Discover Japan

I guess that "Discover Japan" is a well-known magazine among people interested in Japanese culture, but I discovered it only recently... In fact, I saw an interesting issue in a bookshop last year (September 2016) about Tokyo Olympics and bought the magazine thinking that I would read it later. At the time, I was not..

世界から猫が消えたなら by Genki Kawamura

世界から猫が消えたなら・せかいからねこがきえたなら is a novel by 川村元気・かわむらげんき. A film based on the novel was released last year. I haven't seen the film but I plan to. Even if I am posting this in the "currently reading" category of my blog, I am not really reading this book, I am listening to the audiobook. I bought it..

Bungo Stray Dogs: a gate to Japanese literature

The manga Bungo Stray Dogs (文豪ストレイドッグス) is a manga written by Asagiri Kafka (朝霧カフカ) and illustrated by Harukawa Sango (春川35). One particularity of the manga is that the characters of the series are named after great literature authors. For example, the main character, a 18 year-old boy who can turn into a white tiger, is..