A Supernatural Mismatch Made in HeavenParanormal incidents heat up when two mysterious men cross paths in Tomoe, a small town in Hiroshima with a long history of supernatural encounters.Misato Miyazawa is a strikingly beautiful young man with a troubled past. Born to a distinguished family of onmyoji—specialists in divination—Misato is no stranger to the occult. That’s why he jumps at the chance to join the Abnormal Disaster Unit in Tomoe’s Town Hall Crisis...

“My darling city—with an eternal tea and cake, with lanterns of festival—looked up to me through the gray veil of rain. I felt as if Tokio were bidding me farewell.”Miss Morning Glory, an 18-year old Japanese girl, embarks on the journey of a lifetime. Accompanied by her uncle, she boards a ship bound to America, landing in San Francisco and befriending the ambassador’s wife. Whether she’s running a cigar shop in Chinatown or seeing the sights in Chicago, Morning Glory’s thoughts a...

Ever since she was little, Nunnally has always wanted to be one of the graceful, capable receptionists of the Hall. As only first-rate mages are hired for the position, she enrolls in the kingdom’s magic academy to hone her skills, where she feels out of place in a classroom of nobles—including a genuine prince. She decides that despite being a commoner, she’s going to be the top of her class...but for some reason, she just can’t beat the one person she’d most like to—the snobbish boy seat...

Our Hiroshima-based spirit hunting team faces a ghostly grudge more vicious than ever before...When the Abnormal Disaster Unit receives a call for backup from a neighboring town, they send Misato, Ryouji, and Hirose as a party of three to respond. The overview of the case is simple: A haunted kagura mask has disappeared. To deduce the mystery, they turn to Yukiko—a college student researching Hiroshima-style kagura dance. However, when a suspicious man wearing the ...

Do You Have What It Takes To Slay A God?The story begins on Kamiki Island off the coast of Hiroshima Prefecture. Yaeka Kamiki, the only high school student on the island, is a shrine maiden of Kamiki Shirahige Shrine. She serves the god Itsukigami, a deity who drifted to the shores of Kamiki Island from across the sea long ago. However, when freelance monk Ryouji Karino takes a fishing trip to the island on the day of the equinox, a colossal wave suddenly takes him...

Confronting DespairAfter the possessed kagura mask escapes, the Abnormal Disaster Unit has no choice but to rely on ordinary citizens to resolve the case alongside the police and Akitakata City government. Never has the unit worked with so many nonspiritual people before, and disaster strikes when the demon lures one such person into its clutches… Yukiko.“They shall know our pain. They shall know our resentment.”Misato, Ryouji, and Takayuki bravely ...

The novel is presented in diary format and tells the story of a young Japanese girl named Itō Sei as she travels to America. Through Itō Sei's diary entries, readers gain insight into her experiences and observations as she navigates the cultural differences and challenges of life in the United States.As Itō Sei explores American society, she encounters various people and situations that shape her understanding of the world and her place in it. The novel likely explores themes of identity,...

Hide & PeakOnce again, two otherworldly friends find themselves in the midst of a strange, supernatural mystery—and this time, demons are involved!After defeating the inugami, Misato’s team at the Abnormal Disaster Unit entrusts the good-looking onmyoji with the resolution of a new enigma. At the same time, hot-blooded freelance monk Ryouji is discreetly tasked with a missing person case in Izumo: Katsuki Narukami, Misato’s beloved younger brother, has vani...

"The Spirit of Japanese Art" by Yone Noguchi is a profound exploration of the aesthetic principles and cultural significance of Japanese art. Noguchi, a prominent figure in the early 20th century, delves into the unique characteristics that define Japanese artistic expression, emphasizing the harmony between nature and craftsmanship. Through his insightful analysis, he highlights the spiritual essence that permeates traditional Japanese art forms, from painting to pottery, revealing how th...

In the Ashikaga age (1335-1573) the best Japanese artists, like Sesshu and his disciples, for instance, true revolutionists in art, not mere rebels, whose Japanese simplicity was strengthened and clarified by Chinese suggestion, were in the truest meaning of the word Buddhist priests, who sat before the inextinguishable lamp of faith, and sought their salvation by the road of silence; their studios were in the Buddhist temple, east of the forests and west of the hills, dark without, and lu...

24th—The song of gay children scattered over the street had subsided. The harvest moon shone like a yellow halo of “Nono Sama.” All things in blessed Mitsuho No Kuni—the smallest ant also—bathed in sweet inspiring beams of beauty. The soft song that is not to be heard but to be felt, was in the air. ’Twas a crime, I judged, to squander lazily such a gracious graceful hour within doors. I and my maid strolled to the Konpira shrine. Her red stout fingers—like sweet potatoes—didn’t appear so ...

The American Diary of a Japanese Girl Yoné Noguchi - Tokio, Sept. 23rd My new page of life is dawning. A trip beyond the seas-Meriken Kenbutsu-it's not an ordinary event. It is verily the first event in our family history that I could trace back for six centuries. My today's dream of America-dream of a butterfly sipping on golden dews-was rudely broken by the artless chirrup of a hundred sparrows in my garden. "Chui, chui! Chui, chui, chui!" Bad sparrows! My dream was silly but splendid. D...