the chronicles of Marco Polo, Japan was a…
According to the contributors to this volume, the relationship of Buddhism and the arts in Japan is less the rendering of Buddhist philosophical ideas through artistic imagery than it is the development of concepts and expressions in a virtually inseparable unity. By challenging those who consider religion to be the…
Dancing Into Darkness is Sondra Horton Fraleigh’s chronological diary of her deepening understanding of and appreciation for this art form, as she moves from a position of aesthetic response as an audience member to that of assimilation as a student. As a student of Zen and butoh, Fraleigh witnesses her own…
Tokyo är en stad som fascinerar och förundrar. Människor och mat, arkitektur och japansk kultur lockar allt fler att resa hit.
Kjell Fornander kom första gången till Tokyo som journalist på 1980-talet. I reseguiden Tokyo Staden/adresserna berättar han kunnigt och engagerat om den stad han levt i under mer än trettio…
In Zen Buddhism, the concept of freedom is of profound importance. And yet, until now there has been no in-depth study of the manifestation of this liberated attitude in the lives and artwork of Edo period Zen monk-painters. This book explores the playfulness and free-spirited attitude reflected in the artwork of two…
Women have long been active supporters and promoters of Buddhist rituals and functions, but their importance in the operations of Buddhist schools has often been minimized. Chin’ichibo (?–1344), a nun who taught male and female disciples and lived in her own temple, is therefore considered an anomaly. In Tracing…
Like an ancient river, Daoist traditions introduced from China once flowed powerfully through the Japanese religious landscape, forever altering its topography and ecology. Daoism’s presence in Japan still may be discerned in its abiding influence on astrology, divination, festivals, literature, politics, and popular…
From the author of The Cat and The City – ’vibrant and accomplished’ David Mitchell – a BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick.
Flo is sick of Tokyo. Suffering from a crisis in confidence, she is stuck in a rut, her translation work has dried up and she’s in a relationship that’s run its course.…
Kategorier: Hantverk och handarbete Kviltning, lapptäcken och applikationer Livsstil, hobby och fritid Sömnad och handarbete
Now in an easy-to-use reference guide size, this updated block tool includes 110 authentic blocks from America’s first mail-order pattern company, the Ladies’ Art Company. Each block has instructions for 5 sizes, design details, construction diagrams, inspiration blocks, and even a project! The projects…
Kategorier: Konst
Featuring the works Japan’s most celebrated neko-e artists, this gorgeous boxed set contains a volume of more than seventy exquisite accordion-fold prints and an accompanying booklet with explanatory texts.
For centuries, cats have played an essential role in Japanese culture and folklore. Long before Hello…
The best of Tokyo cuisine and culture, from AM to PM.
A Day in Tokyo is a culinary journey through one of the world’s most vibrant cities.
From the bustling streets of Shinjuku to the hidden corners of Ueno, this book takes you on a delicious food adventure from breakfast through to dinner, showcasing the…
Let Secret Tokyo guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Tokyo guide book.
Kategorier: Sport, idrott och friluftsliv
**Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) Winner**
Bushido: The Samurai Code of Japan is the most influential book ever written on the Japanese ”Way of the Warrior.” A classic study of Japanese culture, the book outlines the moral code of the Samurai way of living and the virtues every Samurai warrior holds…
”Think not that dreams appear to the dreamer only at night, the dream of this world of pain appears to us even by day.”
In this book, famed author Lafcadio Hearn presents 14 fascinating stories-including deathless ghosts and yokai, local folklore and haunted places, as well as Buddhist traditions. This…
Kategorier: Tecknade romaner, serier och skämtteckningar
The entire fascinating story of Japan told in one exciting manga-style volume!
A History of Japan in Manga tells the action-packed saga of Japan from its misty origins up to the present day. Epic battles, noble Samurai and duplicitous leaders are all portrayed in modern manga fashion! The lively stories in this book…
Kategorier: Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Bilderböcker Bilderböcker, pysselböcker och pedagogiska böcker 0–5 år
Explore the familiar sights of Tokyo via their iconic colours in this illustrated tour of the city.
All the Colours of Tokyo is an illustrated exploration of the iconic objects that define the city, through the colours that weave through its streets and define its landmarks.
Explore Tokyo in a brand-new way, with…
An extraordinary collection of Japanese ghost stories, many in English for the first time!
This spine-chilling anthology of 77 spooky stories from the Japanese collection Tales from Shinshu is compiled and edited by award-winning author Noboru Wada. It features traditional tales of yokai, ghosts, mountain witches,…
Prepare to be spooked by these chilling Japanese short stories!
Strange Tales from Japan presents 99 spine-tingling tales of ghosts, yokai, demons, shapeshifters and trickster animals who inhabit remote reaches of the Japanese countryside.
The captivating tales in this volume include:
The Vengeance of Oiwa – The…
Kategorier: Andra världskriget Historia Historia och arkeologi Militärhistoria Särskilda krig och fälttåg
Between 1944 and 1945, the Japanese military launched almost ten thousand bomb-bearing balloons across the Pacific Ocean. Intended to spark forest fires and shake American morale, the balloons were beset by technical problems and never achieved their destructive potential, but were nonetheless responsible for the only…
Lonely Planet’s Japan is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the country has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Summit Mount Fuji, pay your respects at Buddhist temples in Kyoto, and have your fill of sushi and sake; all with your trusted travel…
Lonely Planet’s Tokyo is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the city has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Enjoy local beers at an izakaya, catch the cherry blossoms in bloom and climb to the top of Mount Fuji; all with your trusted travel…
People are the problem. They're always the problem. If a business person goes home frustrated, if they talk with their significant other about it, if they lay awake at night stewing about it, inevitably the problem is some person at work – a colleague, subordinate or boss.
Handling people issues is every…
A tale of modern Japan and old-fashioned romance. ’Enchanting, moving and funny in equal measure, this compelling love story is expertly crafted against a backdrop of modern Japanese culture’ Stylist Tsukiko is in her late 30s and living alone when one night she happens to meet one of her former high school…
A richly detailed, brilliantly woven debut about the life and lore of one Black American family, told in thirteen distinct snapshots of their family gatherings The children of the four Collins sisters – Cassandra, Lela, Suzette and Felice – have a complicated inheritance. It includes unbreakable rules for…
The critically acclaimed manga series about a man time-traveling back to his youth to save his girlfriend from a street gang-which inspired the wildly popular anime and live-action film!
Watching the news, Hanagaki Takemichi learns his junior-high girlfriend Tachibana Hinata has died. A sudden shove sends him 12 years…
In the world of Tokyo Ghoul, sometimes the only way to fight monsters is to become one…
The Commission of Counter Ghoul is the only organization fighting the Ghoul menace, and they will use every tool at their disposal to protect humanity from its ultimate predator. Their newest weapon in this hidden war is an…
The Black Dragons are a brutal, bloodthirsty motorcycle gang, and their merger with Toman caused it to rot from the inside. Upon returning to the past, Takemichi collides head-first with Shiba Taiju, the leader of the Black Dragons, and his younger brother Hakkai. There’s a twisted history of abuse and loathing…
BETRAYAL IS WORSE THAN DEATH IN MOST CASES
Flo is sick of Tokyo. She is stuck in a rut, her translation work has dried up, and she’s in a relationship that’s run its course. That’s until she stumbles upon a mysterious book left by a drunken passenger on the Tokyo Subway. She starts to read…
SOUND OF WATER
Kyo has failed his university…
The critically acclaimed manga series about a man time-traveling back to his youth to save his girlfriend from a street gang-which inspired the wildly popular anime and live-action film!
Watching the news, Hanagaki Takemichi learns his junior-high girlfriend Tachibana Hinata has died. A sudden shove sends him 12 years…
HEARTS ARE BROKEN EVERY DAY
The decisive Christmas battle between Toman and the Black Dragons is finally over. Against all odds, Takemichi untangled a web of family drama and averted a bloody murder. But there’s still the problem of his relationship with Hina. To try and keep her safe from the violence that…
The third and penultimate novel in the Detective Kyoichiro Kaga series by bestselling Japanese crime writer Keigo Higashino
On the Nihonbashi Bridge in Tokyo stands the statue of a mythic beast – a kirin. One evening a man staggers onto the bridge and collapses beneath the winged creature. The patrolman on watch…