Japanese House

The fates of two women, one American, one Japanese, become entwined in this sweeping novel of 19th century Japan on the cusp of radical change and Westernization. The Japanese tea ceremony, steeped in ritual, is at the heart of this story of an American girl adopted by Kyoto's most important tea master and raised as attendant and surrogate younger sister to his privileged daughter, Yukako.

Spark Joy is an in-depth, room-by-room guide to decluttering and organising your home. It covers every room in the house, from bedrooms and kitchens to bathrooms and living rooms, as well as a wide range of items in different categories, including clothes, photographs, paperwork, books, cutlery, cosmetics, shoes, bags, wallets and valuables. The secret to Marie Kondo's unique and simple KonMari tidying method is to focus on what you want to keep, not what you want to get rid of.

As they do every year, a small group of acquaintances pay a visit to the remote castle-like Water Mill House, home to the reclusive Fujinuma Kiichi, son of a famous artist, who has lived his life behind a rubber mask ever since a disfiguring car accident. This year, however, the visit is disrupted by an impossible disappearance, the theft of a painting, and a series of baffling murders. The brilliant Kiyoshi Shimada arrives to investigate.

In the early 1920s, Japanese college professor Masao Takashimaya of Kyoto had a passion for modern ideas that was as strong as his wife's belief in ancient tradition. Twenty years later, his 18-year-old daughter Hiroko, torn between her mother's traditions and her father's wishes, boarded SS Nagoya Maru to come to California for an education, and to make her father proud. It was August 1941.

Traditional Japanese houses are made of wood and their roofs are covered with tiles.

La historia de amor entre la joven Alma Velasco y el jardinero japonés Ichimei conduce al lector por un recorrido a través de diversos escenarios que van desde la Polonia de la Segunda Guerra Mundial hasta el San Francisco de nuestros días.

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2025年6月13日公開の映画『ドールハウス』公式ノベライズ！
『ウォーターボーイズ』や『スウィングガールズ』で知られる矢口史靖監督が、スリルと謎解きミステリーの面白さを追求し、これまで映画では手掛けたことのない新たなジャンルに挑む。

An engaging guide to the art of forest bathing, inspired by the Japanese practice of shinrin-yoku, for anyone who wants to explore the transformative power of nature in promoting health and happiness.

◆「汚部屋出身」だからこそわかる！雑な人でもできる、かんたん片づけ術「片づけが苦手…」「どこから手をつけていいかわからない…」そんなあなたに朗報です！

時の流れの呪縛から解き放たれたビリー・ピルグリムは、自分の生涯の未来と過去とを往来する、奇妙な時間旅行者になっていた。大富豪の娘と幸福な結婚生活を送り……

じいさんが死んだ夏のある日、孫の良嗣（よしつぐ）は、初めて家族のルーツに興味を持った。

ニュートン力学から相対性理論、量子力学まで……「宇宙を支配する力」に迫る知的探求の旅！本書では、カルフォルニア大学バークレー校教授で理論物理学者の野村泰紀さんが、「ニュートン力学」や「相対性理論」といった古典物理学から、「量子力学」などの現代物理学に至るまでを概観しつつ、「重力はなぜ存在するのか？」

３０代のダメ男ベンと、男の子ロボット・タングの「ぽんこつコンビ」が帰ってきた！ベンに娘が生まれお兄ちゃんになろうと奮闘するタングの可愛さ満載。心がじわっとあったかくなる家族の物語。

定年までに「老後資金2000万」があれば幸せに生きられるのか？人生100年時代といわれる今こそ定年後の生き方やお金の常識を見直すとき。

Dreux Richard presents post-Fukushima Japan in three illustrative parts. He follows members of Japan’s Nigerian community, whose struggles with a hostile immigration system lead to the death of a Nigerian immigrant in a Japanese detention center, investigated here for the first time. In Japan’s northernmost city, Richard goes door to door with the region’s youngest census employee, meeting the city’s elderly residents and documenting the stories that comprise the nation’s record-breaking population decline. Finally, he takes us into the offices of energy executives....

資本主義は、民主主義は、日本社会は、どう“変調”していくのか――？予測不可能な時代を生き抜くヒントを「最先端の知性」がはじめて明かす！

家族をやめてつきあいをやめて自分をおりて……さいごは身ひとつで見果てぬ夢を見続ける。これ、良き人生。上野「74で人生初の腰椎圧迫骨折」

元・国連専門機関職員の著者が明かす――日本人だけが知らない、海外との「驚愕の価格差」

過去から学び、未来を予測する――教養としての「哲学」＆「近現代史」講座　振り返ってみると、20世紀は「全体主義と世界大戦の時代」でした。