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Literature
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Your Summer Reading List 2024
Our best new recommendations from Tokyo’s literary scene![The True Story Behind the Hit Series Shogun: William Adams](https://metropolisjapan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/william-adams-illustration-tokyo-metropolis-japan-2-545x400.jpg)
The True Story Behind the Hit Series Shogun: William Adams
The intrepid English adventurer who inspired the hit series Shogun![Fresh Ink: Kitagawa Chiyo](https://metropolisjapan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/fresh-ink-kitagawa-chiyo-tokyo-metropolis-japan-600x400.jpg)
Fresh Ink: Kitagawa Chiyo
Proletariat Girls’ Literature![Book Launch: Thomas Lockley’s Gentleman from Japan](https://metropolisjapan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/gentleman-from-japan-tokyo-metropolis-japan-264x400.jpg)
Book Launch: Thomas Lockley’s Gentleman from Japan
Thomas Lockley follows the life of a slave-turned-elite in his latest book![Fresh Ink: Musashi Miyamoto](https://metropolisjapan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Musashi-Miyamoto-History-of-the-Battle-of-Sekigahara-Japan-Tokyo-Metropolis-Magazine-800x371.jpeg)
Fresh Ink: Musashi Miyamoto
Miyamoto’s life by the blade![Fresh Ink: Two Shorts By Osamu Dazai](https://metropolisjapan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_3941-400x400.jpg)
Fresh Ink: Two Shorts By Osamu Dazai
The English-language debut of “The Ocean” and “Sweltering Heat Tale”![Fresh Ink: When You Want to but Can’t](https://metropolisjapan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/zero-yen-house-Sakaguchi-Kyohei-576x400.jpeg)
Fresh Ink: When You Want to but Can’t
The English-language debut of Kyohei Sakaguchi’s self-help nonfiction writing![Cirrocumulus Clouds](https://metropolisjapan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/kelvin-t-6KHhs_dpaVQ-unsplash-380x214.jpg)
Cirrocumulus Clouds
The English-language debut of Kenji Miyazawa's story![Fresh Ink: Debut English Translations of Chuya Nakahara’s Japanese Literature](https://metropolisjapan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/9782754112383-P071-1024x752-1-e1686626349858-380x275.jpg)
Fresh Ink: Debut English Translations of Chuya Nakahara’s Japanese Literature
The English-language debut of a Japanese modernist master![Traditional Japanese Yokai and Modern-Day Pokemon](https://metropolisjapan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/yokai-380x271.jpeg)
Traditional Japanese Yokai and Modern-Day Pokemon
Beyond the monsters with Adam Kabat’s The River Imp and the Stinky Jewel and Other Tales![Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s Kappa](https://metropolisjapan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/suikomondouzu-380x294.jpg)