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…
Hisashi Kashiwai
10 Japanese Books You Must Read This Summer (+1 extra)
The (boiling) hot summer days have arrived in full force. As some of us head to the strong sunshine on the beach and some others, to the fresh air of the mountains, what’s better than some Japanese literature to fill your days? Japanese literature has received a lot more attention recently and it’s now much…
