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It is both a movie and a literary work. "The Before Trilogy" tells the story of the intersection of two strangers due to a chance encounter.
"There is only so much that can be expressed in words. We have many impressions that cannot be conveyed in words, so for most of our...
Feb 274 min read


A humorous look at human stupidity through a cat's eyes《吾輩は猫である》夏目漱石 Natsume Sōseki
「吾輩は猫である。名前はまだ無い。」 "I'm a cat. I don't have a name." The whole book begins with this sentence, which directly introduces the reader into...
Feb 205 min read


"A hero who does all kinds of bad things on the edge of morality" The man is old, but the book is still young "Red Sorghum" Mo Yan
Mo Yan's most representative early work is "Garlic Ballads in Heaven", which was adapted from a real event in the early days of reform...
Feb 206 min read


Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata, a prose novel hailed as a classic of Japanese literature
「国境の長いトンネルを抜けると雪国であった。夜の底が白くなった。信号所に汽車が止まった。」 Even if you have not read Kawabata Yasunari's works, almost every Japanese has heard this...
Feb 197 min read


Known as the definitive work of minimalist photography "Minimalism in Photography: The Original"
《Minimalism in Photography: The Original》2022 Minimalism is an art feature that emerged after World War II. Emphasis on repetition,...
Feb 171 min read


The most popular Japanese photographer of our time, Yoshiyuki Okuyama, "BEST BEFORE" 2022
This photo book includes many works that photographer and film director Yoshiyuki Okuyama has created for clients in the 12 years since...
Feb 142 min read


"Images only tell half of the story. The rest is the reader's own journey." "Illuminance" by Rinko Kawauchi
Rinko Kawauchi's works always show the vitality of life. She has an unparalleled gift for observing and capturing the subtle, small...
Feb 144 min read


"Hong Kong" Mikko Takkunen 2024
Mikko Takkunen, photography editor of The New York Times, released his first photography book, Hong Kong. 《Hong Kong 》 Photographs by...
Feb 142 min read


"The Pocket Photographer" is an easy-to-understand and non-boring photography introduction book
To mobile photographers, cameras seem like a product of the last century. The first sentence in the book, "Cameras don't take pictures,...
Feb 142 min read


"Seeing Things" "Sometimes, in such a brief moment, we see the beauty that we never expected."
"Seeing Things" is a book for children aged 9 to 12. It tells the story of how photography transforms ordinary things into various...
Feb 142 min read
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