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Jun 25, 2025

Summer reading

I know there have been questions in the past about what we're watching, but I'm wondering what you're reading at the moment! I'm looking to get a few new books for summer and I'd love to hear if you have any recent recommendations. If you have any good spots here to get EN language books in person, too, I'd appreciate if you would share those as well!

genkidesu

genkidesu

Love to travel, interested in J-beauty products and consider myself a convenience store snack aficionado. Navigating the ever-present challenges of expat life, particularly about my TCK's (third culture kids).

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  • TonetoEdo

    19 hours ago

    I've got about four weeks to myself this year, some of which I'll spend travelling, and I'm going to chill out and read! Some Japan content I'm intending to read: The Good Shufu: Finding Love, Self, and Home on the Far Side of the World by Tracy Slater (2015) The Convenience Store by the Sea by Machida Sonoko (2025) I rely on Amazon Japan and Kinokuniya brick-and-mortar for books.

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  • TonetoEdo

    18 hours ago

    Some recommendations of books I've read are a little old. Like decades and centuries old. They left an impression on me! The one that made me laugh and cry was The Confessions of Lady Nijo, a court lady who started as a concubine and finished as a Buddhist nun in the 14th century. If you anticipate traveling from Okayama to Hiroshima to Shikoku, I recommend reading The Inland Sea by Donald Richie (1971). It's fascinating and heartbreaking to read how the regions around the Seto Inland Sea have remained the same and changed compared to Richie's experience.

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  • BigfamJapan

    18 hours ago

    I've been reading the same book for the last year! In very small sections at a time. My brother lent it to me last summer when I was in Ireland. Oh my gosh, now that I think about it, it was the summer before, lol! It was written by a guy my brother went to school with and a lot of the things he mentions in the book I can relate to, so I will definitely finish it. I also know some of the people who he mentions, which is cool! Its called "Adventures of a Wonky Eyed Boy". I also properly read a few other books in the last year, front to cover. I'll try and find them after dinner!

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Summer reading

I know there have been questions in the past about what we're watching, but I'm wondering what you're reading at the moment! I'm looking to get a few new books for summer and I'd love to hear if you have any recent recommendations. If you have any good spots here to get EN language books in person, too, I'd appreciate if you would share those as well!

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