Japan’s Lost Tradition of Wild Food
‘Eating Wild Japan’ tracks the culture of foraged foods with a guide to plants and recipes
‘Eating Wild Japan’ tracks the culture of foraged foods with a guide to plants and recipes
With Japanese literature in translation finally breaching feminist frontiers, what’s next?
Quirky spots to find cheap English books in Tokyo
Previously untranslated short stories by the prolific Japanese writer
Fifty years after his death, Yukio Mishima is reemerging in translation
Mieko Kawakami’s intimate portrait of womanhood in ‘Breasts and Eggs’
Yeewan Koon’s new book traces Yoshitomo Nara’s diverse career
‘Convenience Store Woman’ author Sayaka Murata on breaking norms
For this solo show, British artist Nick West reimagines what a book is by making it from materials other than paper and glue. Using readily available, mass-produced objects like matches, dice, and records (among others), the artist sources objects from…
A review of American film critic Mark Schilling’s new book