When I was a little girl, a family friend gave me a book as a present. It was a beautiful, colourful collection of folktales from all around the world and I quickly fell in love with it. I adored it so much that, after reading it all myself, I’d ask my mom to read us…
2024 Japanese books
Year In Review: The 2024 Japanese Books, Films, and Dramas We Won’t Forget
A couple more weeks and it’s 2025. Can you believe it? I know that I can’t! But now it’s the perfect time for us to take a look back at 2024 and talk about the very best 2024 Japanese books, dramas and films. Can you recognise all these titles? As much as possible, I tried…
The Kamogawa Food Detectives: The Tales of The Restaurant of Lost Recipes
Is food just a means of nourishment? To Kamogawa Nagare, the protagonist of The Kamogawa Food Detectives series, it isn’t. At the Kamogawa Diner, food is about love, care, and nostalgia. It’s about who made it, where you were and who you were with when you savoured it. And so, a dish becomes part of…
