Best Books on Japan For Your Next Visit

Lost Japan by Alex Kerr is an affectionate  and intimate personal account of how Japan has changed over decades

Old Capital by Kawabata tells the story of twin sisters separated at birth and reunited years later in Kyoto

In Search of Ja[an1s Hidden Christians by John Dougill is a truly captivating story of secret Christianity in Japan

Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto is a great introduction to contemporary Japanese literature 

Lady and Monk by Pico Iyer is a story of interracial love 

An Artist of the Floating World by Nobel winner Kazuo Ishiguro is a story of Japan divided by war

Wild Sheep Chase by Murakami is a Hokkaido story

For more - you can visit my Japan based blog - Bizarre Journeys