We all hold lost recipes in our hearts. A very special restaurant in Kyoto helps find them . . .Tucked away down a Kyoto backstreet lies the extraordinary Kamogawa Diner, run by Chef Nagare and his daughter, Koishi. The father-daughter duo have reinvented themselves as “food detectives,” offering a service that goes beyond cooking mouth-watering meals. Through their culinary sleuthing, they revive lost recipes and rekindle forgotten memories.From the Olympi...

**A beloved Japanese bestseller, Menu of Happiness is for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold and asks the question: What’s the one dish you’d do anything to taste just one more time?“As warm and nourishing as a good cup of tea…a series I can see myself returning to again and again.”—Mia P. Manansala, award-winning author of Arsenic and Adobo**Every memory has a flavor. A very special restaurant in Kyoto helps find them . . .Welco...

Two superstars of anime and manga open their studio doors and spill their secrets in this private master class.Join Hisashi Kagawa, an animation director for Sailor Moon, and Yoshihiko Umakoshi, a character developer for My Hero Academia, as they show you how to bring your battle heroines boldly to life.Helpful sidebars and tips appear in dialogue bubbles throughout this book, as the artists guide aspiring illustrators from initial idea to...

**Discover new delicious mysteries in this fourth installment in The Kamogawa Food Detectives series, the beloved Japanese bestseller and celebration of the healing power of food.“Off-beat and charming, [with] more complexity of flavor than you might expect.” – NPR – Fresh Air with Terry Gross“Miso soup for the soul.” —Kirkus Reviews**If I hadn't searched for the 'flavors' of my memories, I think I would have spent my life endlessly chasing the past . ....

"There...! It feels... so good!" A popular classmate is my old man's bride!? Living together under one roof is too erotic and desires explode!

"There...! It feels... so good!" A popular classmate is my old man's bride!? Living together under one roof is too erotic and desires explode!

"There...! It feels... so good!" A popular classmate is my old man's bride!? Living together under one roof is too erotic and desires explode!

"There...! It feels... so good!" A popular classmate is my old man's bride!? Living together under one roof is too erotic and desires explode!

"There...! It feels... so good!" A popular classmate is my old man's bride!? Living together under one roof is too erotic and desires explode!

"There...! It feels... so good!" A popular classmate is my old man's bride!? Living together under one roof is too erotic and desires explode!

The sound of a trumpet across a Japanese mountain valley leads a young man to befriend a mysterious stranger. During repeated visits to the cave where the stranger has set up home, the young man learns about his past – in the mines, villages and ports of the region. The stranger’s hilarious, bawdy and touching narratives captivate the young man, but he begins to doubt their veracity. Finally, as the young man decides his own fate, the full truth about the stranger is revealed.‘Tale...

Tokyo Seven Roses' is set in Japan during the waning months of WWII and the beginning of the Occupation. It is written as a diary kept from April 1945 to April 1946 by Shinsuke Yamanaka, a fifty-three-year-old fan-maker living in Nezu, part of Tokyo's shitamachi (old-town) district. After the war, Shinsuke learns by chance that the Occupation forces are plotting a nefarious scheme: in order to cut Japan off from its dreadful past, they intend to see that the language is written henceforth ...